December 19 in history: • 1154 – Henry II (depicted) was crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey, London. → go there • 1964 – The ruling junta of South Vietnam, led by Nguyễn Khánh, initiated a coup, dissolving the High National Council, a civilian advisory body. → go there • 1984 – 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. → go there • 1985 – Aeroflot Flight 101/435 was hijacked by its co-pilot; it landed in a cow pasture in China, where he was apprehended. → go there • 1997 – Titanic, the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time with a worldwide total of more than US$2.2 billion, was released in the United States. → go there Died 1370: Pope Urban V Wiki link Born 1820: Mary Livermore Wiki link Born 1875: Mileva Marić Wiki link Born 1940: Phil Ochs Wiki link Pictured: Henry II.