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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
1154Henry II was crowned King of England in London's Westminster Abbey. {{unreferenced section}}, {{refimprove}}
1920Constantine I returned as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander I and a plebiscite. {{refimprove}}
1984 – The People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, agreeing to the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997. {{refimprove}}, {{cleanup}}

Eligible

  • 1956 – Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams was arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 of his patients.
  • 1997 – The film Titanic was released, eventually becoming the then highest-grossing film of all time with a worldwide total of over US$1.8 billion.

December 19: Liberation Day in Goa (1961)

Frontispiece to "A Christmas Carol"

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