Page 8: Historical Events In February - 19

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

1984  On February - 19 14th winter Olympics games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia   

1984  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on February - 19.   

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

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

1985  On February - 19 aDM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy   

1985  On this day in history canned &bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola   

1985  On February - 19 mickey Mouse welcomed in China   

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

1986  On this day in history jordanian King Hussein severs ties with PLO   

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

1986  On February - 19 uSSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit   

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

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

1987  On February - 19 minnesota sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G Harrelson   

1987  On this day in history reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland   

1989  Jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies on February - 19.   

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

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

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 February - 19 chet Leaming, dies after brief illness at 66   

1993  On February - 19 kenya Moore, 22, (Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA   

1993  On February - 19 gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82   

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 February - 19.   

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

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 February - 19.   

1997  Deng Xiaoping, head (Chinese Communist Party), dies at 92 on February - 19.   

1998  Soyuz TM-26 lands on February - 19.   

1998  US hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympics village in Japan on February - 19.   

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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1588  On this day in history 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  On February - 19 birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer   

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on February - 19.   

1660  On this day in history 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  On February - 19 death of irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)   

1260  On February - 19 boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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