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February 19 Gregorian calendar . There are 315 days remaining until the end of the year (316 in leap years ).
Events [ ] 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum , the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.1594 - Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland , Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden , succeeding his father John III of Sweden .1600 - The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina exploded in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.1674 - England and the Netherlands sign the Peace of Westminster , ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War . A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, which renamed it New York .1807 - In Alabama , Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason and confined to Fort Stoddart.1819 - British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands , and claims them in the name of King George III .1846 - In Austin the newly-formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following Texas' annexation by the United States .1847 - The Donner Party is rescued. It is noted that some of the survivors seem to be remarkably well-fed considering their ordeal.1852 - The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg .1861 - Serfdom is abolished in Russia .1864 - Knights of Pythias founded at Washington, DC by Justus H. Rathbone.1878 - The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison .1881 - Kansas became the first U.S. state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages .1913 - Prizes are included in Cracker Jack candy boxes for the first time.1915 - World War I : The Battle of Gallipoli began.1937 - During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia , two Eritrean nationalists attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.1941 - World War II : The Afrika Korps , the corps -level headquarters controlling the German Panzer divisions in North Africa , was formed.1942 - World War II : nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people.1942 - World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066 United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese internment camps the bombing of darwin.
1943 - World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.1945 - World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima - about 30,000 United States Marines land on Iwo Jima .1949 - Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University .1953 - Censorship : Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States .1959 - The United Kingdom grants Cyprus its independence , which is then on formally proclaimed on August 16 , 1960 .1968 - National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States) debuts the children's television program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood 1968 - Egyptian commando forces attempt to intervene in a hijacking situation at Larnaca International Airport, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
1982 - Maiden flight of Boeing 757 1985 - Artificial heart patient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital .1985 - Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain , killing 148.
1985 - EastEnders United Kingdom , on the first night of a major identity change for BBC1 .
1986 - The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station .1999 - Official dedication and unveiling of the cornerstone at Air Canada Centre .2001 - An Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial .2002 - NASA 's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.2004 - Nazi -hunter Simon Wiesenthal is awarded an honorary knighthood in recognition of a "lifetime of service to humanity."2006 - The Rolling Stones made the largest show open to the public of the world in Copacabana beach , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1.3 million people went to the show.2007 - Three Salvadoran deputies to the Central American Parliament and their driver are murdered in Guatemala .Births [ ] 1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus , Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543 )1526 - Charles de L'Ecluse , Flemish botanist (d. 1609 )1552 - Melchior Klesl , Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630 )1630 - Shivaji , founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680 )1660 - Friedrich Hoffmann , German physician and chemist (d. 1742 )1717 - David Garrick , British actor (d. 1779 )1722 - Tiphaigne de la Roche , French writer (d. 1774 )1743 - Luigi Boccherini , Italian composer (d. 1805 )1780 - Richard McCarty , American politician (d. 1844 )1802 - Wilhelm Matthias Naeff , Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1881 )1804 - Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky , German physician (d. 1878 )1804 - David Wark , Canadian politician (d. 1905 )
