Page 8: Historical Events In February - 19

1983  Alice White, actress (Employees' Entrance), dies at 78 of a stroke on this day in history.   

1984  On February - 19 14th winter Olympics games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia   

1984  On February - 19 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1984  On this day in history ina Ray Hutton, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies at 66   

1985  150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashed approaching Bilbao, Spain on this day in history.   

1985  ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy on February - 19.   

1985  Canned &bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola on February - 19.   

1985  Mickey Mouse welcomed in China on February - 19.   

1985  On this day in history elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick & Jane), dies   

1986  On February - 19 jordanian King Hussein severs ties with PLO   

1986  The U.S. Senate votes to outlaw genocide, an act that took 37 years to ratify on February - 19.   

1986  On February - 19 uSSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit   

1986  Adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history anti-smoking ad airs for first time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner   

1987  On February - 19 minnesota sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G Harrelson   

1987  Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland on this day in history.   

1989  On February - 19 jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies   

1990  On February - 19 police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal   

1990  Soyuz TM-9 lands on February - 19.   

1990  Michael Powell, Engl director (Life & Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84 on February - 19.   

1991  Peggy Mondo, actress (Who's Minding the Store), dies at 50 on February - 19.   

1992  On February - 19 north and South Korea officially end their 40 year confrontation   

1992  Chet Leaming, dies after brief illness at 66 on February - 19.   

1993  Kenya Moore, 22, (Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82   

1994  On this day in history derek Jarman, actor/director (Tempest), dies of AIDS at 52   

1995  On February - 19 linford Christie runs world record 200 meter indoor (20.25 seconds)   

1995  Calder Willingham, novelist/Scriptwriter, dies at 72 on February - 19.   

1996  Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77 on February - 19.   

1997  On this day in history chinese Communist revolutionary Deng Xiaoping dies.   

1997  On this day in history fCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls &711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls   

1997  Deng Xiaoping, head (Chinese Communist Party), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1998  Soyuz TM-26 lands on February - 19.   

1998  On February - 19 uS hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympics village in Japan   

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

1526  On this day in history birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)   

1552  On this day in history birth of melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)   

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  On this day in history 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 February - 19.   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362) on February - 19.   

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

1260  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41