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December 19th, 2007	Event	The Lakotah people, a Native American tribe, proclaim independence and withdraw all their treaties with the United States. They then proceed to establish the Republic of Lakotah, with an ongoing process of international recognition as a separate country.
December 19th, 2005	Death	Keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth; born in 1933)
December 19th, 2005	Death	Vincent Gigante, American mafioso (born in 1927)
December 19th, 2004	Death	Herbert C. Brown, English-born American chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1912)
December 19th, 2004	Death	Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (born in 1922)
December 19th, 2003	Death	Peter Carter-Ruck, English lawyer (born in 1914)
December 19th, 2003	Death	Hope Lange, American actress (born in 1933)
December 19th, 2003	Death	Les Tremayne, English-born American actor (born in 1913)
December 19th, 2002	Death	Arthur Rowley, English footballer. (born in 1926)
December 19th, 2001	Event	A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khovsgol Province, Mongolia.

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