Page 5: Historical Events In February - 19

1916  On February - 19 eddie Arcaro, jockey (1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns)   

1916  Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1917  Carson McCullers, US, novelist (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter) on February - 19.   

1919  On February - 19 pan-African Congress, organized by W E B Du Bois (Paris)   

1920  On this day in history netherlands joins League of Nations   

1920  On February - 19 frances K Bairstow, educator/labor relations consultant   

1921  Andries Treurnicht, [Dr No], founder (S Afr Conservative Party) on February - 19.   

1922  On February - 19 ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer   

1922  Beant Singh, politiician on February - 19.   

1923  On February - 19 jean Sibelius' 6th Symphony, premieres   

1923  Donald Lybbert, composer on this day in history.   

1923  On February - 19 jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer, dies at 68   

1924  On this day in history the birth of Lee Marvin, American actor   

1924  Bruce Norris, NHL owner (Detroit Red Wings) on this day in history.   

1925  Jindrich Feld, composer on February - 19.   

1926  Gyorgy Kurtag, composer on February - 19.   

1927  General strike against British occupiers in Shanghai on this day in history.   

1927  On February - 19 rene Firino-Martell, cognac manufacturer   

1927  Georg Brandes, [Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1928  2nd Winter Olympics games close at St Moritz, Switzerland on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history canadian hockey team wins 3rd consecutive gold medal   

1928  2nd Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland on this day in history.   

1929  Medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, NY on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history john Frankenheimer, NYC, director (Birdman of Alcatraz)   

1932  William Faulkner completes his novel "Light in August" on this day in history.   

1932  On February - 19 jean-Pierre Ponnele, Paris France, opera director (Carmina Burana)   

1933  On this day in history prussian minister Göring bans all Catholic newspapers   

1933  On February - 19 prussian minister Goering bans all Catholic newspapers   

1933  Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history bob &Dolores Hope marry   

1934  US contract air mail service canceled, replaced by US army for 6 months on February - 19.   

1934  Bob & Dolores Hope marry on this day in history.   

1935  On February - 19 clifford Odets' "Awake & Sing," premieres in NYC   

1936  Manuel Azaña becomes Spanish premier on February - 19.   

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1473  On this day in history birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)   

1526  On this day in history birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)   

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on February - 19.   

1588  Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies was born on February - 19.   

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

1616  Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer was born on February - 19.   

1630  On this day in history birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)   

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

0197  On this day in history d Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle   

0440  On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)   

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

1260  On this day in history boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies   

1401  On February - 19 death of william Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London   

1414  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on February - 19.   

1545  Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on February - 19.   

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