Risto Ryti, the Prime Minister of Finland, is elected President of the Republic of Finland in a presidential election, which is exceptionally held by the 1937 electoral college. Date: December 19, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour. Date: December 19, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres. Date: December 19, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
John Amery, British Fascist, is executed at the age of 33 by the British Government for treason. Date: December 19, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
Start of the First Indochina War. Date: December 19, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: December 19, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today)
India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India. Date: December 19, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, is officially presumed dead. Date: December 19, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)
Apollo program: The last crewed lunar flight, Apollo 17, carrying Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth. Date: December 19, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: December 19, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)