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1907 : Explosion in a mine in Pennsylvania


On December 19, 1907, a very violent explosion occurred in a coal mine in Pennsylvania. The mine, which was more than 3 km depth collapsed and 239 miners were killed.

1984 : Signature of the agreement for the return of Hong Kong to China


On 19 December 1984, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang signed the historic agreement to return Hong Kong to China in 1997. China accepted the principle of one country, two systems to enable Hong Kong to retain its capitalist economic system and its existing rights and freedoms.

1986 : Gorbachev released Sakharov


On December 19, 1986, pursuant to its policy of political openness, the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev released from his exile in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) the dissident and physicist Andrei Sakharov and his wife Elena Bonner. Sakharov was exiled in 1980 following his severe criticism of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

1997 : Release of the movie Titanic


On December 19, 1997 was released the most expensive film in cinema history up to that date, Titanic, written and directed by James Cameron. The movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet and with breathtaking special effects won 11 Academy Awards.

Novità del giorno : 19 Dicembre

United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

Citazione del giorno : 19 Dicembre

Jean Yanne
The word freedom admits, by definition, no restrictions.

Compleanni : 19 Dicembre

Leonid Brejnev, Segretario Generale del Comitato Centrale del Partito Comunista dell'Unione Sovietica (1906)
Jean Genet, Scrittore francese (1910)
Edith Piaf, Cantante francese (1915)
Gordon Jackson, Attore scozzese (1923)
Rufus, Attore (1942)
Robert Urich, Attore americano (1946)
Cyril Collard, Direttore (1957)
Eric Allin Cornell, Fisico americano, Premio Nobel (1961)
Jennifer Beals, Attrice americana (1963)
Béatrice Dalle, Attrice francese (1964)
Alberto Tomba, Sciatore alpino italiano (1966)
Alyssa Milano, Attrice americana (1972)
Jake Gyllenhaal, Attore americano (1980)

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Emily Brontë, Scrittrice inglese (1848)
Alois Alzheimer, Neuroscienziato (1915)
Paul Langevin, Fisico (1946)
Marcello Mastroianni, Attore (1996)
Desmond Llewelyn, Attore (1999)
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