Page 8: Historical Events In February - 19

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

1984  14th winter Olympics games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia on February - 19.   

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  Canned &bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola on February - 19.   

1985  Mickey Mouse welcomed in China on February - 19.   

1985  Elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick & Jane), dies on February - 19.   

1986  On February - 19 jordanian King Hussein severs ties with PLO   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland   

1989  On this day in history jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies   

1990  On February - 19 police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal   

1990  On this day in history soyuz TM-9 lands   

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 this day in history.   

1992  Chet Leaming, dies after brief illness at 66 on February - 19.   

1993  On February - 19 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  Linford Christie runs world record 200 meter indoor (20.25 seconds) on this day in history.   

1995  Calder Willingham, novelist/Scriptwriter, dies at 72 on February - 19.   

1996  Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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  Deng Xiaoping, head (Chinese Communist Party), dies at 92 on February - 19.   

1998  On February - 19 soyuz TM-26 lands   

1998  US hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympics village in Japan on this day in history.   

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1473  On February - 19 birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)   

1526  Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) was born on this day in history.   

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on February - 19.   

1588  Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies was born on February - 19.   

1611  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on February - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on February - 19.   

0197  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on February - 19.   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362) on February - 19.   

1133  Death of Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066) on February - 19.   

1260  On this day in history boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies   

1401  Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1553  On February - 19 erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41