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What happend on 19. February in History
In our data base we found 321 events happened on 19. February:
• 197: Clodius Albinus, Roman governor of Britain [category: Deaths]
• 197: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. [category: Events]
• 356: Emperor Constantius II issues a decree closing all pagan temples in the Roman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1133: Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066) [category: Deaths]
• 1473: Nicolaus Copernicus, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) [category: Births]
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• 1526: Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) [category: Births]
• 1552: Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) [category: Births]
• 1553: Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1511) [category: Deaths]
• 1589: Saint Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens (b. 1522) [category: Deaths]
• 1594: Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland in 1587, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father John III of Sweden in 1592. [category: Events]
• 1600: The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America. [category: Events]
• 1602: Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558) [category: Deaths]
• 1605: Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (b. 1550) [category: Deaths]
• 1620: Roemer Visscher, Dutch writer (b. 1547) [category: Deaths]
• 1622: Sir Henry Savile, English educator (b. 1549) [category: Deaths]
• 1630: Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire of India (d. 1680) [category: Births]
• 1649: The Second Battle of Guararapes takes place, effectively ending Dutch colonization efforts in Brazil. [category: Events]
• 1653: Luigi de Rossi, Italian composer (b. 1597) [category: Deaths]
• 1660: Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) [category: Births]
• 1663: Adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603) [category: Deaths]
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• 1670: King Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609) [category: Deaths]
• 1671: Charles-Hubert Gervais, French composer (d. 1744) [category: Births]
• 1672: Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592) [category: Deaths]
• 1674: England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York. [category: Events]
• 1709: Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646) [category: Deaths]
• 1716: Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634) [category: Deaths]
• 1717: David Garrick, British actor (d. 1779) [category: Births]
• 1722: Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (d. 1774) [category: Births]
• 1743: Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (d. 1805) [category: Births]
• 1780: Richard McCarty, American politician (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1789: Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738) [category: Deaths]
• 1798: Sir Allan Napier MacNab Bt, Canadian politician, Premier of the Province of Canada (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1799: Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. 1733) [category: Deaths]
• 1800: Émilie Gamelin, French Canadian Roman Catholic Religious Sister, founder of the Sisters of Providence (d. 1851) [category: Births]
• 1802: Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1804: Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, German physician (d. 1878) [category: Births]
• 1804: David Wark, Canadian politician (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1806: Elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
• 1807: In Alabama, former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason and confined to Fort Stoddert. [category: Events]
• 1819: British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III. [category: Events]
• 1821: August Schleicher, German linguist (d. 1868) [category: Births]
• 1824: Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founder of Le Crédit Lyonnais (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1833: Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1837: Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
• 1837: Thomas Burgess, English author, philosopher, Bishop of Saint David's and Bishop of Salisbury (b. 1756) [category: Deaths]
• 1843: Adelina Patti, Italian opera singer (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1846: In Austin, Texas 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. [category: Events]
• 1847: The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party. [category: Events]
• 1852: The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. [category: Events]
• 1855: Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1859: Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1859: Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the 1st time this defense is successfully used in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1861: Serfdom is abolished in Russia. [category: Events]
• 1865: Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1869: Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and writer (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1876: Constantin Brâncuşi, Romanian sculptor (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1876: Founding of the National Amateur Press Association (NAPA) in Philadelphia. [category: Events]
• 1877: Gabriele Münter, German painter (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1878: Thomas Edison patents the phonograph. [category: Events]
• 1880: Alvaro Obregon, Mexican president (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1884: More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history. [category: Events]
• 1886: José Abad Santos, Filipino jurist and lawyer (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1887: Multatuli, Dutch writer (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1888: José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1893: Sir Cedric Hardwicke, British actor (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1895: Diego Mazquiarán, Spanish matador ( d. 1940 ) [category: Births]
• 1895: Louis Calhern, American actor (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1896: André Breton, French poet (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1897: Alma Rubens, American actress (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1897: Karl Weierstraß, German mathematician (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: Lucio Fontana, Italian-Argentinian painter and sculptor (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1899: Yury Olesha, Russian novelist (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1901: Florence Green, British, last surviving veteran of World War I (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1902: Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1904: Havank, Dutch writer (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1904: Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, Irish writer (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1906: Eugene Eisenmann, Panamanian-American ornithologist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1910: Dorothy Janis, American silent film actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1911: Merle Oberon, British actress (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1912: Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1913: Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian throne (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1914: Jacques Dufilho, French comedian (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1915: Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian social and political leader (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli. [category: Events]
• 1916: Eddie Arcaro, American jockey (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1916: Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Carson McCullers, American author (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1920: C. Z. Guest, American socialite (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1920: George Rose, British music hall entertainer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1920: Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1921: Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup [category: Events]
