Page 8: Historical Events In February - 19

1983  Alice White, actress (Employees' Entrance), dies at 78 of a stroke on this day in history.   

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

1984  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

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

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 this day in history.   

1985  Mickey Mouse welcomed in China on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick & Jane), dies   

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

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

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

1986  Adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), dies at 63 on February - 19.   

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  Jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies on this day in history.   

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

1990  Soyuz TM-9 lands on February - 19.   

1990  On this day in history 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 February - 19 north and South Korea officially end their 40 year confrontation   

1992  Chet Leaming, dies after brief illness at 66 on February - 19.   

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

1993  Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82 on this day in history.   

1994  On February - 19 derek Jarman, actor/director (Tempest), dies of AIDS at 52   

1995  Linford Christie runs world record 200 meter indoor (20.25 seconds) on February - 19.   

1995  On this day in history calder Willingham, novelist/Scriptwriter, dies at 72   

1996  Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1997  Chinese Communist revolutionary Deng Xiaoping dies on February - 19.   

1997  On this day in history 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  US hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympics village in Japan on February - 19.   

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1473  On February - 19 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  Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies was born on February - 19.   

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

1660  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)   

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  Death of Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066) on this day in history.   

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

1401  On February - 19 death of william Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London   

1414  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on this day in history.   

1545  Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on this day in history.   

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