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  Carson McCullers, US, novelist (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter) on this day in history.   

1919  On February - 19 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  On this day in history andries Treurnicht, [Dr No], founder (S Afr Conservative Party)   

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

1922  Beant Singh, politiician on February - 19.   

1923  On this day in history jean Sibelius' 6th Symphony, premieres   

1923  On this day in history donald Lybbert, composer   

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  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 February - 19.   

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

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

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

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  On February - 19 john Frankenheimer, NYC, director (Birdman of Alcatraz)   

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

1932  On February - 19 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 February - 19.   

1934  On this day in history bob &Dolores Hope marry   

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

1934  On this day in history bob & Dolores Hope marry   

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

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  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 February - 19.   

1588  On February - 19 birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies   

1611  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on February - 19.   

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  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

0197  On this day in history 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  Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on this day in history.   

1414  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on this day in history.   

1545  On February - 19 death of pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death   

1553  On February - 19 erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41