Historical Events In February - 19

1936  On this day in history manuel Azaña becomes Spanish premier   

1938  Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history nazis raid Koco Amsterdam &round up 429 young Jews for deportation   

1941  On February - 19 nazi police attacks & driven away from Koco Amsterdam (by young Jews)   

1941  Alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Aus 1879), dies on February - 19.   

1942  On February - 19 about 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin   

1942  Dutch actors protest obligatory membership of Culture Chamber on February - 19.   

1942  First Japanese air raid on Darwin The city was bombed 64 times between feb 1942 and nov 1943 on this day in history.   

1942  Japanese troop land on Timor on February - 19.   

1942  On February - 19 tommy Dorsey &his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah"   

1942  U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt grants authority for the military to intern Japanese-Americans during WWII on this day in history.   

1943  German tanks under Brigadier General Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia on this day in history.   

1943  Parliament approves Defence (Citizen Military Forces) Bill introducing conscription for service in south-west Pacific war zone on this day in history.   

1943  German tanks under brig gen Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia on February - 19.   

1944  On this day in history 823 British bombers attack Berlin   

1944  U-264 sinks off Ireland on this day in history.   

1944  Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1945  900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days on February - 19.   

1945  On February - 19 a U.S. invasion force of 30,000 marines land at Iwo Jima, starting a month-long WWII battle against Japanese troops.   

1945  30,000 US Marines land on Iwo Jima on this day in history.   

1945  On February - 19 wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 26   

1946  On February - 19 giants outfielder Danny Gardella is 1st major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League   

1947  CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3" on February - 19.   

1949  On this day in history mass arrests of communists in India   

1949  On February - 19 "Inside USA" closes at Century Theater NYC after 339 performances   

1949  Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1950  Edyth Walker, US singer, dies at 82 on February - 19.   

1951  On February - 19 andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, French writer (Nobel 1947), dies at 82   

1952  French offensive at Hanoi on February - 19.   

1952  Knut Hamsun, writer, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1953  On February - 19 georgia approves US first literature censorship board   

1953  Ted Williams safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet on February - 19.   

1953  Georgia approves US 1st literature censorship board on this day in history.   

1954  WAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast on this day in history.   

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1473  On February - 19 birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)   

1526  On this day in history birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)   

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

1588  Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies was born on this day in history.   

1611  On this day in history birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)   

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

1630  On February - 19 birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)   

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on February - 19.   

0197  On February - 19 d Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle   

0440  On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)   

1133  On this day in history death of irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)   

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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 February - 19.   

1553  On February - 19 erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41