December 19 - Cake!

Cake!

This Day In History

1154

Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey.

1606

The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery depart England carrying settlers who found, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.

1776

Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal titled The American Crisis.

1843

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol goes on sale.

1924

The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England, United Kingdom.

1972

The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.

2001

A record high barometric pressure of 32.06 inHg is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia.

Famous Birthdays

1714

John Winthrop, American mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and 2nd Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard College  (d. 1779)

1820

Mary Livermore, American journalist and women's rights advocate (d. 1905)

1852

Albert Abraham Michelson, Prussian-born American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1931)

1915

Édith Piaf, French singer and actress (d. 1963)

1933

Cicely Tyson, American actress

1942

Dennis E. Fitch, American pilot (d. 2012)

1944

Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist, conservationist and politician

1946

Robert Urich, American actor (d. 2002)

1958

Limahl, English singer (Kajagoogoo)

1961

Reggie White, American football player (d. 2004)

1969

Richard Hammond, English television presenter
Kristy Swanson, American actress