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02/19/1900
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Giorgos Seferis, writer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1900
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British troops occupy Hlangwane Natal
Type: Event
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02/19/1901
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Cor[nelis RJ] Kieboom, Dutch resistance fighter/chairman (Feyenoord)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1902
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Nydia Westman, NYC, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1902
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John Bubbles, Louisville Ky, rhythm tap dancer (No Maps on My Taps)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1902
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Hugo Haas, Brno Czechoslovakia, actor/director (2 Smart People)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1903
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Kay Boyle, St Paul Minn, novelist (Plagued by Nightingales)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1904
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Havank, [HF vqan der Kallen], Dutch thriller writer (St Eustache)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1906
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WK Kellogg and Ch Bolin find Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co
Type: Event
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02/19/1906
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Grace Mary Williams, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1906
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Hendrik W C Spruit, Dutch conductor
Type: Birth
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02/19/1909
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Charlie Walker, South Aust cricket wicket-keeper (toured but no Tests)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1910
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English premiere of Richard Strauss' "Elektra"
Type: Event
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02/19/1911
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Merle Oberon, Calcutta India, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1911
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Nikola Hercigonja, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1912
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Stan Kenton, [Newcomb], Wichita Ks, jazz musician (Music 55)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1912
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Adolf Rudnicki, Polish writer (Niekochana)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1912
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Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher
Type: Birth
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02/19/1913
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1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box
Type: Event
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02/19/1913
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Mexican General V Huerta takes power with US support
Type: Event
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02/19/1913
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Alvin Derold Etler, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1914
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Riccardo Zandonai's opera "Francesco da Rimini," premieres in Turin
Type: Event
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02/19/1915
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British fleet fire on Dardanellen coast
Type: Event
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02/19/1915
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John Freeman, British politician (Labour)/ambassador/TV host
Type: Birth
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02/19/1915
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies
Type: Death
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02/19/1916
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Eddie Arcaro, jockey (1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1916
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Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, dies at 78
Type: Death
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02/19/1917
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Carson McCullers, US, novelist (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1919
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Pan-African Congress, organized by W E B Du Bois (Paris)
Type: Event
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02/19/1920
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Netherlands joins League of Nations
Type: Event
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02/19/1920
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George Rose, Bicester England, actor (Beacon Hill, Holocaust)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1920
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Frances K Bairstow, educator/labor relations consultant
Type: Birth
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02/19/1921
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Andries Treurnicht, [Dr No], founder (S Afr Conservative Party)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1921
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Claude Rene Georges Pascal, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1922
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Ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer
Type: Event
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02/19/1922
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Beant Singh, politiician
Type: Birth
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02/19/1922
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Josef Matej, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1923
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Philip Barry's "You and I," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/19/1923
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Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer, dies at 68
Type: Death
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02/19/1923
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Jean Sibelius' 6th Symphony, premieres
Type: Event
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02/19/1923
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Donald Lybbert, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1924
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Bruce Norris, NHL owner (Detroit Red Wings)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1924
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Lee Marvin, NYC, actor (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1925
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Jindrich Feld, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1925
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Leslie Laing, Linstead Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-gold-1952)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1926
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Gyorgy Kurtag, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1927
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Rene Firino-Martell, cognac manufacturer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1927
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Georg Brandes, [Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic, dies at 85
Type: Death
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02/19/1927
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General strike against British occupiers in Shanghai
Type: Event
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02/19/1927
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Robert Fuchs, composer, dies at 80
Type: Death
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