Monday, February 19, 2018

History for February 19

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History for February 19 - On-This-Day.com:
Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikolaj Kopernick) 1473 - Polish astronomer, known for the Copernican theory: the sun is the center of our universe, Carson McCullers 1917 - Author ("The Member of the Wedding", "Reflections in a Golden Eye"), Lee Marvin 1924 - Actor ("The Caine Mutiny", "The Dirty Dozen", "Delta Force")
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Smokey Robinson 1940 - Singer (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles), Jeff Daniels 1955 - Actor ("The Purple Rose of Cairo", "Terms of Endearment"), Benicio Del Toro 1967 - Actor
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1846 - The formal transfer of government between Texas and the United States took place. Texas had officially become a state on December 29, 1845.
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1878 - Thomas Alva Edison patented a music player (the phonograph).
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1942 - U.S. President Roosevelt signed an executive order giving the military the authority to relocate and intern Japanese-Americans.
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1942 - Approximately 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin.
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1945 - During World War II, about 30,000 U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima.
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1985 - Cherry Coke was introduced by the Coca-Cola Company.
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1986 - The U.S. Senate approved a treaty outlawing genocide. The pact had been submitted 37 years earlier for ratification.
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1987 - A controversial, anti-smoking publice service announcement aired for the first time on television. Yul Brynner filmed the ad shortly before dying of lung cancer. Brynner made it clear in the ad that he would have died from cigarette smoking before ad aired.
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