What Happened on February 19?
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EVENTS ON FEBRUARY 19
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Year:
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.
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Yekatit 12
Year:
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.
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World War I
Year:
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.
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World War II
Year:
1942
World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
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Battle of Kasserine Pass
Year:
1943
World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
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Ezra Pound
Year:
1949
Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
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Death of Mya Thwe Thwe Khine
Year:
2021
Mya Thwe Thwe Khine, a 19-year-old protester, becomes the first known casualty of anti-coup protests that formed in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Year:
1945
World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
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Pedro Lascuráin
Year:
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.
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Enigma tornado outbreak
Year:
1884
More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
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BIRTHS ON FEBRUARY 19
Norm O'Neill
Year of birth:
1937
Norm O'Neill, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2008)
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Terry Carr
Year of birth:
1937
Terry Carr, American author and educator (died 1987)
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Sam Myers
Year of birth:
1936
Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter (died 2006)
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Dave Niehaus
Year of birth:
1935
Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster (died 2010)
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Russ Nixon
Year of birth:
1935
Russ Nixon, American MLB catcher and coach (died 2016)
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Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama
Year of birth:
1938
Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (died 1989)
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Erin Pizzey
Year of birth:
1939
Erin Pizzey, English activist and author, founded Refuge
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Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge
Year of birth:
1941
Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge, English politician
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Saparmurat Niyazov
Year of birth:
1940
Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan (died 2006)
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Smokey Robinson
Year of birth:
1940
Smokey Robinson, American singer-songwriter and producer
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DEATHS ON FEBRUARY 19
Billy Mitchell
Year of death:
1936
Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (born 1879)
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John Basilone
Year of death:
1945
John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1916)
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André Gide
Year of death:
1951
André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1869)
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Knut Hamsun
Year of death:
1952
Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1859)
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George Howard Earle Jr.
Year of death:
1928
George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (born 1856)
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Robert Fuchs (composer)
Year of death:
1927
Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (born 1847)
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Karl Weierstrass
Year of death:
1897
Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (born 1815)
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Year of death:
1915
Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (born 1866)
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Ernst Mach
Year of death:
1916
Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (born 1838)
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Richard Rushall
Year of death:
1953
Richard Rushall, British businessman (born 1864)
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HOLIDAYS ON FEBRUARY 19
February 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: February 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Vasil Levski
Commemoration of Vasil Levski (Bulgaria)
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Shiv Jayanti
Shivaji Jayanti (Maharashtra, India)
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Lucy Yi Zhenmei
Christian feast day: Lucy Yi Zhenmei (one of Martyrs of Guizhou)
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Conrad of Piacenza
Christian feast day: Conrad of Piacenza
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Public holidays in Romania
Brâncuși Day (Romania)
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Boniface of Brussels
Christian feast day: Boniface of Brussels
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Public holidays in Mexico
Army Day (Mexico)
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Barbatus of Benevento
Christian feast day: Barbatus of Benevento
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