Historical Events In February - 19

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

1916  On this day in history ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, dies at 78  

1917  On this day in history 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  On this day in history netherlands joins League of Nations  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1925  Jindrich Feld, composer on February - 19.  

1926  Gyorgy Kurtag, composer on February - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1930  John Frankenheimer, NYC, director (Birdman of Alcatraz) on February - 19.  

1932  On this day in history william Faulkner completes his novel "Light in August"  

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

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

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 this day in history bob & Dolores Hope marry  

1935  On this day in history clifford Odets' "Awake & Sing," premieres in NYC  

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

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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on this day in history.  

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  On February - 19 birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer  

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 February - 19.  

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

1401  On this day in history death of william Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London  

1414  On February - 19 thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies  

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.