397 Historic Events for February 19
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Michael Nader, actor (Dynasty, All My Children)
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Jon Whiteley, actor (Moonfleet)
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| 1945 |
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900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days
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| 1946 |
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Giants outfielder Danny Gardella is 1st major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Pierre van der Linden, Dutch drummer (Brainbox)
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Paul Dean, rock guitarist/vocalist (Loverboy)
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| 1947 |
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CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3"
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| 1947 |
Birth |
Peter Bird, ocean rower
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Byron K Lichtenburg, Stroudsburg Pa, astronaut (STS 9, STS 45)
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Tony Iommi, rock guitarist (Black Sabbath-Paranoid, Iron Man)
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Mark Andes, Philadelphia Pa, rock bassist (Spirit, Heart, Fireball)
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| 1949 |
Birth |
Ewa Aulin, Stockholm, actress (Candy)
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| 1949 |
Birth |
Edward Hardin, NYC, rock guitarist (Spencer Davis Group)
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| 1949 |
Birth |
Eddie Hardin, keyboardist/singer
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| 1949 |
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"Inside USA" closes at Century Theater NYC after 339 performances
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| 1949 |
Death |
Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83
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| 1949 |
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1st Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Ezra Pound
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| 1949 |
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Mass arrests of communists in India
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| 1950 |
Birth |
Andy Powell, rocker (Wishbone Ash)
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| 1950 |
Death |
Edyth Walker, US singer, dies at 82
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| 1951 |
Death |
Andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, French writer (Nobel 1947), dies at 82
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| 1951 |
Birth |
Stephen Nichols, Cincinnati OH, actor (Witchboard, Days of our Lives)
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| 1952 |
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French offensive at Hanoi
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| 1952 |
Death |
Lawrence Grant, actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at 82
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| 1952 |
Birth |
Rudolfo Neri-Vida, Mexico, PHD/astronaut (STS 23)
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