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| February 19th |
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| About February 19th is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 315 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (316 in leap years). Births 1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer 1916 - Eddie Arcaro, Hall of Fame jockey 1940 - Smokey Robinson, singer, songwriter 1942 - Paul Krause, Hall of Fame football safety 1948 - Big John Studd, professional wrestler 1955 - Jeff Daniels, actor (Dumb and Dumber) 1963 - Seal, singer, songwriter 1975 - Daniel Adair, drummer, musician (Nickelback) 1980 - Dwight Freeney, professional football player Deaths 2009 - Don Hewitt, creator of 60 Minutes Events 1807 - Former United States Vice President Aaron Burr is arrested for treason on suspicions he was starting an independent republic. 1878 - Thomas Edison is granted a patent for the phonograph. 1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an executive order to relocate Japanese-Americans to internment camps. 1945 - About 30,000 U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima to begin a battle for the Pacific island. 1985 - Coca-Cola introduces canned and bottled Cherry Coke. 1991 - The band R.E.M. releases their highest-charting single "Losing My Religion". 1995 - Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson are married. 2002 - NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system. |
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