December 19

Events

 * 1958 - The first known radio broadcast from outer space was transmitted.

Births

 * 1885 - Joe "King" Oliver, American jazz musician (d. 1938)
 * 1918 - Professor Longhair, American blues musician (d. 1980)
 * 1920 - Little Jimmy Dickens, American country singer
 * 1925 - Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter
 * 1929 - Bob Brookmeyer, American jazz musician
 * 1934 - Rudi Carrell, Dutch singer
 * 1935 - Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (d. 1974)
 * 1941 - Maurice White, American singer and songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire)
 * 1944 - Zal Yanovsky, Canadian guitarist (The Lovin' Spoonful) (d. 2002)
 * 1949 - Sebastian, Danish musician
 * 1966 - Chuckii Booker, American singer, musician and producer
 * 1974 - Mikko Paananen, Finnish bassist (HIM)
 * 1979 - Kevin Devine, American musician
 * 1991 - Declan Galbraith, English singer