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  On this day in history 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 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 February - 19 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1944  823 British bombers attack Berlin on February - 19.   

1944  U-264 sinks off Ireland on February - 19.   

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

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

1945  On this day in history wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 26   

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 this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history mass arrests of communists in India   

1949  On this day in history "Inside USA" closes at Century Theater NYC after 339 performances   

1949  Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1953  Georgia approves US 1st literature censorship board on this day in history.   

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

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1473  On February - 19 birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)   

1526  Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) was born on this day in history.   

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

1616  Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer was born on this day in history.   

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on February - 19.   

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

0197  On February - 19 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 this day in history.   

1133  On this day in history death of irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)   

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

1401  Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on this day in history.   

1414  On this day in history 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 this day in history.