December 19 2007 |
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| December 19th, 2007 (December 19 2007) | Event | The Lakotah people, a Native American tribe, proclaim independence and withdraw all their treaties with the United States. They then proceed to establish the Republic of Lakotah, with an ongoing process of international recognition as a separate country. | |
| December 19th, 1997 (December 19 1997) | Event | SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104. | |
| December 19th, 1997 (December 19 1997) | Event | Titanic is released in theaters. This movie would become the most financially successful movie in U.S. history, grossing approximately $1.8 billion worldwide. | |
| December 19th, 1997 (December 19 1997) | Death | Masaru Ibuka, Japanese industrialist (Sony) (born in 1908) | |
| December 19th, 1997 (December 19 1997) | Death | Jimmy Rogers, American blues guitarist (born in 1924) | |
| December 19th, 1987 (December 19 1987) | Birth | Karim Benzema, French footballer | |
| December 19th, 1987 (December 19 1987) | Birth | Alexis Sanchez, Chilean footballer | |
| December 19th, 1977 (December 19 1977) | Birth | Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player | |
| December 19th, 1967 (December 19 1967) | Event | Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead. | |
| December 19th, 1967 (December 19 1967) | Birth | Frankie Lam, Hong Kong actor | |
| December 19th, 1967 (December 19 1967) | Birth | Criss Angel, Illusionist,Actor, Musician, etc. | |
| December 19th, 1957 (December 19 1957) | Birth | Cyril Collard, French film director (died in 1993) | |
| December 19th, 1957 (December 19 1957) | Birth | John Gulager, American film director | |
| December 19th, 1957 (December 19 1957) | Birth | Kevin McHale, American basketball player | |
| December 19th, 1927 (December 19 1927) | Birth | James Booth, English actor and screenwriter (died in 2005) | |
| December 19th, 1907 (December 19 1907) | Event | A group of 239 coal miners die during a mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania. | |
| December 19th, 1907 (December 19 1907) | Birth | Jimmy McLarnin, former Welterweight Champion (died in 2004) | |
| December 19th, 1817 (December 19 1817) | Birth | James J. Archer, Confederate general (died in 1904) | |
| December 19th, 1807 (December 19 1807) | Death | Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (born in 1723) | |
| December 19th, 1777 (December 19 1777) | Event | American Revolutionary War: George Washington s Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. | George Washington Quotes |
| December 19th, 1737 (December 19 1737) | Death | James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (born in 1667) | |
| December 19th, 1327 (December 19 1327) | Death | Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy | |
