December 19 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for December 19
In the headlines today:

1999	Actor Desmond Llewelyn, the high tech gadget expert "Q" of James Bond film fame, dies in a car crash in East Sussex, England, at age 85.
1998	US president Bill Clinton is impeached by the House of Representatives for perjury and obstruction of justice.
1985	ABC Sports announces that sportscaster Howard Cosell will no longer be providing television commentary.
1985	NFL kicker Jan Stenerud announces his retirement, leaving behind a record of 373 career field goals.
1974	Nelson Rockefeller takes the oath of office as the 41st US vice president.
1972	Apollo 17, last of the manned moon landing space program, splashes down in the Pacific.
1959	Walter Williams, thought to be the last surviving veteran of the US Civil War, dies in Houston, Texas, at age 117.
1957	The Broadway play The Music Man, staring Robert Preston, opens at the Majestic Theatre in New York City.
1918	Robert Ripley begins his Believe It or Not feature in The New York Globe newspaper.
1917	The first National Hockey League (NHL) games are played.
1907	A coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, PA, claims the lives of 239 workers.
1903	The Williamsburg Bridge (over the East River) in New York City opens to traffic today.
1871	Albert Jones receives a patent for corrugated paper (the structural ingredient of cardboard boxes).
1843	Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol> is first published.
1777	US General George Washington leads his troops to their winter camp at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. (photo credit: NARA)
1732	Poor Richard's Almanac, by Ben Franklin, begins publication.