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  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on February - 19.   

1984  Ina Ray Hutton, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies at 66 on February - 19.   

1985  On this day in history 150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashed approaching Bilbao, Spain   

1985  ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy on February - 19.   

1985  Canned &bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history mickey Mouse welcomed in China   

1985  On February - 19 elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick & Jane), dies   

1986  Jordanian King Hussein severs ties with PLO on this day in history.   

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

1986  USSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit on February - 19.   

1986  Adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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 February - 19.   

1989  On February - 19 jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies   

1990  Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal on February - 19.   

1990  On February - 19 soyuz TM-9 lands   

1990  On this day in history michael Powell, Engl director (Life & Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84   

1991  On February - 19 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 this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history derek Jarman, actor/director (Tempest), dies of AIDS at 52   

1995  On this day in history linford Christie runs world record 200 meter indoor (20.25 seconds)   

1995  Calder Willingham, novelist/Scriptwriter, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1996  Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77 on February - 19.   

1997  On this day in history chinese Communist revolutionary Deng Xiaoping dies.   

1997  On February - 19 fCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls &711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls   

1997  Deng Xiaoping, head (Chinese Communist Party), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1998  On February - 19 soyuz TM-26 lands   

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 February - 19.   

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 February - 19.   

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  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1260  On this day in history boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies   

1401  On this day in history death of william Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London   

1414  On this day in history thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies   

1545  On February - 19 death of pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death   

1553  On this day in history erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41