December 19
People born on this day are Sagittarius.
- 1985
Aeroflot Flight 101/435 is hijacked to China by its first officer.
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Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.
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SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.
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President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second president of the United States to be impeached.
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Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-103, the third Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
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Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 crashes into the Government Cut channel immediately after takeoff from Miami Seaplane Base, killing 20.
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A passenger train from Sucha Beskidzka to Żywiec in Poland loses its brakes while on a steep downhill part of the route. It is stopped in a controlled collision in Świnna by a train travelling in opposite direction. 2 drivers and 6 passengers are injured.
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Park Geun-hye is elected the first female president of South Korea.
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Spacecraft Gaia is launched by the European Space Agency.
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Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov is assassinated while at an art exhibition in Ankara. The assassin, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, is shot and killed by a Turkish guard.
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A vehicular attack in Berlin, Germany, kills 12 and injures 56 people at a Christmas market.
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1998King Princess, American singer-songwriter and musician
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1997Gabriel Magalhães, Brazilian footballer
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1997Fikayo Tomori, English footballer
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1996Franck Kessié, Ivorian footballer
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1994Maudy Ayunda, Indonesian actress and singer-songwriter
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1994M'Baye Niang, French footballer
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1993Young K, South Korean singer-songwriter
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1993Isiah Koech, Kenyan runner
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1992Iker Muniain, Spanish footballer
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1992Raphael Spiegel, Swiss footballer
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1991Steven Berghuis, Dutch footballer
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1991Declan Galbraith, English singer-songwriter
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