• Today in History for 19th February 2019

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    Historical Events

    1674 - Netherlands and England sign Peace of Westminster (NYC becomes English)

    1929 - Medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, NY

    1945 - Brotherhood Day-1st celebrated

    1950 - Groundbreaking ceremony held for Mississippi Vocational College (later Mississippi Valley State University)

    1961 - Albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism"

    2014 - Death toll in Ukraine reaches 26 after Government crackdown on protesters

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    Famous Birthdays

    1891 - J C "Farmer" White, cricketer (Somerset slow lefty 1909-37)

    1916 - Eddie Arcaro, American Racing Hall of Fame jockey (Triple Crown 1941 Whirlaway, 1948 Citation), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1997)

    1924 - Lee Marvin, American actor (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou), born in NYC, New York (d. 1987)

    1950 - Andy Powell, rocker (Wishbone Ash)

    1985 - Arielle Kebbel, American actress

    1986 - Reon Kadena, Japanese model/actress

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    Famous Deaths

    1672 - Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592)

    1790 - Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz, Czech composer, dies at 47

    1858 - Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 78

    1968 - Ralph Dunn, actor (Mr Rudge-Norby), dies at 65

    1988 - André F. Cournand, French physician and physiologist (Nobel 1956), dies
    at 92

    2012 - John Hogan, American research chemist, dies at 92

    More Famous Deaths ¯

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