What are the important events that happened on February 19? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 19: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 19 is the 50th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 316 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 6, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 474,528 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘pentacontagon’ day.
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 345 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,077 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 19 Historical Events
- 1847 –The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
- 1915 –World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
- 1945 –World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima – about 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
- 1959 –The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is then formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
- 1976 –Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford’s Proclamation 4417
- 1985 –Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital.
- 1986 –The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for 10 of those years.
- 2001 –The Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
- 2006 –A methane explosion in coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
- 2018 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dog in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on February 19?
- 1802 –Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1881)
- 1877 –Gabriele Münter, German painter (d. 1962)
- 1904 –Havank, Dutch writer (d. 1964)
- 1929 –Jacques Deray, French film director (d. 2003)
- 1930 –John Frankenheimer, American film director (d. 2002)
- 1948 –Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (d. 2002)
- 1957 –Falco, Austrian singer (d. 1998)
- 1962 –John Laroche, American orchid poacher
- 1971 –Lisa McCune, Australian actress
- 1977 –Ola Salo, Swedish singer (The Ark)
Who died on February 19?
- 1602 –Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558)
- 1887 –Multatuli, Dutch writer (b. 1820)
- 1897 –Karl Weierstraß, German mathematician (b. 1815)
- 1942 –Frank Abbandando, American gangster (executed) (b. 1910)
- 1952 –Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (b. 1859)
- 1988 –André Frédéric Cournand, French-born physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
- 1996 –Charlie Finley, American sports entrepreneur (b. 1918)
- 1997 –Leo Rosten, American Yiddish writer and humorist (b. 1908)
- 2001 –Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913)
- 2007 –Janet Blair, American actress (b. 1921)
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