• 1924: Bruce Norris, American ice hockey executive (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1924: David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1924: František Vláčil, Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1924: Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1927: Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Jacques Deray, French film director (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1930: John Frankenheimer, American film director (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1930: K Viswanath, South Indian film director [category: Births]
• 1932: Joseph P. Kerwin, NASA astronaut [category: Births]
• 1934: Carole Eastman, American screenwriter (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1934: Pierre Barouh, French writer, composer and singer [category: Births]
• 1935: Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1936: Marin Sorescu, Romanian writer and novelist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1936: Sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1936: Billy Mitchell, American general and military aviation pioneer (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Charles Harding Firth, British historian (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Robert Walker Jr., American blues guitarist [category: Births]
• 1937: Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades. [category: Events]
• 1938: Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Tibetan religious figure (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1938: Dutch Mason, Canadian blues musician (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1938: René Muñoz, Cuban-born Mexican actor and screenwriter (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1939: Gwen Taylor, English actress [category: Births]
• 1940: Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1940: Smokey Robinson, American singer [category: Births]
• 1941: David Gross, American physicist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1942: Paul Krause, American football player [category: Births]
• 1942: Frank Abbandando, American gangster (executed) (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese internment camps. [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people. [category: Events]
• 1943: Gert Wünsche, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1943: Homer Hickam, American author and engineer [category: Births]
• 1943: Jim Cosman, American baseball player (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1943: Lou Christie, American singer [category: Births]
• 1943: Tim Hunt, British biochemist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins. [category: Events]
• 1945: Jürgen Rumor, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1945: Michael Nader, American actor [category: Births]
• 1945: Yuri Antonov, Soviet-Russian musician [category: Births]
• 1945: Zlatko Sirotić, Croatian painter [category: Births]
• 1945: Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach and lawyer (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima – about 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima. [category: Events]
• 1946: Hiroshi Fujioka, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Karen Silkwood, American activist (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1946: Paul Dean, Canadian guitarist (Loverboy) [category: Births]
• 1946: Peter Hudson, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1947: Tim Shadbolt, mayor of Invercargill, New Zealand [category: Births]
• 1948: Big John Studd, American professional wrestler (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1948: Mark Andes, American musician (Spirit, Firefall and Heart) [category: Births]
• 1948: Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1948: Tony Iommi, English guitarist (Black Sabbath) [category: Births]
• 1948: The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta. [category: Events]
• 1949: Danielle Bunten Berry, American software developer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1949: William Messner-Loebs, American comics writer [category: Births]
• 1949: Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University. [category: Events]
• 1950: Andy Powell, British musician (Wishbone Ash) [category: Births]
• 1950: Juice Leskinen, Finnish songwriter [category: Births]
• 1951: Stephen Nichols, American actor [category: Births]
• 1951: Tahir-ul-Qadri, Pakistani Islamic Sufi Scholar [category: Births]
• 1951: André Gide, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Amy Tan, American author [category: Births]
• 1952: Danilo Türk, Slovene politician, 3rd President of Slovenia [category: Births]
• 1952: Rodolfo Neri Vela, Mexican astronaut [category: Births]
• 1952: Stephen South, British Formula One driver [category: Births]
• 1952: Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Bill Kirchenbauer American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of Argentina [category: Births]
• 1953: Massimo Troisi, Italian actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1953: Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1954: Francis Buchholz, German bassist (Scorpions) [category: Births]
• 1954: Michael Gira, American musician (Swans) [category: Births]
• 1954: Sócrates, Brazilian footballer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1955: Jeff Daniels, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Dave Wakeling, English musician (The (English) Beat and General Public) [category: Births]
• 1956: Kathleen Beller, American actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Peter Holsapple, American musician (The dBs and The Continental Drifters) [category: Births]
• 1956: Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1957: Falco, Austrian singer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1957: Lorianne Crook, Television Personality [category: Births]
• 1957: Ray Winstone, British actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Maurice Garin, French cyclist (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Helen Fielding, English writer [category: Births]
• 1958: Charles King, American athlete (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Willard Miller, American sailor (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is then formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960. [category: Events]
• 1960: Leslie Ash, English actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Prince Andrew, Duke of York [category: Births]
• 1960: China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket. [category: Events]
• 1961: Andy Wallace, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1961: Benoît Chamoux, French mountaineer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1961: Justin Fashanu, English footballer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1962: Hana Mandlíková, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1962: John Laroche, American orchid poacher [category: Births]
• 1962: Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Jessica Tuck, American actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Laurell K. Hamilton, American writer [category: Births]
• 1963: Seal, English singer [category: Births]
• 1963: The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the Feminist Movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread. [category: Events]
• 1964: Dmitri Lipskerov, Russian writer [category: Births]
• 1964: Doug Aldrich, American musician (Whitesnake and Burning Rain) [category: Births]
• 1964: Richard A. Scott, American illustrator [category: Births]
• 1964: Sonu Walia, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Jon Fishman, American musician (Phish) [category: Births]
• 1965: Leroy, American musician (Smash Mouth) [category: Births]
• 1966: Eduardo Xol, American television personality, designer, entertainer, social activist and businessman [category: Births]
• 1966: Enzo Scifo, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Justine Bateman, American actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Paul Haarhuis, Dutch tennis player [category: Births]
• 1967: Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Georg Hackenschmidt, professional wrestler (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Burton C. Bell, American vocalist (Fear Factory and Ascension of the Watchers) [category: Births]
• 1969: Helena Guergis, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1969: Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Joacim Cans, Swedish singer (HammerFall) [category: Births]
