* Astronomy

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RE: December 19th

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A barometric pressure of 1,085.7 hectopascals was measured on 19 December 2001.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46846621/highest-barometric-pressure/

The MITS Altair 8800, the third commercially available personal computer was released in December 1974.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46846632/mits-altair-8800/

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Two A2s missiles, Max and Moritz, were launched on December 19 and December 20, 1934
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregate_(rocket_family)#A2

Mercury-Redstone 1A (MR-1A) was launched on 19 December 1960 from LC-5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission objectives of this unmanned suborbital flight were to qualify the spacecraft for space flight and qualify the system for an upcoming primate suborbital flight. The spacecraft tested its instrumentation, posigrade rockets, retro rockets and recovery system. The mission was completely successful.

Spoiler

STS-103 was launched on 19 December 1999
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-103

The Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) was established on the 19th December 1961
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNES

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Michael Edward Fossum (born December 19, 1957) is an American astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Fossum

Captain Alan Carter (19 December 1966) chief Eagle pilot of Moonbase Alpha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Carter_(Space:_1999)

Ernst Stuhlinger (December 19, 1913 - May 25, 2008) was a German-born American atomic, electrical, and rocket scientist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Stuhlinger

Albert Abraham Michelson (December 19, 1852 - May 9, 1931) was an American physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51962330/albert-abraham-michelson-1852-1931/

Eric Allin Cornell (born December 19, 1961) is an American physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51962343/eric-allin-cornell/

John Winthrop (December 19, 1714 - May 3, 1779) was a distinguished mathematician,
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46846613/john-winthrop-1714-1779/

Charles Julien Brianchon (1783-1864) was a French mathematician and chemist.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46846640/charles-julien-brianchon-1783-1864/

Richard Erskine Frere Leakey (born 19 December 1944) is a paleoanthropologist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46846651/richard-erskine-frere-leakey/

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A Christmas Carol is a novella first published by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51962277/a-christmas-carol/

On Dec. 19, 1958, a pre-recorded message from President Dwight D. Eisenhower was sent out from a satellite via short wave.
http://www.npr.org/2013/12/21/256114241/55-years-later-commemorating-first-space-broadcast

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NGC 1055 was discovered by William Herschel on the 19th December 1783
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t61353146/ngc-1055/

NGC 1587 was discovered by William Herschel on the 19th December 1783
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t61358230/ngc-1587/

NGC 2775 was discovered by William Herschel on the 19th December 1783
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t61358134/ngc-2775/

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Galileo's first flyby of Europa, the smallest of Jupiter's Galilean satellites, was on 19 December 1996 at 06:53 UTC.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/galileo_eu4_time.html

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Meteorites

The Benares (a) (LL4) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 19th December, 1798.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46843744/benares-a-meteorite/