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This Day in History: December 19

Featured Event

1998

Britannica On This Day December 19 2023 * Articles of impeachment approved against U.S. President Bill Clinton, Leonid Brezhnev is featured, and more * Bill-Clinton-Monica-Lewinsky-White-House-image-November-1996

Articles of impeachment approved against U.S. President Bill Clinton
On this day in 1998, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Bill Clinton, charging him with perjury and obstruction of justice, though Clinton was acquitted by the Senate the following month.
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2012

Park Geun-Hye became the first female to be elected president of South Korea; she was sworn into office the following year; however, she also became the country's first democratically elected president to be removed from office when she was impeached in 2017.Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about Korea and China
Jung Yeon-Je—AFP/Getty Images
1997
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James Cameron's Titanic, a drama about the doomed ocean liner starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, premiered; it later became one of the highest-grossing movies of all time.Test your knowledge of the blockbuster Titanic
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation/Paramount Pictures Corporation
1974
Britannica On This Day December 19 2023 * Articles of impeachment approved against U.S. President Bill Clinton, Leonid Brezhnev is featured, and more * Nelson-Rockefeller

Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41st vice president of the United States, succeeding Gerald Ford, who had been elevated to the presidency following the resignation of Richard Nixon.Discover the disorderly history of the U.S. presidential succession order
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1971
Britannica On This Day December 19 2023 * Articles of impeachment approved against U.S. President Bill Clinton, Leonid Brezhnev is featured, and more * Movie-poster-A-Clockwork-Orange-Stanley-Kubrick

The sci-fi drama A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of a novel by Anthony Burgess, had its world premiere; although widely acclaimed, the movie's violent and sexually explicit scenes proved controversial, and it received an X rating when released in the United States.How much do you know about Stanley Kubrick?
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1966

The United Nations General Assembly endorsed the Outer Space Treaty, an international treaty binding the parties to use outer space only for peaceful purposes.Take our quiz about astronomy and space
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1946
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The Viet Minh, founded by Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chi Minh, began the First Indochina War against France.Test your knowledge of the history of warfare
Marc Riboud/Magnum
1915
Britannica On This Day December 19 2023 * Articles of impeachment approved against U.S. President Bill Clinton, Leonid Brezhnev is featured, and more * Edith-Piaf-1948

French singer and actress Edith Piaf, whose interpretation of the chanson (French ballad) made her internationally famous, was born.How much do you know about musicians?
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1910
Britannica On This Day December 19 2023 * Articles of impeachment approved against U.S. President Bill Clinton, Leonid Brezhnev is featured, and more * Jean-Genet

Jean Genet, a French criminal and social outcast turned writer who, as a dramatist, became a leading figure in the avant-garde theatre, especially the Theatre of the Absurd, was born.Take our quiz about the theatre
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1843
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English author Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol, which became one of the outstanding Christmas stories of modern literature.Learn about the medical diagnosis of nine of Charles Dickens's most famous characters
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1777
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During the American Revolution, General George Washington led 11,000 regulars to take up winter quarters at Valley Forge on the west bank of the Schuylkill River, 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Philadelphia.Read our timeline of the American Revolution
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Featured Biography

Leonid Brezhnev
president of Soviet Union

BornDecember 19, 1906
Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine
(Born on this day)
DiedNovember 10, 1982 (aged 75)
Moscow, Russia

National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1980

Jake Gyllenhaal
American actor

1961

Reggie White
American football player

1924

Cicely Tyson
American actress

1915

Edith Piaf
French singer

1906

Leonid Brezhnev
president of Soviet Union

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