February 19
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- 1861 - Serfdom is abolished in Russia.
- 1878 - The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison.
- 1953 - Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
Births
- 1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
- 1876 - Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (d. 1957)
- 1902 - Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992)
- 1917 - Carson McCullers, American author (d. 1967)
- 1924 - Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1934 - Carole Eastman, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 1940 - Smokey Robinson, American singer
Deaths
- 1837 - Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)
- 1951 - André Gide, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1869)
- 1952 - Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (b. 1859)
- 1957 - Maurice Garin, French cyclist (b. 1871)
- 1962 - Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (b. 1883)
- 1968 - Georg Hackenschmidt, Estonian professional wrestler (b. 1878)
- 1969 - Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
- 1972 - John Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker (b. 1898)
- 1972 - Tedd Pierce, American animator (b. 1906)
- 1973 - Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
- 1973 - Kostas Negrepontis, Greek footballer (b. 1897)
- 1975 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (b. 1904)
- 1977 - Mike González, Cuban baseball player (b. 1890)
- 1977 - Anthony Crosland, British politician (b. 1918)
- 1980 - Bon Scott, Australian musician and singer for the band AC/DC (b. 1946)
- 1983 - Alice White, American film actress (b. 1904)
- 1986 - Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (b. 1922)
- 1988 - André Frédéric Cournand, French-born physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
- 1994 - Derek Jarman, British film director (b. 1942)
- 1996 - Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (b. 1924)
- 1996 - Charles O. Finley, American sports entrepreneur (b. 1918)
- 1997 - Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader and revolutionary (b. 1904)
- 1997 - Leo Rosten, American Yiddish writer and humorist (b. 1908)
- 1998 - John Acheson, British actor
- 1998 - Grandpa Jones, American entertainer (b. 1913)
- 1999 - Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, Iraqi Shiite leader (assassinated)
- 2000 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (b. 1928)
- 2001 - Priscilla Davis, American socialite (b. 1942)
- 2001 - Stanley Kramer, American director (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913)
- 2003 - Johnny PayCheck, American singer (b. 1938)
- 2007 - Janet Blair, American actress (b. 1921)
- 2007 - Celia Franca, founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1921)
notes
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