Historical Events In February - 19

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

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

1920  Netherlands joins League of Nations on this day in history.   

1920  Frances K Bairstow, educator/labor relations consultant on February - 19.   

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

1922  On this day in history 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  Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer, dies at 68 on February - 19.   

1924  The birth of Lee Marvin, American actor on this day in history.   

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

1925  Jindrich Feld, composer on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history gyorgy Kurtag, composer   

1927  On this day in history general strike against British occupiers in Shanghai   

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

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  Canadian hockey team wins 3rd consecutive gold medal on this day in history.   

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

1929  On this day in history medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, NY   

1930  John Frankenheimer, NYC, director (Birdman of Alcatraz) on this day in history.   

1932  On February - 19 william Faulkner completes his novel "Light in August"   

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

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

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

1933  On February - 19 arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer, dies at 77   

1934  On February - 19 bob &Dolores Hope marry   

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

1934  On February - 19 bob & Dolores Hope marry   

1935  Clifford Odets' "Awake & Sing," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1936  On February - 19 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 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 this day in history.   

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

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 February - 19.   

0440  On February - 19 death of mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)   

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 February - 19.   

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  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.