February 19th, 1948

Born on February 19th, 1948

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 27,000 days old!

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What happened on February 19th?

February 19th, 2012

Mexican drug war: Forty-four inmates died in a prison riot in Apodaca, Mexico, between members of Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel.

February 19th, 2011

Items from the Belitung shipwreck, the largest single collection of Tang-dynasty artefacts found in one location, were first exhibited in Singapore.

February 19th, 2006

A methane explosion in a coal mine in Nueva Rosita, Mexico, trapped and killed 65 miners.

February 19th, 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.

February 19th, 1986

The first module of the Soviet space station Mir was launched, establishing the first long-term research station in space.

February 19th, 1965

Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm attempted a coup against the military junta of Nguyễn Khánh.

February 19th, 1963

Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, a non-fiction book credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States, was first published.

February 19th, 1954

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency planted a cache of Soviet-made weapons on a beach in Nicaragua, as part of an effort to portray Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz as a Soviet puppet.

February 19th, 1942

World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the forcible relocation of over 112,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps.

February 19th, 1937

Italian forces began a brutal crackdown on Ethiopians following an attempted assassination of Rodolfo Graziani, the viceroy of Italian East Africa, in Addis Ababa.

February 19th, 1910

Old Trafford, a football stadium in Greater Manchester, England, hosted its inaugural match, between Manchester United and Liverpool.

February 19th, 1811

Peninsular War: Outnumbered French forces under Édouard Mortier routed and nearly destroyed Spanish troops at the Battle of the Gebora near Badajoz, Spain.

February 19th, 1903

A blockade against Venezuela (depicted), caused by President Cipriano Castro's refusal to pay foreign debts, was lifted.

February 19th, 2021

Mya Thwe Thwe Khine, a 19-year-old protester, becomes the first known casualty of anti-coup protests that formed in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

February 19th, 2012

Forty-four people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 19th

Born on February 19th, 1948

54

Pim Fortuyn

Dutch politician (1948-2002)

*February 19th, 1948, Velsen †May 6th, 2002, Hilversum

76

Tony Iommi

British rock guitarist

*February 19th, 1948, Birmingham

76

Mark Andes

American bassist

*February 19th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Byron K. Lichtenberg

American astronaut and engineer

*February 19th, 1948, Stroudsburg

47

Big John Studd

American professional wrestler and actor (1948-1995)

*February 19th, 1948, Butler †March 20th, 1995, Burke

76

Hartmut Schulze-Gerlach

German television presenter

*February 19th, 1948, Dresden

76

Osvaldo Santoro

Argentinian actor

*February 19th, 1948, Buenos Aires

69

Perry Wallace

American basketball player and legal academic

*February 19th, 1948, Nashville †December 1st, 2017, Rockville

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 19th?

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

88

Noëlle Ailloud

Badminton player

*February 19th, 1932, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon †January 6th, 2021, 5th arrondissement of Lyon

28

Mabel

English singer and songwriter

*February 19th, 1996, Alhaurín el Grande

81

Günter Ebert

German journalist and writer (1925-2006)

*February 19th, 1925, Meerane †July 17th, 2006, Berlin

66

Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due

Norwegian violinist

*February 19th, 1919, Oslo †November 18th, 1985, Oslo

71

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

President of Argentina from 2007-2015, vice president of Argentina since 2019 to 2023

*February 19th, 1953, La Plata

85

Alfredo Bryce Echenique

Peruvian writer

*February 19th, 1939, Lima

83

David Gross

American particle physicist and string theorist

*February 19th, 1941, Washington, D.C.

72

Georg Cantor

German mathematician, inventor of set theory (1845–1918)

*February 19th, 1845, Saint Petersburg †January 6th, 1918, Halle (Saale)

28

Ashnikko

American rapper and singer

*February 19th, 1996, Oak Ridge

54

Bellamy Young

American actress

*February 19th, 1970, Asheville

91

Emil Forrer

Swiss linguist (1894-1986)

*February 19th, 1894, Strasbourg †January 10th, 1986, San Salvador

75

Juan Francisco Zanassi

Argentine rower

*February 19th, 1947, Tigre †April 4th, 2022

66

Saparmyrat Nyýazow

President of Turkmenistan from 1990 to 2006

*February 19th, 1940, Gypjak †December 21st, 2006, Ashgabat

72

Rick Dufay

American musician

*February 19th, 1952, Paris

39

Arielle Kebbel

American actress and model

*February 19th, 1985, Winter Park

61

Seal

British singer

*February 19th, 1963, Paddington

73

Horace Andy

Jamaican roots reggae songwriter and singer

*February 19th, 1951, Kingston

21

Stephanie Widjaja

Badminton player

*February 19th, 2003, Jakarta

Same year
Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

76

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor (born 1948)

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

76

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

76

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

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Leap year

Yes: 1948 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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