Historical Events In February - 19

1936  On February - 19 manuel Azaña becomes Spanish premier   

1938  On this day in history soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark   

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

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

1942  On this day in history 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 February - 19.   

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

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

1943  German tanks under brig gen Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia on this day in history.   

1944  On February - 19 823 British bombers attack Berlin   

1944  On February - 19 u-264 sinks off Ireland   

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

1945  900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days on February - 19.   

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

1945  On February - 19 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  On February - 19 cBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3"   

1949  Mass arrests of communists in India on this day in history.   

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  On February - 19 andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, French writer (Nobel 1947), dies at 82   

1952  On this day in history french offensive at Hanoi   

1952  On February - 19 knut Hamsun, writer, dies at 92   

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

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

1953  On this day in history 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 February - 19 birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)   

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer   

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

1660  On February - 19 birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)   

0197  On this day in history 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 February - 19.   

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on February - 19.   

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

1414  On February - 19 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  Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on this day in history.