About February 19
February 19, 2025 is the 50th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 315 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 363 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On February 19
- 356 –Emperor Constantius II issues a decree closing all pagan temples in the Roman Empire.
- 1594 –Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III of Sweden.
- 1846 –In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following Texas’ annexation by the United States.
- 1859 –Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the 1st time this defense is successfully used in the United States.
- 1876 –Founding of the National Amateur Press Association (NAPA) in Philadelphia.
- 1884 –More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
- 1915 –World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
- 1942 –World War II: nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people.
- 1945 –World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima – about 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
- 1949 –Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
- 1959 –The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is then formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
- 1972 –The Asama-Sansō hostage standoff begins in Japan.
- 1976 –Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford’s Proclamation 4417
- 1985 –Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital.
- 1985 –Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
- 1986 –Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers the eastern province of Sri Lanka.
- 1986 –The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for 10 of those years.
- 2001 –The Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
- 2002 –NASA’s Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
- 2034 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
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