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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_19" title="December 19">December 19</a></b>: First day of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Hanukkah</a></b> (Judaism, 2022)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1154" title="1154">1154</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_England" title="Henry II of England">Henry II</a></b> was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_the_British_monarch" title="Coronation of the British monarch">crowned king of England</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>, London.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1675" title="1675">1675</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Philip%27s_War" title="King Philip's War">King Philip's War</a>: In the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Swamp_Fight" title="Great Swamp Fight">Great Swamp Fight</a></b>, the colonial militia of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Confederation" title="New England Confederation">New England</a> and their <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pequots" title="Pequots">Pequot</a> allies attacked a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narragansett_people" title="Narragansett people">Narragansett</a> fort in Rhode Island, killing many warriors and hundreds of non-combatants.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956" title="1956">1956</a> – British physician and suspected serial killer <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bodkin_Adams" title="John Bodkin Adams">John Bodkin Adams</a></b> was arrested in connection with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Edith_Alice_Morrell" title="Death of Edith Alice Morrell">death of Edith Alice Morrell</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985" title="1985">1985</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_101/435" title="Aeroflot Flight 101/435">Aeroflot Flight 101/435</a></b> was hijacked by the co-pilot and landed in a cow pasture in China, where he was apprehended.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016" title="2016">2016</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Karlov" title="Andrei Karlov">Andrei Karlov</a>, Russia's ambassador to Turkey, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov" title="Assassination of Andrei Karlov">was assassinated</a></b> at an art gallery in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._W._Turner" title="J. M. W. Turner">J. M. W. Turner</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1851); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mileva_Mari%C4%87" title="Mileva Marić">Mileva Marić</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1875); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashfaqulla_Khan" title="Ashfaqulla Khan">Ashfaqulla Khan</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1927)</p>
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