Page 6: Historical Events In February - 19

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

1938  Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark on February - 19.   

1941  On February - 19 nazis raid Koco Amsterdam &round up 429 young Jews for deportation   

1941  Nazi police attacks & driven away from Koco Amsterdam (by young Jews) on this day in history.   

1941  On February - 19 alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Aus 1879), dies   

1942  On February - 19 about 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin   

1942  Dutch actors protest obligatory membership of Culture Chamber on February - 19.   

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

1942  On this day in history japanese troop land on Timor   

1942  Tommy Dorsey &his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah" on this day in history.   

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

1943  German tanks under Brigadier General Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia on February - 19.   

1943  On February - 19 parliament approves Defence (Citizen Military Forces) Bill introducing conscription for service in south-west Pacific war zone   

1943  German tanks under brig gen Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia on February - 19.   

1944  On February - 19 823 British bombers attack Berlin   

1944  On this day in history u-264 sinks off Ireland   

1944  Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer, dies at 76 on February - 19.   

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

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

1945  On this day in history 30,000 US Marines land on Iwo Jima   

1945  Wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 26 on February - 19.   

1946  Giants outfielder Danny Gardella is 1st major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League on this day in history.   

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

1949  On February - 19 mass arrests of communists in India   

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  Edyth Walker, US singer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1953  Georgia approves US first literature censorship board on February - 19.   

1953  Ted Williams safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet on February - 19.   

1953  Georgia approves US 1st literature censorship board on February - 19.   

1954  On February - 19 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  On February - 19 birth of melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)   

1588  On February - 19 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  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  On February - 19 d Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle   

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  On this day in history boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies   

1401  Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on February - 19.   

1414  On this day in history thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies   

1545  On this day in history death of pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death   

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