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02/19/1928
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2nd Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland
Type: Event
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02/19/1928
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Canadian hockey team wins 3rd consecutive gold medal
Type: Event
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02/19/1929
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Medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, NY
Type: Event
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02/19/1930
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John Frankenheimer, NYC, director (Birdman of Alcatraz)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1932
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William Faulkner completes his novel "Light in August"
Type: Event
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02/19/1932
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Jean-Pierre Ponnele, Paris France, opera director (Carmina Burana)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1932
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Joseph P Kerwin, Oak Park Ill, Capt Med Corps USN/astro (Skylab 2)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1933
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Prussian minister G”ring bans all Catholic newspapers
Type: Event
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02/19/1933
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Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer, dies at 77
Type: Death
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02/19/1934
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Bob and Dolores Hope marry
Type: Event
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02/19/1934
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US contract air mail service canceled, replaced by US army for 6 mos
Type: Event
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02/19/1934
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David Hugh Jones, Poole Dorset England, director (Betrayal)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1934
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Julian Belfrage, theatre Agent
Type: Birth
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02/19/1935
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Clifford Odets' "Awake and Sing," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/19/1936
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Manuel Aza¤a becomes Spanish premier
Type: Event
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02/19/1936
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Bob Engemann, singer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1936
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Ione Mylonas Shear, archeologist
Type: Birth
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02/19/1937
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Norman O'Neill, cricketer (great Aussie bat of 60's Brilliant field)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1938
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Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark
Type: Event
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02/19/1938
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Penny Zavichas, LPGA golfer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1939
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Gwen Taylor, British actress (Life of Brian, Sob Sisters, Screaming)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1940
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Bobby Rogers, US vocalist (Miracles-You Really Got a Hold on Me)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1940
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Carlin Glynn, US actress (Continental Divide)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1940
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William "Smokey" Robinson, Det, vocalist (and Miracles-Being With You)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1941
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Nazi police attacks and driven away from Koco Amsterdam (by young Jews)
Type: Event
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02/19/1941
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Nazi raid Amsterdam and round up 429 young Jews for deportation
Type: Event
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02/19/1941
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Carlos Roque Alsina, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1941
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Stephen Dobyns, US author/poet (Cold Dog Soup)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1941
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Alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Aus 1879), dies
Type: Death
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02/19/1941
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Hamilton Hamilton Harty, composer/conductor, dies at 61
Type: Death
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02/19/1942
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About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin
Type: Event
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02/19/1942
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Bill Longson beats Managoff and Sandor Szabo, to become wrestling champ
Type: Event
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02/19/1942
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Dutch actors protest obligatory membership of Culture Chamber
Type: Event
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02/19/1942
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FDR orders detention and internment of all west-coast Japanese-Americans
Type: Event
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02/19/1942
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Japanese troop land on Timor
Type: Event
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02/19/1942
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Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah"
Type: Event
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02/19/1942
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NY Yankees annouce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games
Type: Event
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02/19/1942
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Kenneth R Kramer, (Rep-R-CO, 1979- )
Type: Birth
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02/19/1943
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German tanks under brig gen Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia
Type: Event
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02/19/1943
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"Mama" Cass Elliot, actress (Mamas and Papas-Monday Monday)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1943
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Lou Christie, [Lugee Sacco], Penn, vocalist (Lightning Striking Again)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1944
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823 British bombers attack Berlin
Type: Event
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02/19/1944
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U-264 sinks off Ireland
Type: Event
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02/19/1944
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Jan Bart Klaster, mythologist (Slogan)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1944
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Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer, dies at 76
Type: Death
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02/19/1945
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30,000 US Marines land on Iwo Jima
Type: Event
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02/19/1945
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900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days
Type: Event
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02/19/1945
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Brotherhood Day-1st celebrated
Type: Event
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02/19/1945
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US 5th Fleet launches invasion of Iwo Jima against the Japanese
Type: Event
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02/19/1945
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Jon Whiteley, actor (Moonfleet)
Type: Birth
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