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

1984  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1984  On February - 19 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  On February - 19 aDM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy   

1985  On February - 19 canned &bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola   

1985  Mickey Mouse welcomed in China on February - 19.   

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

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

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

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

1986  Adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), dies at 63 on February - 19.   

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

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

1987  Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland on February - 19.   

1989  Jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies on February - 19.   

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

1990  On February - 19 soyuz TM-9 lands   

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  North and South Korea officially end their 40 year confrontation on this day in history.   

1992  On February - 19 chet Leaming, dies after brief illness at 66   

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

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  On February - 19 calder Willingham, novelist/Scriptwriter, dies at 72   

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

1997  On this day in history deng Xiaoping, head (Chinese Communist Party), dies at 92   

1998  On this day in history soyuz TM-26 lands   

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 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  On February - 19 birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies   

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 February - 19.   

1630  On this day in history birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)   

1660  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On February - 19 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  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on this day in history.   

1545  On February - 19 death of pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death   

1553  On this day in history erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41