Historical Events In February - 19

1936  Manuel Azaña becomes Spanish premier on February - 19.  

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

1941  On this day in history nazis raid Koco Amsterdam &round up 429 young Jews for deportation  

1941  On February - 19 nazi police attacks & driven away from Koco Amsterdam (by young Jews)  

1941  Alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Aus 1879), dies on this day in history.  

1942  On this day in history about 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin  

1942  Dutch actors protest obligatory membership of Culture Chamber on this day in history.  

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

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

1942  On February - 19 tommy Dorsey &his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah"  

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 February - 19.  

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

1944  823 British bombers attack Berlin on this day in history.  

1944  On February - 19 u-264 sinks off Ireland  

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

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

1945  On February - 19 a U.S. invasion force of 30,000 marines land at Iwo Jima, starting a month-long WWII battle against Japanese troops.  

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

1945  On February - 19 wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 26  

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 this day in history.  

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 February - 19 auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83  

1950  Edyth Walker, US singer, dies at 82 on February - 19.  

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

1952  French offensive at Hanoi on February - 19.  

1952  On this day in history knut Hamsun, writer, dies at 92  

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

1953  On February - 19 ted Williams safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet  

1953  On this day in history georgia approves US 1st literature censorship board  

1954  On February - 19 wAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast  

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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  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 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 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 this day in history.  

1133  On February - 19 death of irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)  

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  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on February - 19.  

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

1553  Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on February - 19.