Page 5: Historical Events In February - 19

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

1916  On February - 19 ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, dies at 78   

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

1919  On February - 19 pan-African Congress, organized by W E B Du Bois (Paris)   

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  On February - 19 ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer   

1922  Beant Singh, politiician on February - 19.   

1923  Jean Sibelius' 6th Symphony, premieres on this day in history.   

1923  Donald Lybbert, composer on February - 19.   

1923  Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1924  Bruce Norris, NHL owner (Detroit Red Wings) on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history jindrich Feld, composer   

1926  On this day in history gyorgy Kurtag, composer   

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

1927  On February - 19 rene Firino-Martell, cognac manufacturer   

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

1928  2nd Winter Olympics games close at St Moritz, Switzerland on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history canadian hockey team wins 3rd consecutive gold medal   

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

1929  On this day in history medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, NY   

1930  On February - 19 john Frankenheimer, NYC, director (Birdman of Alcatraz)   

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

1932  On this day in history jean-Pierre Ponnele, Paris France, opera director (Carmina Burana)   

1933  On this day in history prussian minister Göring bans all Catholic newspapers   

1933  Prussian minister Goering bans all Catholic newspapers on this day in history.   

1933  On February - 19 arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer, dies at 77   

1934  On this day in history bob &Dolores Hope marry   

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

1934  Bob & Dolores Hope marry on February - 19.   

1935  Clifford Odets' "Awake & Sing," premieres in NYC on February - 19.   

1936  Manuel Azaña becomes Spanish premier on February - 19.   

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1473  On this day in history birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)   

1526  On this day in history birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)   

1552  On February - 19 birth of melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)   

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  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  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on February - 19.   

0197  On this day in history d Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle   

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 February - 19.   

1401  On this day in history death of william Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London   

1414  On this day in history 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  On this day in history erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41