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Historical Events
on December 19th
- Lead Story
- President Clinton impeached,1998
- American Revolution
- Thomas Paine publishes American Crisis,1776
- Automotive
- "Bullitt" hits the silver screen in Sweden,1968
- Civil War
- James Archer born,1817
- Cold War
- Gorbachev releases Sakharov from internal exile,1986
- Crime
- World Series parachutist sentenced,1986
- Disaster
- Pennsylvania miners perish in coal mine explosion,1907
- General Interest
- Continental Army enters winter camp at Valley Forge,1777
- Last lunar-landing mission ends,1972
- Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China,1984
- Hollywood
- Titanic sails into theaters,1997
- Literary
- Poor Richard's Almanack is published,1732
- Music
- Ahmadinejad bans all Western music in Iranian state television and radio broadcasts,2005
- Old West
- John Ford's Cheyenne Autumn released,1964
- Presidential
- Washington leads troops into winter quarters at Valley Forge,1777
- Sports
- National Hockey League (NHL) opens its first season,1917
- Vietnam War
- Another bloodless coup topples the government in Saigon,1964
- North Vietnam condemns Linebacker raids,1972
- World War I
- Haig becomes commander-in-chief of the British army in France,1915
- World War II
- Hitler takes command of the German army,1941
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