Historical Events In February - 19

1916  Eddie Arcaro, jockey (1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns) on this day in history.  

1916  On February - 19 ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, dies at 78  

1917  On February - 19 carson McCullers, US, novelist (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter)  

1919  Pan-African Congress, organized by W E B Du Bois (Paris) on February - 19.  

1920  Netherlands joins League of Nations on February - 19.  

1920  On this day in history frances K Bairstow, educator/labor relations consultant  

1921  Andries Treurnicht, [Dr No], founder (S Afr Conservative Party) on this day in history.  

1922  Ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer on this day in history.  

1922  Beant Singh, politiician on February - 19.  

1923  On this day in history 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  The birth of Lee Marvin, American actor on this day in history.  

1924  On February - 19 bruce Norris, NHL owner (Detroit Red Wings)  

1925  On February - 19 jindrich Feld, composer  

1926  Gyorgy Kurtag, composer on this day in history.  

1927  General strike against British occupiers in Shanghai on February - 19.  

1927  On this day in history rene Firino-Martell, cognac manufacturer  

1927  On February - 19 georg Brandes, [Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic, dies at 85  

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

1928  Canadian hockey team wins 3rd consecutive gold medal on February - 19.  

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  John Frankenheimer, NYC, director (Birdman of Alcatraz) on February - 19.  

1932  William Faulkner completes his novel "Light in August" on February - 19.  

1932  On this day in history jean-Pierre Ponnele, Paris France, opera director (Carmina Burana)  

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

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

1933  Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer, dies at 77 on February - 19.  

1934  On February - 19 bob &Dolores Hope marry  

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

1934  On February - 19 bob & Dolores Hope marry  

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

1936  On this day in history manuel Azaña becomes Spanish premier  

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1473  On February - 19 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  On February - 19 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  On this day in history birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer  

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

1660  On February - 19 birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)  

0197  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on February - 19.  

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362) on this day in history.  

1133  Death of Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066) on this day in history.  

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1401  On this day in history 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  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.