This day in History - February 19

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