Historical Events In February - 19

1983  Alice White, actress (Employees' Entrance), dies at 78 of a stroke on February - 19.  

1984  14th winter Olympics games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia on this day in history.  

1984  On this day in history 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  On February - 19 150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashed approaching Bilbao, Spain  

1985  On February - 19 aDM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy  

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

1985  On this day in history mickey Mouse welcomed in China  

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

1986  Jordanian King Hussein severs ties with PLO on February - 19.  

1986  On this day in history the U.S. Senate votes to outlaw genocide, an act that took 37 years to ratify.  

1986  On this day in history uSSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit  

1986  On February - 19 adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), dies at 63  

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

1987  Minnesota sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G Harrelson on February - 19.  

1987  On February - 19 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  On February - 19 michael Powell, Engl director (Life & Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84  

1991  On February - 19 peggy Mondo, actress (Who's Minding the Store), dies at 50  

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 February - 19.  

1993  On this day in history kenya Moore, 22, (Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA  

1993  Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82 on February - 19.  

1994  Derek Jarman, actor/director (Tempest), dies of AIDS at 52 on February - 19.  

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

1995  Calder Willingham, novelist/Scriptwriter, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1996  On this day in history brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77  

1997  Chinese Communist revolutionary Deng Xiaoping dies on this day in history.  

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 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  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1588  On this day in history birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies  

1611  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on this day in history.  

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 February - 19 death of pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death  

1553  On February - 19 erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41