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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 315 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 6, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 483,312 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.
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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 363 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 4,443 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 19 Historical Events
- 1674 –England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
- 1807 –In Alabama, former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason and confined to Fort Stoddert.
- 1819 –British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III.
- 1884 –More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
- 1937 –Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Eritrean nationalists attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades. Italian authorities exact vicious reprisals on the population.
- 1942 –World War II: nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people.
- 1953 –Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
- 1986 –Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers the eastern province of Sri Lanka.
- 1996 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rat in Chinese astrology.
- 1999 –President Bill Clinton issues a posthumous pardon for U.S. Army Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper.
Who were born on February 19?
- 1526 –Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)
- 1722 –Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (d. 1774)
- 1929 –Jacques Deray, French film director (d. 2003)
- 1936 –Marin Sorescu, Romanian writer and novelist (d. 1997)
- 1938 –René Muñoz, Cuban-born Mexican actor and screenwriter (d. 2000)
- 1939 –Gwen Taylor, English actress
- 1964 –Sonu Walia, Indian actress
- 1974 –Danny Doring, American professional wrestler
- 1981 –Ronnie Arniell, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1986 –Henri Karjalainen, Finnish racing driver
Who died on February 19?
- 197 –Clodius Albinus, Roman governor of Britain
- 1605 –Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (b. 1550)
- 1620 –Roemer Visscher, Dutch writer (b. 1547)
- 1709 –Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646)
- 1799 –Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. 1733)
- 1962 –Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (b. 1883)
- 1969 –Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
- 1972 –Tedd Pierce, American animator (b. 1906)
- 1992 –Tojo Yamamoto, American professional wrestler (b. 1927)
- 2003 –Johnny Paycheck, American singer (b. 1938)
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