Page 8: Historical Events In February - 19

1983  Alice White, actress (Employees' Entrance), dies at 78 of a stroke on February - 19.   

1984  On this day in history 14th winter Olympics games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia   

1984  On February - 19 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1984  On this day in history ina Ray Hutton, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies at 66   

1985  On February - 19 150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashed approaching Bilbao, Spain   

1985  ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy on this day in history.   

1985  Canned &bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola on February - 19.   

1985  On February - 19 mickey Mouse welcomed in China   

1985  Elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick & Jane), dies on February - 19.   

1986  On February - 19 jordanian King Hussein severs ties with PLO   

1986  The U.S. Senate votes to outlaw genocide, an act that took 37 years to ratify on February - 19.   

1986  On this day in history uSSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit   

1986  On February - 19 adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), dies at 63   

1987  Anti-smoking ad airs for first time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner on February - 19.   

1987  Minnesota sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G Harrelson on this day in history.   

1987  Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies   

1990  Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal on this day in history.   

1990  Soyuz TM-9 lands on this day in history.   

1990  On February - 19 michael Powell, Engl director (Life & Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84   

1991  On this day in history peggy Mondo, actress (Who's Minding the Store), dies at 50   

1992  On this day in history north and South Korea officially end their 40 year confrontation   

1992  On this day in history chet Leaming, dies after brief illness at 66   

1993  Kenya Moore, 22, (Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA on this day in history.   

1993  Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82 on February - 19.   

1994  Derek Jarman, actor/director (Tempest), dies of AIDS at 52 on this day in history.   

1995  Linford Christie runs world record 200 meter indoor (20.25 seconds) on this day in history.   

1995  On February - 19 calder Willingham, novelist/Scriptwriter, dies at 72   

1996  On February - 19 brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77   

1997  On February - 19 chinese Communist revolutionary Deng Xiaoping dies.   

1997  FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls &711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history deng Xiaoping, head (Chinese Communist Party), dies at 92   

1998  Soyuz TM-26 lands on this day in history.   

1998  On this day in history uS hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympics village in Japan   

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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on February - 19.   

1526  Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) was born on this day in history.   

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on February - 19.   

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

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

1616  On February - 19 birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer   

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

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

0197  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362) on February - 19.   

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 February - 19.   

1414  On February - 19 thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies   

1545  Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on February - 19.   

1553  Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on February - 19.