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

1985  ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy on this day in history.   

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

1985  Mickey Mouse welcomed in China on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1986  Adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1987  On February - 19 minnesota sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G Harrelson   

1987  On this day in history reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland   

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

1990  On this day in history police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal   

1990  On this day in history soyuz TM-9 lands   

1990  On this day in history 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 February - 19.   

1992  On this day in history north and South Korea officially end their 40 year confrontation   

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

1993  Kenya Moore, 22, (Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA on February - 19.   

1993  On February - 19 gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82   

1994  Derek Jarman, actor/director (Tempest), dies of AIDS at 52 on this day in history.   

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

1995  On February - 19 calder Willingham, novelist/Scriptwriter, dies at 72   

1996  Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77 on February - 19.   

1997  Chinese Communist revolutionary Deng Xiaoping dies on February - 19.   

1997  On February - 19 fCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls &711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls   

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  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 this day in history 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  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  On this day in history 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  On February - 19 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 this day in history.   

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 February - 19.   

1414  On February - 19 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 February - 19 erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41