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02/19/1987
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Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner
Type: Event
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02/19/1987
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Less than a month after re-signing, A's pitcher Vida Blue retires
Type: Event
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02/19/1987
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Minn sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G Harrelson
Type: Event
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02/19/1987
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Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland
Type: Event
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02/19/1988
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Helga Arendt, Silke-Beate Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, Gisela Kinzel walk indoor female world record 4x200m (1:32.55)
Type: Event
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02/19/1989
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"Legs Diamond" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 64 perfs
Type: Event
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02/19/1989
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Edgar Bowers wins Bollingen Prize
Type: Event
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02/19/1989
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L A Baby orangutan, at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle
Type: Birth
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02/19/1989
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Jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies
Type: Death
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02/19/1989
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Merwe, journalist/cabaret performer (Hadjememaar), dies
Type: Death
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02/19/1990
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Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal
Type: Event
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02/19/1990
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Soyuz TM-9 lands
Type: Event
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02/19/1990
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Michael Powell, Engl director (Life and Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84
Type: Death
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02/19/1991
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Peggy Mondo, actress (Who's Minding the Store), dies at 50
Type: Death
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02/19/1992
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"Crazy For You" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 1622 performances
Type: Event
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02/19/1992
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Ken Ludwig's musical "Crazy for You," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/19/1992
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Peter Collins discovers nova Cygni 1992
Type: Event
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02/19/1992
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Porn producer Jim Mitchell found guilty of killing his brother Artie
Type: Event
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02/19/1992
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Chet Leaming, dies after brief illness at 66
Type: Death
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02/19/1993
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Kenya Moore, 22, (Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA
Type: Event
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02/19/1993
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Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82
Type: Death
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02/19/1993
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Michael Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33
Type: Death
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02/19/1994
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Marta Figueras-Dotti wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
Type: Event
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02/19/1994
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Derek Jarman, actor/director (Tempest), dies of AIDS at 52
Type: Death
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02/19/1994
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Georges Watin, Algerian/French officer (OAS), dies at 71
Type: Death
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02/19/1994
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Renske Vellinga, Dutch speed-skater, dies in auto-accident at 19
Type: Death
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02/19/1995
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1st broadcast of "Woman of Independent Means" on NBC-TV
Type: Event
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02/19/1995
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Irina Privalova runs indoor woman's European record 200m (22.10 sec)
Type: Event
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02/19/1995
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Kenneth Koch wins Bollingen Prize
Type: Event
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02/19/1995
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Linford Christie runs world record 200m indoor (20.25 sec)
Type: Event
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02/19/1995
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Linford Christie runs European record 60m indoor (6.47 sec)
Type: Event
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02/19/1995
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Michael Tippett's "Rose Lake," premieres
Type: Event
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02/19/1995
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Calder Willingham, novelist/Scriptwriter, dies at 72
Type: Death
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02/19/1995
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Ian Ball, photographer, dies at 80
Type: Death
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02/19/1995
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Shlomo Averbach, Israeli ultra-orthodox rabbi, dies at 84
Type: Death
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02/19/1996
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in York PA on WQXA 105.7 FM
Type: Event
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02/19/1996
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Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77
Type: Death
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02/19/1996
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Charles O Finley, baseball owner (Oakland A's), dies at 76
Type: Death
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02/19/1996
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Grant Sawyer, US politician, dies at 76
Type: Death
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02/19/1996
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Madhaviah Krishnan, naturalist, dies at 83
Type: Death
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02/19/1997
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FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls and 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls
Type: Event
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02/19/1997
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Deng Xiaoping, head (Chinese Communist Party), dies at 92
Type: Death
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02/19/1997
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Leo Rosten, writer/humourist (Joys of Yiddish), dies at 88
Type: Death
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02/19/1997
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Stanley Pearson, footballer, dies at 76
Type: Death
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02/19/1998
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Soyuz TM-26 lands
Type: Event
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02/19/1998
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US hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympic village in Japan
Type: Event
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02/19/1998
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Grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84
Type: Death
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