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What happened in history on this day: February 19?
On February 19 in ...
- 1803 - US Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, but statehood not ratified till 1953.
- 1807 - US Vice President Aaron Burr arrested in Alabama for treason; later found innocent.
- 1831 - First practical US coal-burning locomotive makes first trial run, Pennsylvania.
- 1846 - Texas is admitted to the United States of America.
- 1856 - Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith of Gambier, Ohio, USA.
- 1864 - Knights of Pythias form first lodge in Washington DC (12 members).
- 1869 - US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho, is authorized.
- 1878 - Thomas Alva Edison receives a patent for a music player (phonograph) at in Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA.
- 1881 - Kansas becomes first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.
- 1884 - Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana kill 800 people.
- 1900 - Tripartite Treaty between Great Britain, Germany, and USA is ratified. Britain gives up its right to the Samoan island chain in exchange for German concessions elsewhere. Germany gains sole control of the western portion, and the USA gains control of the eastern.
- 1906 - Will Keith Kellogg and Charles D Bolin incorporate Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, Battle Creek, Michigan.
- 1913 - First prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box in the USA.
- 1913 - Mexican General V Huerta takes power in Mexico with US support.
- 1915 - Senate confirms R.W. Wooley as Mint Director.
- 1923 - Smithsonian Institution secretary Charles Doolittle Walcott formally accepts transfer of the US Mint's collection of 18,291 coins housed at the Philadelphia Mint.
- 1929 - Medical diathermy machine first used, in Schenectady, New York.
- 1934 - US contract air mail service canceled, replaced by US army for six months.
- 1942 - US President Franklin Roosevelt orders detention and internment of all west-coast Japanese-Americans.
- 1945 - 450 ships with 30,000 men of the US 4th and 5th Marine divisions begin landing on Iwo Jima to attack Japanese forces.
- 1945 - By the end of the day, 30,000 U.S. Marines have established a solid beachhead in Iwo Jima.
- 1953 - Georgia state approves first American literature censorship board.
- 1959 - US Air Force rocket-powered rail sled attains Mach 4.1 (4970 kph), New Mexico.
- 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1963 - The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique launches the feminist movement in the United States.
- 1963 - USSR informs US President John Kennedy it is withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba.
- 1968 - First US teachers strike (Florida).
- 1982 - The DeLorean Car factory in Belfast is put into receivership.
- 1985 - Canned and bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola.
- 1985 - Disney's Mickey Mouse character welcomed in China.
- 1985 - William Schroeder is first artificial heart patient to leave hospital. He spends 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.
- 1987 - Anti-smoking ad airs for first time on TV in the USA, featuring Yul Brynner.
- 1987 - Minnesota sheriff's office arrests Thomas G Harrelson, on FBI's most wanted list.
- 1987 - Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland.
- 1989 - Broadway's biggest flop (lost US$5.3 million) Legs Diamond closes at Mark Hellinger Theater in New York City after 64 performances.
- 1993 - Kenya Moore, 22, (Miss Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA.
- 1997 - US Federal Communications Commission makes available 311 for non-emergency calls and 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls.
- 1998 - Larry Wayne Harris of the Aryan Nations and William Leavitt are arrested in Henderson, New York, for possession of military grade anthrax.
- 2001 - An Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
- 2003 - In West Warwick, Rhode Island, sparks from a pyrotechnic display being used by the band Great White start a fire, destroying the nightclub The Station, and killing 99 people.
- 2008 - A fireball and sonic boom are reported in parts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia.
- 2021 - The United States officially rejoins the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, 107 days after leaving.
Births on February 19
- 1821 - Birth of Francis Preston Blair Junior in Lexington, Kentucky, USA; American politician (Representative-Missouri).
- 1895 - Birth of Louis Calhern in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle).
- 1902 - Birth of John Bubbles in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; rhythm tap dancer ("No Maps on My Taps").
- 1902 - Birth of Nydia Westman in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins).
- 1903 - Birth of Kay Boyle in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; novelist (Plagued by Nightingales).
- 1912 - Birth of Stan Kenton [Newcomb] in Wichita, Kansas, USA; jazz musician/orchestra leader (Music 55).
- 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).
- 1932 - Birth of Joseph P Kerwin in Oak Park, Illinois, USA; Captain Medical Corps US Navy/astronaut (Skylab 2).
- 1940 - Birth of William "Smokey" Robinson in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - "Being With You", "Tears of a Clown").
- 1943 - Birth of Lou Christie AKA Lugee Sacco in Pennsylvania, USA; rock vocalist ("Lightning Striking Again").
- 1948 - Birth of Byron K Lichtenburg in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA; astronaut (STS 9, STS 45).
- 1948 - Birth of Mark Andes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; rock bassist ("Spirit", "Heart", "Fireball").
- 1949 - Birth of Edward Hardin in New York City, New York, USA; rocker (Spencer Davis Group).
- 1951 - Birth of Stephen Nichols in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actor (Witchboard, Days of Our Lives).
- 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).
- 1956 - Birth of George David Low in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; astronaut (STS 32, STS 43).
- 1957 - Birth of Dave "Smoke" Stewart in Oakland, California, USA; pitcher (Oakland Athletics).
- 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).
- 1966 - Birth of Matthew Ryan in Port Jefferson, New York, USA; team handball circle (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Benicio Del Toro in Puerto Rico; actor (Licence to Kill, Usual Suspects, Independence Day 2001, Drug Wars: The Camarena Story).
- 1971 - Birth of Becca Lee in Tennessee, USA; Miss Tennessee-USA (1996-third).
- 1971 - Birth of Becky Dyroen-Lancer in San Jose, California, USA; synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Paul Frey in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; dance skater (and Ponte-1995 Eastern Junior champion).
- 1989 - Birth of L A Baby, orangutan at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, Washington.
Deaths on February 19
- 1864 - William Edwin Baldwin, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies.
- 1967 - Wilmer King, first casuality on Tappan Zee Bridge in New York, dies.
- 1986 - James O Eastland, American politician (Senator-Democrat-Mississippi) dies at age 81.
- 2016 - Death of Harper Lee at age 89; American writer ("To Kill a Mockingbird") (born 1926).
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