Historical Events In February - 19

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

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

1984  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on February - 19.   

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  ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy on February - 19.   

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

1985  Mickey Mouse welcomed in China on February - 19.   

1985  On February - 19 elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick & Jane), dies   

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

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

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

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

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

1987  Minnesota sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G Harrelson on this day in history.   

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 February - 19.   

1990  On February - 19 michael Powell, Engl director (Life & Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84   

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 February - 19.   

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

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

1993  Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82 on this day in history.   

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

1995  Linford Christie runs world record 200 meter indoor (20.25 seconds) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1997  FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls &711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls on this day in history.   

1997  On February - 19 deng Xiaoping, head (Chinese Communist Party), dies at 92   

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

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  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 February - 19.   

1588  On February - 19 birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies   

1611  On February - 19 birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)   

1616  On February - 19 birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer   

1630  On February - 19 birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)   

1660  On February - 19 birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)   

0197  On February - 19 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 this day in history.   

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

1414  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on February - 19.   

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