February 19th, 1953

Born on February 19th, 1953

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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, 1953

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

71

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

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

*February 19th, 1953, La Plata

71

Conrad Murray

American physician

*February 19th, 1953, Saint Andrew Parish

71

Corrado Barazzutti

Italian tennis player

*February 19th, 1953, Udine

63

Wolf-Dietrich Oschlies

German rower (1953-2016)

*February 19th, 1953, Hildesheim †May 28th, 2016

41

Massimo Troisi

Italian actor, film director, and poet (1953–1994)

*February 19th, 1953, San Giorgio a Cremano †June 4th, 1994, Lido di Ostia

71

Hansi Jochmann

German actress and voice actress

*February 19th, 1953, Berlin

71

Jean-Pierre Raczynski

French association football player

*February 19th, 1953, Avion

71

Victoria Vera

Spanish actress

*February 19th, 1953, Madrid

71

Murray McCully

New Zealand politician

*February 19th, 1953, Whangārei

71

Gerd Harms

German politician

*February 19th, 1953, Wilhelmshaven

32

Attilio Bettega

Italian rally driver, four-time podium finisher in World Rally Championship events (1953-1985)

*February 19th, 1953, Molveno †May 2nd, 1985, Zérubia

71

Bill Kirchenbauer

American actor and comedian

*February 19th, 1953, Salzburg

71

Mark Rogen

Canadian American actor

*February 19th, 1953, Seattle

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46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

57

Sócrates

Brazilian association football player [1954-2011]

*February 19th, 1954, Belém †December 4th, 2011, São Paulo

88

Noëlle Ailloud

Badminton player

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

72

Rick Dufay

American musician

*February 19th, 1952, Paris

28

Mabel

English singer and songwriter

*February 19th, 1996, Alhaurín el Grande

72

Danilo Türk

President of Slovenia from 2007 to 2012

*February 19th, 1952, Maribor

69

Jeff Daniels

American actor, musician and playwright

*February 19th, 1955, Athens

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

54

Bellamy Young

American actress

*February 19th, 1970, Asheville

28

Ashnikko

American rapper and singer

*February 19th, 1996, Oak Ridge

68

Roderick MacKinnon

American neuroscientist

*February 19th, 1956, Burlington

64

Prince Andrew, Duke of York

Second son and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)

*February 19th, 1960, Buckingham Palace

61

Seal

British singer

*February 19th, 1963, Paddington

73

Horace Andy

Jamaican roots reggae songwriter and singer

*February 19th, 1951, Kingston

72

Georg Cantor

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

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

60

Jennifer Doudna

American biochemist

*February 19th, 1964, Washington, D.C.

39

Arielle Kebbel

American actress and model

*February 19th, 1985, Winter Park

91

Emil Forrer

Swiss linguist (1894-1986)

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

21

Stephanie Widjaja

Badminton player

*February 19th, 2003, Jakarta

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Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

71

Jeb Bush

Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007

*February 11th, 1953, Midland

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No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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