Non-musical history for today: 1776 – Thomas Paine published one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled “The American Crisis,” using the pseudonym “Common Sense.” The first line reads: “These are the times that try men’s souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 19.

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