WHAT HAPPENED ON 19. DECEMBER
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Start of the First Indochina War. (19. December 1946)

Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges. (19. December 1956)

India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India. (19. December 1961)

The South Vietnamese military junta of Nguyen Khanh dissolve the High National Council and arrest some of the members. (19. December 1964)

Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, is officially presumed dead. (19. December 1967)

Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth. (19. December 1972)

Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. (19. December 1974)

John Paul Stevens is appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. (19. December 1975)

Geoffrey Boycott became the first Cricketer to be stranded at 99 not out against Australia at Perth. (19. December 1979)

Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas. (19. December 1981)

The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (19. December 1983)

The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing, China by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher. (19. December 1984)

Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky. (19. December 1986)

The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indian tribe. (19. December 1995)

SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104. (19. December 1997)

President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached. (19. December 1998)

The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul, Turkey, killing one person and injuring three. (19. December 2000)

A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia. (19. December 2001)

Argentine economic crisis: December 2001 riots – Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (19. December 2001)

Sachin Tendulkar scores a record-breaking 50th Century in Test Cricket against South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion, Gauteng. (19. December 2010)