Page 6: Historical Events In February - 19

1936  On February - 19 manuel Azaña becomes Spanish premier   

1938  On February - 19 soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark   

1941  Nazis raid Koco Amsterdam &round up 429 young Jews for deportation on this day in history.   

1941  Nazi police attacks & driven away from Koco Amsterdam (by young Jews) on February - 19.   

1941  On this day in history alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Aus 1879), dies   

1942  About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin on February - 19.   

1942  On this day in history dutch actors protest obligatory membership of Culture Chamber   

1942  On February - 19 first Japanese air raid on Darwin The city was bombed 64 times between feb 1942 and nov 1943   

1942  Japanese troop land on Timor on this day in history.   

1942  Tommy Dorsey &his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah" on February - 19.   

1942  On February - 19 u.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt grants authority for the military to intern Japanese-Americans during WWII.   

1943  On this day in history german tanks under Brigadier General Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia   

1943  Parliament approves Defence (Citizen Military Forces) Bill introducing conscription for service in south-west Pacific war zone on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history german tanks under brig gen Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia   

1944  823 British bombers attack Berlin on February - 19.   

1944  U-264 sinks off Ireland on this day in history.   

1944  On February - 19 siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer, dies at 76   

1945  On this day in history 900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days   

1945  A U.S. invasion force of 30,000 marines land at Iwo Jima, starting a month-long WWII battle against Japanese troops on this day in history.   

1945  30,000 US Marines land on Iwo Jima on February - 19.   

1945  Wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 26 on this day in history.   

1946  On February - 19 giants outfielder Danny Gardella is 1st major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League   

1947  CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3" on February - 19.   

1949  Mass arrests of communists in India on February - 19.   

1949  "Inside USA" closes at Century Theater NYC after 339 performances on February - 19.   

1949  On this day in history auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83   

1950  On this day in history edyth Walker, US singer, dies at 82   

1951  On this day in history andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, French writer (Nobel 1947), dies at 82   

1952  On this day in history french offensive at Hanoi   

1952  Knut Hamsun, writer, dies at 92 on February - 19.   

1953  Georgia approves US first literature censorship board on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history ted Williams safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet   

1953  On February - 19 georgia approves US 1st literature censorship board   

1954  On this day in history wAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast   

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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on February - 19.   

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

1611  On this day in history birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)   

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

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

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on February - 19.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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