Page 8: Historical Events In February - 19
Thursday, 19 February 2026
1985 ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy. 

1985 Canned and bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola. 

1985 Mickey Mouse welcomed in China 

1985 Elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick and Jane), dies 

1986 Jordanian King Hussein severs ties with PLO. 

1986 The U.S. Senate votes to outlaw genocide, an act that took 37 years to ratify 

1986 USSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit 

1986 Adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), dies at 63 

1987 Anti-smoking ad airs for inaugural time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner 

1987 Minnesota sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G Harrelson. 

1987 Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland 

1989 Jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies 

1990 Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal 

1990 Soyuz TM-9 lands 

1990 Michael Powell, Engl director (Life and Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84 

1991 Peggy Mondo, actress (Who's Minding the Store), dies at 50. 

1992 North and South Korea officially end their 40 year confrontation 

1992 Chet Leaming, dies after brief illness at 66. 

1993 Kenya Moore, 22, (Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA 

1993 Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82. 

1994 Derek Jarman, actor/director (Tempest), dies of AIDS at 52 

1995 Linford Christie runs world record 200 meter indoor (20.25 seconds). 

1995 Calder Willingham, novelist/Scriptwriter, dies at 72 

1996 Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77 

1997 Chinese Communist revolutionary Deng Xiaoping dies. 

1997 FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls and 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls. 

1997 Deng Xiaoping, head (Chinese Communist Party), dies at 92. 

1998 Soyuz TM-26 lands. 

1998 US hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympics village in Japan 

2005 Suicide bombers killed more than 30 people in Iraq as Shia Muslims mark Ashura, their holiest day 

2006 Pasta de Conchos mine disaster: Sixty-five miners become trapped underground after an explosion in Nueva Rosita, Mexico; all 65 die. 

2012 44 people killed in prison brawl in Apocada, Mexico, between two rival drug cartels 

2012 Iran suspends oil exports to Britain and France following sanctions put in place by the European Union and the United States in January 

2013 12 people are killed and 11 are injured after a Yemeni Air Force plane crashes in Sana'a 

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