397 Historic Events for February 19
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Eddie Arcaro, jockey (1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns)
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| 1916 |
Death |
Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, dies at 78
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Carson McCullers, US, novelist (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter)
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| 1919 |
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Pan-African Congress, organized by W E B Du Bois (Paris)
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| 1920 |
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Netherlands joins League of Nations
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| 1920 |
Birth |
George Rose, Bicester England, actor (Beacon Hill, Holocaust)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Frances K Bairstow, educator/labor relations consultant
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Andries Treurnicht, [Dr No], founder (S Afr Conservative Party)
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Claude Rene Georges Pascal, composer
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| 1922 |
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Ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Beant Singh, politiician
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Josef Matej, composer
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| 1923 |
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Philip Barry's "You and I," premieres in NYC
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| 1923 |
Death |
Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer, dies at 68
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| 1923 |
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Jean Sibelius' 6th Symphony, premieres
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Donald Lybbert, composer
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Bruce Norris, NHL owner (Detroit Red Wings)
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Lee Marvin, NYC, actor (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou)
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Jindrich Feld, composer
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Leslie Laing, Linstead Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-gold-1952)
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Gyorgy Kurtag, composer
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Rene Firino-Martell, cognac manufacturer
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| 1927 |
Death |
Georg Brandes, [Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic, dies at 85
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| 1927 |
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General strike against British occupiers in Shanghai
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| 1927 |
Death |
Robert Fuchs, composer, dies at 80
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