Historical Events In February - 19

1916  On February - 19 eddie Arcaro, jockey (1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns)   

1916  On this day in history ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, dies at 78   

1917  On February - 19 carson McCullers, US, novelist (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter)   

1919  Pan-African Congress, organized by W E B Du Bois (Paris) on February - 19.   

1920  On February - 19 netherlands joins League of Nations   

1920  On this day in history frances K Bairstow, educator/labor relations consultant   

1921  Andries Treurnicht, [Dr No], founder (S Afr Conservative Party) on February - 19.   

1922  Ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer on February - 19.   

1922  On February - 19 beant Singh, politiician   

1923  Jean Sibelius' 6th Symphony, premieres on February - 19.   

1923  On February - 19 donald Lybbert, composer   

1923  Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer, dies at 68 on February - 19.   

1924  On February - 19 the birth of Lee Marvin, American actor   

1924  Bruce Norris, NHL owner (Detroit Red Wings) on February - 19.   

1925  On February - 19 jindrich Feld, composer   

1926  Gyorgy Kurtag, composer on this day in history.   

1927  General strike against British occupiers in Shanghai on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history rene Firino-Martell, cognac manufacturer   

1927  Georg Brandes, [Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic, dies at 85 on February - 19.   

1928  On February - 19 2nd Winter Olympics games close at St Moritz, Switzerland   

1928  Canadian hockey team wins 3rd consecutive gold medal on February - 19.   

1928  On this day in history 2nd Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland   

1929  Medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, NY on February - 19.   

1930  John Frankenheimer, NYC, director (Birdman of Alcatraz) on this day in history.   

1932  On February - 19 william Faulkner completes his novel "Light in August"   

1932  On February - 19 jean-Pierre Ponnele, Paris France, opera director (Carmina Burana)   

1933  On February - 19 prussian minister Göring bans all Catholic newspapers   

1933  Prussian minister Goering bans all Catholic newspapers on February - 19.   

1933  Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1934  Bob &Dolores Hope marry on this day in history.   

1934  US contract air mail service canceled, replaced by US army for 6 months on February - 19.   

1934  On this day in history bob & Dolores Hope marry   

1935  On February - 19 clifford Odets' "Awake & Sing," premieres in NYC   

1936  Manuel Azaña becomes Spanish premier on this day in history.   

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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on this day in history.   

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  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on February - 19.   

1616  Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer was born on February - 19.   

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on February - 19.   

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

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  On February - 19 death of irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)   

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on February - 19.   

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  Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on February - 19.   

1553  Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on February - 19.