February 19th Events |
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| February 19th, 2008 (February 19 2008) | Event | Toshiba announces its formal recall of its HD DVD video formatting, ending the format war between it and Sony s Blu-Ray Disc | |
| February 19th, 2007 (February 19 2007) | Event | Three Salvadoran deputies to the Central American Parliament and their driver are murdered in Guatemala. | |
| February 19th, 2004 (February 19 2004) | Event | Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal is awarded an honorary knighthood in recognition of a "lifetime of service to humanity." | |
| February 19th, 2002 (February 19 2002) | Event | NASA s Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system. | |
| February 19th, 2001 (February 19 2001) | Event | An Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial. | |
| February 19th, 1986 (February 19 1986) | Event | The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station. | |
| February 19th, 1985 (February 19 1985) | Event | Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital. | |
| February 19th, 1985 (February 19 1985) | Event | Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148. | |
| February 19th, 1978 (February 19 1978) | Event | Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport, in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking situation, 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. | |
| February 19th, 1972 (February 19 1972) | Event | The Asama-Sanso hostage standoff begins in Japan. | |
| February 19th, 1959 (February 19 1959) | Event | The United Kingdom grants Cyprus its independence, which is then on formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960. | |
| February 19th, 1953 (February 19 1953) | Event | Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States. | |
| February 19th, 1949 (February 19 1949) | Event | Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University. | Ezra Pound Quotes |
| February 19th, 1945 (February 19 1945) | Event | World War II: Battle of Iwo Jimaabout 30,000 United States Marines land on Iwo Jima. | |
| February 19th, 1943 (February 19 1943) | Event | World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins. | |
| February 19th, 1942 (February 19 1942) | Event | World War II: nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people. | |
| February 19th, 1942 (February 19 1942) | Event | World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese internment camps. | |
| February 19th, 1941 (February 19 1941) | Event | World War II: The Afrika Korps, the corps-level headquarters controlling the German Panzer divisions in North Africa, is formed. | |
| February 19th, 1937 (February 19 1937) | Event | During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Eritrean nationalists attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades. | Rodolfo Graziani Quotes |
| February 19th, 1915 (February 19 1915) | Event | World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins. Plans for mutiny in the British Indian army, the Ghadar Conspiracy, are uncovered in India. | |
| February 19th, 1881 (February 19 1881) | Event | Kansas becomes the first U.S. state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages. | |
| February 19th, 1878 (February 19 1878) | Event | The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison. | |
| February 19th, 1864 (February 19 1864) | Event | Knights of Pythias are founded in Washington, DC by Justus H. Rathbone. | |
| February 19th, 1861 (February 19 1861) | Event | Serfdom is abolished in Russia. | |
| February 19th, 1852 (February 19 1852) | Event | The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. | |
| February 19th, 1847 (February 19 1847) | Event | The Donner Party is rescued. | |
| February 19th, 1846 (February 19 1846) | Event | In Austin, Texas the newly-formed Texas state government is officially installedied in The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following Texas annexation by the United States. | |
| February 19th, 1819 (February 19 1819) | Event | British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III. | William King Quotes |
| February 19th, 1807 (February 19 1807) | Event | In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason and confined to Fort Stoddart. | Aaron Burr Quotes |
| February 19th, 1674 (February 19 1674) | Event | England and the Netherlands sign the Peace of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York. | |
| February 19th, 1600 (February 19 1600) | Event | The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America. | |
| February 19th, 1594 (February 19 1594) | Event | Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III of Sweden. | |
| February 19th, 0197 (February 19 0197) | Event | Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. | |