1821 - August Schleicher , German linguist (d. 1868 )1833 - Élie Ducommun , Swiss journalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1906 )1859 - Svante Arrhenius , Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1927 )1865 - Sven Hedin , Swedish explorer (d. 1952 )1876 - Constantin Brancusi , Romanian sculptor (d. 1957 )1877 - Gabriele Münter , German painter (d. 1962 )1880 - Alvaro Obregon , Mexican president (d. 1928 )1888 - José Eustasio Rivera , Colombian writer (d. 1928 )1893 - Sir Cedric Hardwicke , British actor (d. 1964 )1895 - Louis Calhern , American actor (d. 1956 )1897 - Alma Rubens , American actress (d. 1931 )1899 - Yury Olesha , Russian novelist (d. 1960 )1900 - Giorgos Seferis , Greek poet, Nobel laureate (d. 1971 )1902 - Kay Boyle , American writer (d. 1992 )1904 - Havank , Dutch writer (d. 1964 )1911 - Merle Oberon , British actress (d. 1979 )1912 - Saul Chaplin , American composer (d. 1997 )1913 - Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza , pretender to the Brazilian throne1914 - Jacques Dufilho , French comedian (d. 2005 )1916 - Eddie Arcaro , American jockey (d. 1997 )1917 - Carson McCullers , American author (d. 1967 )1920 - C. Z. Guest , American socialite (d. 2003 )1920 - Jaan Kross , Estonian writer
1920 - George Rose , British music hall entertainer (d. 1988 )
1924 - David Bronstein , Ukrainian chess player (d. 2006 )1924 - Lee Marvin , American actor (d. 1987 )
1924 - Bruce Norris , American ice hockey executive (d. 1986 )
1929 - Jacques Deray , French film director (d. 2003 )1930 - John Frankenheimer , American film director (d. 2002 )1934 - Carole Eastman , American screenwriter (d. 2004 )1936 - Sam Myers , American musician and songwriter (d. 2006 )1936 - Marin Sorescu , Romanian writer and novelist (d. 1997 )
1937 - Robert "Bilbo" Walker Jr. , American blues guitarist 1940 - Saparmurat Niyazov , President of Turkmenistan (d. 2006 )1940 - Smokey Robinson , American singer
1941 - David Gross , American physicist, Nobel laureate 1942 - Paul Krause , American football player1943 - Lou Christie , American singer1943 - Homer Hickam , American author and retired NASA engineer
1943 - Tim Hunt , British biochemist, Nobel laureate
1945 - Michael Nader , American actor1946 - Paul Dean , Canadian guitarist (Loverboy )1946 - Peter Hudson , Australian rules footballer
1946 - Karen Silkwood , American activist (d. 1974 )
1947 - Tim Shadbolt , mayor of Invercargill 1948 - Mark Andes , American musician1948 - Pim Fortuyn , Dutch politician (d. 2002 )
1948 - Tony Iommi , British musician (Black Sabbath )
1948 - Big John Studd , American professional wrestler (d. 1995 )
1949 - Dan Bunten , American software developer (d. 1998 )1950 - Andy Powell , British musician1951 - Stephen Nichols , American actor1951 - Tahir-ul-Qadri , Pakistani Islamic scholar
1952 - Amy Tan , American novelist1952 - Rodolfo Neri Vela , Mexican astronaut
1953 - Massimo Troisi , Italian actor (d. 1994 )1953 - Cristina Elisabet Fernández - Argentinian politician
1954 - Socrates , Brazilian footballer1955 - Jeff Daniels , American actor1956 - Kathleen Beller , American actress1956 - Roderick MacKinnon , American biologist, Nobel laureate
1957 - Falco , Austrian singer (d. 1998 )1957 - Ray Winstone , British actor
1960 - Andrew 1960 - Leslie Ash , English actress
1961 - Justin Fashanu , English footballer (d. 1998 )1961 - Andy Wallace , English race car driver
1962 - Hana Mandlíková , Czech tennis player1962 - John Laroche , American orchid poacher
1963 - Laurell K. Hamilton , American writer1963 - Seal , English singer
1964 - Dmitri Lipskerov , Russian writer1964 - Sonu Walia , Indian actress
1966 - Justine Bateman , American actress1966 - Paul Haarhuis , Dutch tennis player
1966 - Enzo Scifo , Belgian footballer
1967 - Benicio del Toro , Puerto Rican actor1969 - Burton C. Bell , American vocalist1971 - Miguel Batista , Dominican baseball player1971 - Gil Shaham , Israeli/American violinist
1972 - Francine , American professional wrestler1974 - Danny Doring , American professional wrestler1975 - Mikko Kavén , Finnish footballer1975 - Katja Schuurman , Dutch actress and singer
1975 - Daewon Song , Korean professional skateboarder
1977 - Ola Salo , Swedish singer (The Ark )1977 - Gianluca Zambrotta , Italian footballer
1978 - Michalis Konstantinou , Greek-Cypriot footballer1978 - Immortal Technique , American rapper
1979 - Mariska , Finnish rapper1979 - Clinton Morrison , Irish footballer
1979 - Mariana Ochoa , Mexican singer and actress
