December 19

Today in History
• 1154 - King Henry II of England crowned
• 1551 - Dutch west coast hit by hurricane
• 1562 - Battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency and huguenots under Conde captured
• 1777 - Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for the winter
• 1783 - William Pitt the Younger becomes the youngest ever British Prime Minister at age 24
• 1795 - 1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky
• 1823 - Georgia passes 1st US state birth registration law in US
• 1842 - US recognizes independence of Hawaii


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Goa Liberation Day
• Look for an Evergreen Day
• National Emo Day
• National Hard Candy Day
• National Harry Day
• National Heroes and Heroines Day
• National Oatmeal Muffin Day
• St. Nicholas Day - Ukraine

Birthdays
• 1554 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (1584) and Knight of the Golden Fleece (1599)
• 1683 - Philip V, King of Spain (1700-24, 1724-46)
• 1784 - Marcus Morton, 16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts
• 1814 - Edwin Stanton, US Secretary of War during most of the American Civil War (1861-65)
• 1821 - Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader
• 1849 - Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke and steel operation
• 1865 - Tikhon Toropets, Pskov Russia, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint
• 1875 - Carter G Woodson, New Canton, Virginia, American historian, black studies