Page 5: Historical Events In February - 19

1916  On February - 19 eddie Arcaro, jockey (1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns)   

1916  On February - 19 ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, dies at 78   

1917  Carson McCullers, US, novelist (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter) on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history pan-African Congress, organized by W E B Du Bois (Paris)   

1920  On February - 19 netherlands joins League of Nations   

1920  Frances K Bairstow, educator/labor relations consultant on February - 19.   

1921  Andries Treurnicht, [Dr No], founder (S Afr Conservative Party) on this day in history.   

1922  Ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer on this day in history.   

1922  On February - 19 beant Singh, politiician   

1923  Jean Sibelius' 6th Symphony, premieres on February - 19.   

1923  On this day in history donald Lybbert, composer   

1923  On this day in history jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer, dies at 68   

1924  The birth of Lee Marvin, American actor on this day in history.   

1924  Bruce Norris, NHL owner (Detroit Red Wings) on February - 19.   

1925  Jindrich Feld, composer on this day in history.   

1926  Gyorgy Kurtag, composer on February - 19.   

1927  General strike against British occupiers in Shanghai on February - 19.   

1927  On this day in history rene Firino-Martell, cognac manufacturer   

1927  On this day in history georg Brandes, [Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic, dies at 85   

1928  2nd Winter Olympics games close at St Moritz, Switzerland on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history canadian hockey team wins 3rd consecutive gold medal   

1928  2nd Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland on this day in history.   

1929  Medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, NY on February - 19.   

1930  John Frankenheimer, NYC, director (Birdman of Alcatraz) on February - 19.   

1932  William Faulkner completes his novel "Light in August" on this day in history.   

1932  Jean-Pierre Ponnele, Paris France, opera director (Carmina Burana) on this day in history.   

1933  On February - 19 prussian minister Göring bans all Catholic newspapers   

1933  Prussian minister Goering bans all Catholic newspapers on February - 19.   

1933  Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1934  Bob &Dolores Hope marry on this day in history.   

1934  On February - 19 uS contract air mail service canceled, replaced by US army for 6 months   

1934  On February - 19 bob & Dolores Hope marry   

1935  On this day in history clifford Odets' "Awake & Sing," premieres in NYC   

1936  On February - 19 manuel Azaña becomes Spanish premier   

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1473  On this day in history birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)   

1526  Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) was born on February - 19.   

1552  On this day in history birth of melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)   

1588  On February - 19 birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies   

1611  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on this day in history.   

1616  Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer was born on February - 19.   

1630  On this day in history birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)   

1660  On February - 19 birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)   

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

0440  On February - 19 death of mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)   

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

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on February - 19.   

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 February - 19.   

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