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This is a lists selected February 19 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Before doing so, please review the selected anniversaries guidelines. If your suggestion is potentially controversial or relates to a day currently or soon to appear on the Main Page, post it on the talk page instead.

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Armed Forces Day in Mexico refimprove
197Septimius Severus defeated usurper Clodius Albinus at the Battle of Lugdunum in present-day Lyon, France, securing full control over the Roman Empire. unreferenced section
1674King 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
1972Asama-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 outdated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

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A depiction of the Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903
A depiction of the Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903
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