1980 - Neleh Dennis , American Survivor contestant1980 - Mike Miller , American basketball player
1981 - Ronnie Arniell , Canadian professional wrestler1981 - Beth Ditto , American singer (The Gossip )
1981 - Gil Reyes , American boxer
1981 - Nicky Shorey , English footballer
1981 - Vitas , Russian singer
1983 - Mika Nakashima , Japanese singer/actress1984 - Chris Richardson , American Idol 1985 - Haylie Duff , American singer/actress1986 - Reon Kadena , Japanese model/actress1986 - Henri Karjalainen , Finnish racing driver
1986 - Maria Mena , Norwegian singer
1986 - Marta , Brazilian footballer
1993 - Victoria Justice , American actressDeaths [ ] 197 - Clodius Albinus , Roman governor of Britain1133 - Irene Ducaena , wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066 )1553 - Erasmus Reinhold , German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1511 )1589 - Saint Philothei , Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens (b. 1522)1605 - Orazio Vecchi , Italian composer (b. 1550 )1602 - Philippe Emmanuel , French soldier (b. 1558 )1620 - Roemer Visscher , Dutch writer (b. 1547 )1622 - Sir Henry Savile , English educator (b. 1549 )1653 - Luigi de Rossi , Italian composer (b. 1597 )1663 - Adam Adami , German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603 )1670 - King Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609 )1672 - Charles Chauncy , English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592 )1709 - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi , Japanese shogun (b. 1646 )1716 - Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter , Norwegian poet (b. 1634 )1789 - Nicholas Van Dyke , American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738 )1799 - Jean-Charles de Borda , French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. 1733 )1806 - Elizabeth Carter , English writer (b. 1717 )1837 - Georg Büchner , German playwright (b. 1813 )1873 - Vasil Levski , Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1837 )1887 - Multatuli , Dutch writer (b. 1820 )1897 - Karl Weierstraß , German mathematician (b. 1815 )1916 - Ernst Mach , Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838 )1927 - Robert Fuchs , Austrian composer (b. 1847 )1936 - Billy Mitchell , American general and military aviation pioneer (b. 1879 )1936 - Max Schreck , German actor (b. 1879 )
1936 - Charles Harding Firth , British historian (b. 1857 )
1942 - Frank Abbandando , American gangster (executed) (b. 1910 )1951 - André Gide , French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1869 )1952 - Knut Hamsun , Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (b. 1859 )1957 - Maurice Garin , French cyclist (b. 1871 )1962 - Georgios Papanikolaou , Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (b. 1883 )1968 - Georg Hackenschmidt , Estonian professional wrestler (b. 1878 )1969 - Madge Blake , American actress (b. 1899 )1972 - John Grierson , Scottish documentary filmmaker (b. 1898 )1972 - Tedd Pierce , American animator (b. 1906 )
1973 - Joseph Szigeti , Hungarian violinist (b. 1892 )1973 - Kostas Negrepontis , Greek footballer (b. 1897 )
1975 - Luigi Dallapiccola , Italian composer (b. 1904 )1977 - Mike González , Cuban baseball player (b. 1890 )1977 - Anthony Crosland , British politician (b. 1918 )
1980 - Bon Scott , Australian musician and singer for the band AC/DC (b. 1946 )1983 - Alice White , American film actress (b. 1904 )1986 - Adolfo Celi , Italian actor (b. 1922 )1988 - André Frédéric Cournand , French-born physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1895 )1994 - Derek Jarman , British film director (b. 1942 )1996 - Antonio Creus , Spanish racecar driver (b. 1924 )1996 - Charles O. Finley , American sports entrepreneur (b. 1918 )
1997 - Deng Xiaoping , Chinese Communist leader and revolutionary (b. 1904 )1997 - Leo Rosten , American Yiddish writer and humorist (b. 1908 )
1998 - John Acheson , British actor1998 - Grandpa Jones , American entertainer (b. 1913 )
1999 - Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr , Iraqi Shiite leader (assassinated)2000 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser , Austrian artist (b. 1928 )2001 - Priscilla Davis , American socialite (b. 1942 )2001 - Stanley Kramer , American director (b. 1913 )
2001 - Charles Trenet , French singer (b. 1913 )
2003 - Johnny PayCheck , American singer (b. 1938 )2007 - Janet Blair , American actress (b. 1921 )2007 - Celia Franca , founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1921 ) Holidays and observances [ ] External links [ ]
104 Familypedia people were born on February 19
124 Familypedia people died on February 19
75 Familypedia people were first married on February 19
