February 19th, 1979

Born on February 19th, 1979

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1979

45

Andrew Buchan

British actor

*February 19th, 1979, Stockport

45

Vitas

Russian singer

*February 19th, 1979, Daugavpils

45

Lee Chun-hee

South Korean actor

*February 19th, 1979, Seoul

45

Igor Mitreski

Macedonian footballer

*February 19th, 1979, Struga

45

Sarah Schleper

American alpine skier

*February 19th, 1979, Glenwood Springs

45

Mariana Ochoa

Mexican singer and actress (born 1979)

*February 19th, 1979, Mexico City

45

Steve Cherundolo

American soccer player and manager

*February 19th, 1979, Rockford

45

Sergio Júnior

Brazilian footballer

*February 19th, 1979, Belo Horizonte

45

Luis Prieto Zalbidegoitia

Spanish footballer

*February 19th, 1979, Bilbao

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

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

28

Mabel

English singer and songwriter

*February 19th, 1996, Alhaurín el Grande

39

Arielle Kebbel

American actress and model

*February 19th, 1985, Winter Park

43

Nicky Shorey

English association football player

*February 19th, 1981, Romford

28

Ashnikko

American rapper and singer

*February 19th, 1996, Oak Ridge

48

Brian Price

Canadian rowing coxswain

*February 19th, 1976, Belleville

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

54

Bellamy Young

American actress

*February 19th, 1970, Asheville

47

Gianluca Zambrotta

Italian association football player

*February 19th, 1977, Como

21

Stephanie Widjaja

Badminton player

*February 19th, 2003, Jakarta

88

Noëlle Ailloud

Badminton player

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

53

Jeff Kinney

American author and cartoonist

*February 19th, 1971, Fort Washington

42

Mattias Nilsson

Swedish biathlete

*February 19th, 1982, Östersund

81

Günter Ebert

German journalist and writer (1925-2006)

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

72

Georg Cantor

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

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

66

Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due

Norwegian violinist

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

44

Mike Miller

American basketball player

*February 19th, 1980, Mitchell

61

Seal

British singer

*February 19th, 1963, Paddington

60

Jennifer Doudna

American biochemist

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

57

Benicio del Toro

Puerto Rican actor

*February 19th, 1967, San Germán

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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