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What happened in history on this day: February 19?
On February 19 in ...
- 1974 - ABC TV airs the first American Music Awards, hosted by Dick Clark.
- 1976 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 18th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
Record of the Year: Captain and Tennille for "Love Will Keep Us Together";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Janis Ian for "At Seventeen";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Paul Simon for "Still Crazy After All These Years";
Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus: The Eagles for "Lyin' Eyes";
Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Van McCoy for "The Hustle";
Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance: Silver Convention for "Fly, Robin, Fly";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Linda Ronstadt for "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Willie Nelson for "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain";
Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group: Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge for "Lover Please".
- 1979 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 21st Annual Grammy Awards.
Record of the Year: Billy Joel for "Just The Way You Are";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Anne Murray for "You Needed Me";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Barry Manilow for "Copacabana (At The Copa)";
Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus: The Bee Gees for "Saturday Night Fever";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: Donna Summer for "Last Dance";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: George Benson for "On Broadway";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Dolly Parton for "Here You Come Again";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Willie Nelson for "Georgia On My Mind";
Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group: Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson for "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys".
- 1995 - First broadcast of Woman of Independent Means on NBC-TV.
Births on February 19
- 1893 - Birth of Cedric Hardwicke in Stourbridge, England; actor (Peter Pan, Richard III).
- 1895 - Birth of Louis Calhern in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle).
- 1902 - Birth of Hugo Haas in Brno, Czechoslovakia; actor/director (Two Smart People).
- 1902 - Birth of Nydia Westman in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins).
- 1911 - Birth of Merle Oberon in Calcutta, India; actress (Assignment Foreign Legion) (dies 1979).
- 1920 - Birth of George Rose in Bicester, England; actor (Beacon Hill, Holocaust).
- 1924 - Birth of Lee Marvin in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou) (dies 1987).
- 1930 - Birth of John Frankenheimer in New York City, New York, USA; director (Birdman of Alcatraz).
- 1934 - Birth of David Hugh Jones in Poole, Dorset, England; director (Betrayal).
- 1939 - Birth of Gwen Taylor; British actress (Life of Brian, Sob Sisters, Screaming).
- 1940 - Birth of Carlin Glynn; American actress (Continental Divide, Mr. President, A Woman Named Jackie).
- 1943 - Birth of "Mama" Cass Elliot; actress (Mamas and Papas - "Monday Monday").
- 1945 - Birth of Jon Whiteley; actor (Moonfleet).
- 1945 - Birth of Michael Nader; actor (Dynasty, All My Children).
- 1951 - Birth of Stephen Nichols in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actor (Witchboard, Days of Our Lives).
- 1953 - Birth of Bill Kirchenbauer; actor/comedian (Coach - Just the 10 of Us).
- 1955 - Birth of Jeff Daniels in Chelsea, Michigan, USA; actor (Something Wild, Dumb and Dumber, Speed, The Five People you Meet in Heaven, Caine Mutiny Court Martial).
- 1955 - Birth of Margaux Hemingway in Portland, Oregon, USA; actress (Lipstick, They Call Me Bruce).
- 1957 - Birth of Lorianne Crook; talk show hostess (Crook and Chase).
- 1963 - Birth of Jessica Tuck in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Megan - One Life to Live).
- 1966 - Birth of Justine Bateman in Rye, New York, USA; actress (Mallory - Family Ties, Satisfaction, Men in Trees).
- 1967 - Birth of Benicio Del Toro in Puerto Rico; actor (Licence to Kill, Usual Suspects, Independence Day 2001, Drug Wars: The Camarena Story).
- 1985 - Birth of Haylie Duff; American actress and singer (Seventh Heaven).
Deaths on February 19
- 1952 - Lawrence Grant, actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at age 82.
- 1965 - Forrest Taylor, actor (This is Life, Man Without a Gun), dies at age 81.
- 1968 - Ralph Dunn, actor (Mr Rudge - Norby), dies at age 65.
- 1983 - Alice White, actress (Employees' Entrance), dies of a stroke at age 78.
- 1984 - Ina Ray Hutton, orchestra leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies at age 66.
- 1985 - George Holmes, actor (Man in the Trunk), dies at age 66.
- 1986 - Adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), dies at age 63.
- 1986 - Paul Stewart, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline), dies at age 77.
- 1990 - Michael Powell, English director (Life and Death of Colonel Blimp), dies at age 84 (born 1905).
- 1991 - Peggy Mondo, actress (Who's Minding the Store), dies at age 50.
- 1993 - Michael David Morrison, actor (Caleb - As the World Turns), dies at age 33.
- 1994 - Derek Jarman, actor/director (Tempest), dies of AIDS at age 52.
- 1996 - Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at age 77.
- 1998 - Death of Louis Marshall Jones AKA Grandpa Jones at age 84 following a series of strokes; country musician and comedian (Hee-Haw, Grand Ole Opry).
- 2007 - Death of Janet Blair at age 85; actress (Caesar's Hour TV show).
- 2023 - Death of Richard Belzer at age 78 at home in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France; comedian, actor (Detective John Munch - Homicide: Life on the Streets TV show, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV show).
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