February 19 Historical Events
The following events took place on February 19. The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 40 events. Showing 31 - 40.
- 1985William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave hospital.
- 1985Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
- 1985EastEnders, BBC’s flagship soap opera, broadcasts for the first time.
- 1986Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers in the eastern province of Sri Lanka.
- 2001The Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
- 2002NASA’s Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
- 2003An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
- 2006A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
- 2011The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artefacts found in one location, begins in Singapore.
- 2012Forty-four people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León.
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