Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 19
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Changsha bowls from the Belitung shipwreck -
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The simulated Nazi invasion of Winnipeg -
Henry Ossian Flipper -
Dust storm at Manzanar -
Rodolfo Graziani -
Old Trafford -
Bombing of Darwin
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Armed Forces Day in Mexico | refimprove |
| 197 – Septimius Severus defeated usurper Clodius Albinus at the Battle of Lugdunum in present-day Lyon, France, securing full control over the Roman Empire. | unreferenced section |
| 1674 – King Charles II of England signed the Treaty of Westminster to end the Third Anglo-Dutch War, confirming English and Dutch sovereignty over New Netherland and Surinam, respectively. | Date not cited, main text states 17 February |
| 1807 – Former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr was arrested for treason after having raised a private army to allegedly create an independent nation in Spanish Texas. | lots of CN tags, original research |
| 1819 – English explorer William Smith sighted Livingston Island in the South Shetland archipelago, a group of Antarctic islands more than 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) south of the Falkland Islands. | refimprove |
| 1884 – More than sixty tornadoes struck across the Southern United States, believed to be among the largest and most widespread tornado outbreaks in American history. | refimprove section |
| 1954 – The Soviet Union transferred the administration of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR, an act that remains controversial today. | Multiple banners |
| 1972 – Asama-Sansō incident | Save for February 28 |
| 1978 – Attempting to intervene in a hijacking situation at Larnaca International Airport without authorisation from Cyprus authorities, Egyptian commando forces ended up exchanging gunfire with the Cypriot National Guard. | unreferenced section, refimprove section |
| 1985 – The first episode of the British soap opera EastEnders was first broadcast on BBC1, eventually becoming one of the most watched television shows in the United Kingdom. | outdated |
| 1999 – U.S. president Bill Clinton issued a posthumous pardon to Henry Ossian Flipper, the first African American graduate of West Point, who had been accused of embezzlement in 1881. | Better sources needed orange banner |
| Sócrates |b|1954| | Birthday not cited |
| Joseph Szigeti |d|1973 | 7 {cn} tags |
| Sylvia Rivera d|2002 | original research, quote synth |
Eligible
- 1600 – Huaynaputina, a stratovolcano in present-day Peru, produced the largest recorded volcanic explosion in South America.
- 1910 – Old Trafford, a football stadium in Greater Manchester, England, hosted its inaugural match, between Manchester United and Liverpool.
- 1937 – Italian forces began a brutal crackdown on Ethiopians following an attempted assassination of Rodolfo Graziani, the viceroy of Italian East Africa, in Addis Ababa.
- 1942 – A book-burning was held and politicians were arrested in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, as part of a simulated Nazi invasion.
- 1942 – Second World War: In the largest attack mounted by a foreign power against Australia, more than 240 Japanese aircraft bombed the city of Darwin (pictured).
- 1954 – The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency planted a cache of Soviet-made weapons on a beach in Nicaragua, as part of an effort to portray Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz as a Soviet puppet.
- 1963 – Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, a non-fiction book credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States, was first published.
- 1965 – Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm attempted a coup against the military junta of Nguyễn Khánh.
- 1986 – The first module of the Soviet space station Mir was launched, establishing the first long-term research station in space.
- 2006 – A methane explosion in a coal mine in Nueva Rosita, Mexico, trapped and killed 65 miners.
- 2011 – Items from the Belitung shipwreck, the largest single collection of Tang-dynasty artefacts found in one location, were first exhibited in Singapore.
- 2012 – Mexican drug war: Forty-four inmates died in a prison riot in Apodaca, Mexico, between members of Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel.
- Born/died this day: | Thomas Arundel |d|1414| Dorothe Engelbretsdatter |d|1716| Thomas de Mahy, Marquis de Favras |d|1790| Émilie Gamelin |b|1800| Lydia Thompson |b|1838| Mary Dilys Glynne |b|1895| Tim Shadbolt |b|1947|
Notes
- Munich air disaster (1958) appears on February 6, so Old Trafford should not appear in the same year
A depiction of the Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903
- 1811 – Peninsular War: Outnumbered French forces under Édouard Mortier routed and nearly destroyed Spanish troops at the Battle of the Gebora near Badajoz, Spain.
- 1903 – A blockade against Venezuela (depicted), caused by President Cipriano Castro's refusal to pay foreign debts, was lifted.
- 1942 – World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the forcible relocation of over 112,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps.
- 1948 – The Southeast Asian Youth Conference, which is believed to have inspired armed communist rebellions in different Asian countries, opened in Calcutta, India.
- Nicolaus Copernicus (b. 1473)
- Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (b. 1938)
- Jennifer Doudna (b. 1964)
- Harper Lee (d. 2016)
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