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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

This was 50th day of the year and 315 days remained in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 9 Adar 5773
Chinese calendar — the 10th day of the 1st month of 4711 (Kui Si)
Islamic calendar — (note)

February 19 Birthdays

Nicholas Copernicus
1473–1543, Polish Astronomer.

David Garrick
actor and dramatist (1717)

Eddie Arcaro
jockey (1916)

Carson McCullers
novelist (1917)

Lee Marvin
actor (1924)

Smokey Robinson
singer (1940)

Amy Tan
novelist (1952)

February 2013

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3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28

February 19 in History

1674

The Netherlands and England signed the Peace of Westminster, by which New Amsterdam passed to the English (and was renamed New York).

1807

Aaron Burr, vice president under Thomas Jefferson, was arrested for treason. He was later acquitted.

1878

Thomas Edison patented the gramophone (phonograph).

1942

President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order that resulted in the internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast.

1945

The U.S. Marines went ashore at Iwo Jima.

1959

Britain, Turkey, and Greece signed the agreement granting Cyprus independence.

1968

The first nationwide broadcast of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood aired on PBS.

1997

Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader, died.

2008

Fidel Castro resigned as President of Cuba after 49 years in power. Raúl Castro, Fidel's brother, succeeded him as president.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.