• 1970: Christoforos Nezer, Greek actor (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Gil Shaham, Israeli-born American violinist [category: Births]
• 1971: Lisa McCune, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Miguel Batista, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Francine, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1972: Sunset Thomas, American porn star [category: Births]
• 1972: John Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Lee Morgan, American jazz musician (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Tedd Pierce, American animator (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: The Asama-Sansō hostage standoff begins in Japan. [category: Events]
• 1973: Eric Lange, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Kostas Negrepontis, Greek footballer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Danny Doring, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1975: Daewon Song, Korean professional skateboarder [category: Births]
• 1975: Daniel Adair, Canadian Drummer (Nickelback and 3 Doors Down) [category: Births]
• 1975: Katja Schuurman, Dutch actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1975: Mikko Kavén, Finnish footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Jahidi White, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford's Proclamation 4417 [category: Events]
• 1977: Andrew Ross Sorkin, American journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1977: Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Ola Salo, Swedish singer (The Ark) [category: Births]
• 1977: Anthony Crosland, British politician (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Mike González, Cuban baseball player (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Immortal Technique, Peruvian-American rapper [category: Births]
• 1978: Michalis Konstantinou, Greek-Cypriot footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. [category: Events]
• 1979: Andrew Buchan, English actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Bassnectar, American musician [category: Births]
• 1979: Mariana Ochoa, Mexican singer and actress (OV7) [category: Births]
• 1979: Mariska, Finnish rapper [category: Births]
• 1979: René Renno, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Sergio Júnior, Brazilian football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1980: David Gandy, British model [category: Births]
• 1980: Dwight Freeney, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Ma Lin, Chinese table tennis player [category: Births]
• 1980: Mike Miller, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Neleh Dennis, American reality show contestant [category: Births]
• 1980: Bon Scott, Australian singer (AC/DC) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Beth Ditto, American singer (The Gossip) [category: Births]
• 1981: Daniel Letterle, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Gil Reyes, American boxer [category: Births]
• 1981: Kyle Martino, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1981: Nicky Shorey, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Ronnie Arniell, Canadian professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1981: Vitas, Russian singer [category: Births]
• 1982: Camelia Potec, Romanian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1983: Assunta De Rossi, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Kotoōshū Katsunori, Bulgarian sumo wrestler [category: Births]
• 1983: Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer/actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Ryan Whitney, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Alice White, American film actress (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Chris Richardson, American Idol finalist [category: Births]
• 1985: Arielle Kebbel, American actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Haylie Duff, American singer/actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Sławomir Peszko, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital. [category: Events]
• 1985: Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148. [category: Events]
• 1986: Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian [category: Births]
• 1986: Henri Karjalainen, Finnish racing driver [category: Births]
• 1986: Jayde Nicole, Canadian model [category: Births]
• 1986: Kyle Chipchura, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1986: Maria Mena, Norwegian singer [category: Births]
• 1986: Marta Vieira da Silva, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Michael Schwimer, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Reon Kadena, Japanese model and actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers the eastern province of Sri Lanka. [category: Events]
• 1986: The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for 10 of those years. [category: Events]
• 1988: Miyu Irino, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Selkirk, English race horse (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1988: André Frédéric Cournand, French-born physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Luke Pasqualino, English actor [category: Births]
• 1991: Trevor Bayne, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1992: Tojo Yamamoto, American professional wrestler (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Empress Schuck, Filipina actress [category: Births]
• 1993: Victoria Justice, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1994: Derek Jarman, British film director (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Charlie Finley, American sports entrepreneur (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader and revolutionary (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Leo Rosten, American Yiddish writer and humorist (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Grandpa Jones, American entertainer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, Iraqi Shiite leader (assassinated) (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: President Bill Clinton issues a posthumous pardon for U.S. Army Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper. [category: Events]
• 2000: Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Priscilla Davis, American socialite (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Stanley Kramer, American director (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: The Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial. [category: Events]
• 2002: NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system. [category: Events]
• 2003: Johnny Paycheck, American singer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: A methane explosion in coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners. [category: Events]
• 2007: Celia Franca, founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Janet Blair, American actress (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Yegor Letov, Russian song writer and singer (Grazhdanskaya Oborona) (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Kelly Groucutt, Bass guitarist and singer for the band Electric Light Orchestra (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Jamie Gillis, American pornographic actor, director (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Laura Spurr, American chairperson of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Ollie Matson, American Football Running Back (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Frits Staal, Dutch philosopher (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jaroslav Velinský, Czech science fiction and detective author (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Robin Corbett, Baron Corbett of Castle Vale, British politician (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ruth Barcan Marcus, American philosopher and logician (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• _: Armed Forces Day (Mexico) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Barbatus of Benevento [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Birthday of Shivaji or Shivaji Jayanti (Maharashtra, India) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Commemoration of Bulgaria's Apostle of Freedom Vassil Levski (Bulgaria) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Conrad of Piacenza [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: February 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Flag Day (Turkmenistan) [category: Holidays and observances]