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What Happened on February 19th This Day in History

Year	Name
2012	Forty-four people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico.
2011	The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artifacts found in one location, begins in Singapore.
2006	A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
2003	An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
2002	NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
1989	Flying Tiger Line flight 66 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four.
1986	Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers in eastern Sri Lanka.
1985	William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.
1985	Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
1978	Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
1976	Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
1965	Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
1963	The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
1960	China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
1959	The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
1954	Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
1953	Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
1949	Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
1948	The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
1945	World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
1943	World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
1942	World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
1942	World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps.
1937	Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
1915	World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
1913	Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
1884	More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
1878	Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
1859	Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity.
1847	The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
1846	In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
1836	King William IV signs Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia.
1819	British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands and claims them in the name of King George III.
1807	Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert.
1726	The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
1714	Great Northern War: The battle of Napue between Sweden and Russia is fought in Isokyrö, Ostrobothnia.
1674	England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England.
1649	The Second Battle of Guararapes takes place, effectively ending Dutch colonization efforts in Brazil.
1600	The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
1594	Having already been elected to the throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1587, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father John III of Sweden in 1592.
356	The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan idols in the Roman Empire.
197	Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.

Famous People Born on February 19

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Year	Name
1717	David Garrick, English actor, playwright, and producer (d. 1779)
1953	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentine lawyer and politician, President of Argentina and Vice President of Argentina
1940	Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1948	Tony Iommi, English guitarist and songwriter
1855	Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (d. 1908)
1958	Helen Fielding, English author and screenwriter
1949	Barry Lloyd, English footballer and manager
1804	Carl von Rokitansky, German physician, pathologist, and philosopher (d. 1878)
1983	Reynhard Sinaga, Indonesian serial rapist
1950	Andy Powell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Famous People Deaths On February 19

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Date	Name
1928	George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
1936	Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
1945	John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
1806	Elizabeth Carter, English poet and translator (b. 1717)
1622	Henry Savile, English scholar and politician (b. 1549)
2014	Kresten Bjerre, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1946)
1997	Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (b. 1908)
1959	Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
2016	Umberto Eco, Italian novelist, literary critic, and philosopher (b. 1932)
1716	Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1634)