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Birthday February 19, 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer in Torun - Poland |
Birthday February 19, 1473 Copernicus born |
Birthday February 19, 1717 David Garrick, Actor & producer & writer |
Birthday February 19, 1821 Francis Preston Blair, Jr., born |
Birthday February 19, 1833 Elie Ducommun, Swiss writer & pacifist (Nobel 1902) |
Birthday February 19, 1843 Adelina Patti, Spanish operatic coloratura |
Birthday February 19, 1859 Svante August Arhenius, founder of physical chemistry (Nobel 1903) |
Birthday February 19, 1865 Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer of Tibet & scientist |
Birthday February 19, 1889 Jose Eustasio Rivera, Colombian poet & novelist (The Vortex) |
Birthday February 19, 1911 Merle Oberon, in Tasmania |
Birthday February 19, 1912 Stan Kenton, band leader |
Birthday February 19, 1916 Eddie Arcaro, jockey |
Birthday February 19, 1924 Lee Marvin, Actor |
Birthday February 19, 1932 Joseph P. Kerwin, U.S. astronaut (Skylab 2) |
Birthday February 19, 1940 Smokey Robinson, singer |
Birthday February 19, 1955 Margaux Hemingway, in Portland Oregon |
Birthday February 19, 1960 Prince Andrew, of Britain |
Birthday February 19, 1966 Justine Bateman, in Rye NY - Family Ties |
History February 19, 1777 Congress overlooks Benedict Arnold for promotion |
History February 19, 1807 Aaron Burr arrested for treason |
History February 19, 1847 Rescuers reach Donner Party |
History February 19, 1851 Angry San Francisco vigilantes take the law into their own hands |
History February 19, 1878 Thomas Alva Edison patents the phonograph |
History February 19, 1884 Tornadoes strike the Southeast |
History February 19, 1915 British navy bombards Dardanelles |
History February 19, 1934 Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade |
History February 19, 1942 FDR signs Executive Order 9066 |
History February 19, 1942 Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 |
History February 19, 1945 Marines invade Iwo Jima |
History February 19, 1952 Amy Tan's birthday |
History February 19, 1965 South Vietnamese coup unsuccessful |
History February 19, 1970 Chicago Seven sentenced |
History February 19, 1974 Solzhenitsyn reunited with family |
History February 19, 1981 United States calls situation in El Salvador a communist plot |
History February 19, 1984 Yarborough wins fourth Daytona 500 |
History February 19, 1996 Patrick Roy gets 300th win as NHL goalie |
History February 19, 2010 Tiger Woods apologizes for extramarital affairs |