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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_19" title="December 19">December 19</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullification_crisis" title="Nullification crisis">Nullification crisis</a>: American vice president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun" title="John C. Calhoun">John C. Calhoun</a>'s <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_Exposition_and_Protest" title="South Carolina Exposition and Protest">South Carolina Exposition and Protest</a></b>, written to protest the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff_of_Abominations" title="Tariff of Abominations">Tariff of Abominations</a>, was presented to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="South Carolina House of Representatives">South Carolina House of Representatives</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1843" title="1843">1843</a> –, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novella" title="Novella">novella</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens" title="Charles Dickens">Charles Dickens</a> about the miser <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Scrooge" title="Ebenezer Scrooge">Ebenezer Scrooge</a> and his transformation after being visited by ghosts, was published.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983" title="1983">1983</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_Trophy" title="FIFA World Cup Trophy">Jules Rimet Trophy</a></b>, awarded to the winner of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a>, was stolen from the offices of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Football_Confederation" title="Brazilian Football Confederation">Brazilian Football Confederation</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SilkAir_Flight_185" title="SilkAir Flight 185">SilkAir Flight 185</a></b> crashed into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musi_River_(Indonesia)" title="Musi River (Indonesia)">Musi River</a> in Indonesia, killing 104 people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency" title="European Space Agency">European Space Agency</a>'s spacecraft <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_(spacecraft)" title="Gaia (spacecraft)">Gaia</a></b></i> was launched with the goal of constructing the largest and most precise <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_catalogue" title="Star catalogue">star catalogue</a> ever made.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Susa" title="Adelaide of Susa">Adelaide of Susa</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1091); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakakibara_Kenkichi" title="Sakakibara Kenkichi">Sakakibara Kenkichi</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1830); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristina_Keneally" title="Kristina Keneally">Kristina Keneally</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1968); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Emin_Yalman" title="Ahmet Emin Yalman">Ahmet Emin Yalman</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1972)</p>