397 Historic Events for February 19
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| 1865 |
Birth |
Sven Hedin, Sweden, scientist/explorer (Tibet)
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| 1869 |
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US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized
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| 1875 |
Death |
Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76
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| 1877 |
Birth |
Louis Fran‡ois-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera)
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| 1877 |
Birth |
Else Berg, German/Dutch painter
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| 1878 |
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Thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph)
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| 1878 |
Death |
Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Arthur Shepherd, composer
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| 1881 |
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Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Armin Knab, German composer (Eichendorff-cycle)
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Evert Gorter, founder of Dutch medical child care
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Paul Zech, writer
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| 1884 |
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Tornadoes in Miss, Ala, NC, SC, Tenn, Ky and In kill 800 people
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| 1886 |
Birth |
George Luther Foote, composer
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| 1887 |
Death |
Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Jos‚ Eustasio Rivera, Colombia, poet/novelist (Vortex)
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| 1891 |
Birth |
J C "Farmer" White, cricketer (Somerset slow lefty 1909-37)
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| 1892 |
Death |
Monty Bowden, cricket Capt (England v S Africa 1889), dies at 26
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| 1893 |
Birth |
Cedric Hardwicke, Stourbridge England, actor (Peter Pan, Richard III)
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| 1893 |
Birth |
Pietro Pancrazi, Italian critic (Scrittori d'Oggi)
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| 1894 |
Death |
Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins)
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle)
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| 1897 |
Death |
Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, [Lou de Palingboer], Dutch sect leader
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