French parliament votes amnesty for all involved in scandalous army treason trial known as Dreyfus affair. Date: December 19, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1900 📅 On This Day (Today)
Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign. Date: December 19, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania. Date: December 19, 1907 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1907 📅 On This Day (Today)
William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3+1⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison. Date: December 19, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1912…
King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite. Date: December 19, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)
German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders. Date: December 19, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1924 📅 On This Day (Today)
The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England. Date: December 19, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1924 📅 On This Day (Today)
Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy. Date: December 19, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Indian National Congress promulgates the Purna Swaraj (the Declaration of the Independence of India). Date: December 19, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service. Date: December 19, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)