As we speak is Thursday, Dec. 19, the 354th day of 2024. There are 12 days left within the 12 months.
As we speak in historical past:
On Dec. 19, 1998, President Invoice Clinton was impeached by the U.S. Home of Representatives for perjury and obstruction of justice. (He was subsequently acquitted by the Senate.)
Additionally on this date:
In 1777, through the American Revolutionary Conflict, Gen. George Washington led his military of greater than 12,000 troopers to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to camp for the winter.
In 1907, 239 employees died in an explosion on the Darr coal mine, close to Van Meter, Pennsylvania.
In 1960, fireplace broke out on the hangar deck of the almost accomplished plane service USS Constellation on the New York Naval Shipyard, killing 50 civilian employees.
In 1972, Apollo 17 splashed down within the Pacific, concluding the Apollo program of crewed lunar landings.
In 2008, citing imminent hazard to the nationwide financial system, President George W. Bush ordered a $17.4 billion emergency bailout of the U.S. auto business.
In 2011, North Korea introduced the loss of life two days earlier of chief Kim Jong Il; North Koreans marched by the hundreds to mourn whereas state media proclaimed his youngest son, Kim Jong Un, because the nation’s new chief.
In 2016, a truck rammed right into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin, killing 12 individuals in an assault claimed by the Islamic State. (The suspected attacker was killed in a police shootout 4 days later.)
In 2022, the Home Jan. 6 Committee urged the Justice Division to convey legal fees in opposition to former President Donald Trump for the violent 2021 Capitol revolt, calling for accountability for the previous president and “a time of reflection and reckoning.”
As we speak’s Birthdays:
- Actor Tim Reid is 80.
- Singer Janie Fricke is 77.
- Actor Jennifer Beals is 61.
- Basketball Corridor of Famer Arvydas Sabonis is 60.
- Olympic snowboarding gold medalist Alberto Tomba is 58.
- Actor Kristy Swanson is 55.
- Mannequin Tyson Beckford is 54.
- Actor Alyssa Milano is 52.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Warren Sapp is 52.
- Actor Jake Gyllenhaal (JIH’-lihn-hahl) is 44.
- Actor Annie Murphy is 38.
- Journalist Ronan Farrow is 37.