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 February - 19.   

1917  On this day in history carson McCullers, US, novelist (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter)   

1919  On this day in history pan-African Congress, organized by W E B Du Bois (Paris)   

1920  Netherlands joins League of Nations on February - 19.   

1920  Frances K Bairstow, educator/labor relations consultant on this day in history.   

1921  On February - 19 andries Treurnicht, [Dr No], founder (S Afr Conservative Party)   

1922  Ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer on February - 19.   

1922  Beant Singh, politiician on this day in history.   

1923  Jean Sibelius' 6th Symphony, premieres on this day in history.   

1923  Donald Lybbert, composer on February - 19.   

1923  Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer, dies at 68 on February - 19.   

1924  The birth of Lee Marvin, American actor on February - 19.   

1924  Bruce Norris, NHL owner (Detroit Red Wings) on February - 19.   

1925  On February - 19 jindrich Feld, composer   

1926  Gyorgy Kurtag, composer on this day in history.   

1927  On February - 19 general strike against British occupiers in Shanghai   

1927  Rene Firino-Martell, cognac manufacturer on February - 19.   

1927  Georg Brandes, [Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic, dies at 85 on February - 19.   

1928  On February - 19 2nd Winter Olympics games close at St Moritz, Switzerland   

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

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

1929  Medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, NY on February - 19.   

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 this day in history jean-Pierre Ponnele, Paris France, opera director (Carmina Burana)   

1933  Prussian minister Göring bans all Catholic newspapers on this day in history.   

1933  Prussian minister Goering bans all Catholic newspapers on February - 19.   

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

1934  Bob &Dolores Hope marry on February - 19.   

1934  US contract air mail service canceled, replaced by US army for 6 months on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history bob & Dolores Hope marry   

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

1936  Manuel Azaña becomes Spanish premier on this day in history.   

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

1526  On February - 19 birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)   

1552  On this day in history birth of melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)   

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

1611  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on this day in history.   

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

1630  On February - 19 birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)   

1660  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)   

0197  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

1133  On this day in history death of irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)   

1260  On February - 19 boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies   

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

1414  On this day in history thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies   

1545  Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on this day in history.   

1553  On this day in history erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41