Historical Events In February - 19

1936  On this day in history manuel Azaña becomes Spanish premier  

1938  Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark on February - 19.  

1941  Nazis raid Koco Amsterdam &round up 429 young Jews for deportation on February - 19.  

1941  Nazi police attacks & driven away from Koco Amsterdam (by young Jews) on February - 19.  

1941  Alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Aus 1879), dies on this day in history.  

1942  On this day in history about 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin  

1942  On February - 19 dutch actors protest obligatory membership of Culture Chamber  

1942  On this day in history first Japanese air raid on Darwin The city was bombed 64 times between feb 1942 and nov 1943  

1942  On February - 19 japanese troop land on Timor  

1942  Tommy Dorsey &his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah" on this day in history.  

1942  On this day in history u.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt grants authority for the military to intern Japanese-Americans during WWII.  

1943  German tanks under Brigadier General Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia on this day in history.  

1943  On this day in history parliament approves Defence (Citizen Military Forces) Bill introducing conscription for service in south-west Pacific war zone  

1943  On February - 19 german tanks under brig gen Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia  

1944  823 British bombers attack Berlin on February - 19.  

1944  On this day in history u-264 sinks off Ireland  

1944  On February - 19 siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer, dies at 76  

1945  900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days on this day in history.  

1945  A U.S. invasion force of 30,000 marines land at Iwo Jima, starting a month-long WWII battle against Japanese troops on this day in history.  

1945  30,000 US Marines land on Iwo Jima on February - 19.  

1945  Wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 26 on this day in history.  

1946  Giants outfielder Danny Gardella is 1st major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League on February - 19.  

1947  On February - 19 cBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3"  

1949  Mass arrests of communists in India on February - 19.  

1949  "Inside USA" closes at Century Theater NYC after 339 performances on this day in history.  

1949  Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83 on February - 19.  

1950  Edyth Walker, US singer, dies at 82 on February - 19.  

1951  Andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, French writer (Nobel 1947), dies at 82 on February - 19.  

1952  French offensive at Hanoi on this day in history.  

1952  Knut Hamsun, writer, dies at 92 on February - 19.  

1953  Georgia approves US first literature censorship board on this day in history.  

1953  Ted Williams safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet on February - 19.  

1953  Georgia approves US 1st literature censorship board on this day in history.  

1954  On this day in history wAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast  

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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on this day in history.  

1526  Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) was born on February - 19.  

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on this day in history.  

1588  On this day in history birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies  

1611  On February - 19 birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)  

1616  Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer was born on this day in history.  

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on February - 19.  

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on February - 19.  

0197  On February - 19 d Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle  

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362) on February - 19.  

1133  On February - 19 death of irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)  

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on February - 19.  

1401  On this day in history death of william Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London  

1414  On February - 19 thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies  

1545  On this day in history death of pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death  

1553  Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on February - 19.