Historical Events In February - 19

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

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

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

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

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

1985  ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy on this day in history.  

1985  Canned &bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola on this day in history.  

1985  Mickey Mouse welcomed in China on February - 19.  

1985  Elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick & Jane), dies on this day in history.  

1986  Jordanian King Hussein severs ties with PLO on this day in history.  

1986  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

1986  On this day in history adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), dies at 63  

1987  Anti-smoking ad airs for first time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner on February - 19.  

1987  On this day in history minnesota sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G Harrelson  

1987  On this day in history reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland  

1989  On this day in history jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies  

1990  Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal on this day in history.  

1990  Soyuz TM-9 lands on this day in history.  

1990  Michael Powell, Engl director (Life & Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1991  Peggy Mondo, actress (Who's Minding the Store), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1992  On this day in history north and South Korea officially end their 40 year confrontation  

1992  Chet Leaming, dies after brief illness at 66 on this day in history.  

1993  Kenya Moore, 22, (Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA on February - 19.  

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

1994  On February - 19 derek Jarman, actor/director (Tempest), dies of AIDS at 52  

1995  On this day in history linford Christie runs world record 200 meter indoor (20.25 seconds)  

1995  On this day in history calder Willingham, novelist/Scriptwriter, dies at 72  

1996  On February - 19 brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77  

1997  On February - 19 chinese Communist revolutionary Deng Xiaoping dies.  

1997  FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls &711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls on February - 19.  

1997  Deng Xiaoping, head (Chinese Communist Party), dies at 92 on February - 19.  

1998  Soyuz TM-26 lands on this day in history.  

1998  US hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympics village in Japan 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 February - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

1611  On this day in history birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)  

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

0197  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1260  On this day in history boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies  

1401  On February - 19 death of william Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London  

1414  On February - 19 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.