Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 19

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This is a list of selected December 19 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
Liberation Day in Goa (1961) Goa: refimprove; Annexation of Goa: unreferenced/refimprove sections
1920Constantine I returned as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander I and a referendum. refimprove section
1932 – The BBC launched its World Service, now the world's largest international broadcaster, as BBC Empire Service. refimprove section
1941Second World War: Six Italian Royal Navy divers on manned torpedoes detonated limpet mines, disabling four vessels, including two Royal Navy battleships. primary sources
1946 – The First Indochina War began when Viet Minh operatives attacked French military positions and homes in Hanoi. War: refimprove section; Battle: short
1981Sixteen people died when a lifeboat went to the aid of a stricken coaster in heavy seas off the south-west coast of England and was also lost. refimprove section
1986 – Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev released dissident Andrei Sakharov after six years of internal exile in Gorky. refimprove section
1998 – The U.S. House of Representatives issued articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton following the Lewinsky scandal. refimprove section

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December 19

Frontispiece to A Christmas Carol
Frontispiece to A Christmas Carol
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