Summary of the Day ✨ 19 February (19/02)
On this day, anti-coup protests in Myanmar claimed their first victim with the death of 19-year-old protester Mya Thwe Thwe Khine, while Germany witnessed a domestic terrorist attack that killed nine people and Mexico experienced both a deadly prison brawl that claimed 44 lives and a coal mine explosion that killed 65 miners. Meanwhile, Singapore hosted the debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, showcasing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artifacts ever found in one location.
Historical Events 📜
- 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.
- 2020: Nine people are killed in two domestic terrorist shootings in Hanau, Hesse, Germany.
- 2012: Forty-four people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico.
- 2011: The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artifacts found in one location, begins in Singapore.
- 2006: A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
- 2003: An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
- 2002: NASA’s Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
- 1989: Flying Tiger Line Flight 066 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four.
- 1988: A Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner operating as AVAir Flight 3378 crashes in Cary, North Carolina, killing 12.
- 1986: Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers in eastern Sri Lanka.
- 1985: William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.
- 1985: A Boeing 727 operating as Iberia Flight 610 crashes Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148; it is the deadliest accident to occur in Iberia’s history and the deadliest to occur in Basque County.
- 1985: China Airlines Flight 006 experiences an aircraft upset over the Pacific Ocean, injuring 24.
- 1978: Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
- 1976: Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford’s Proclamation 4417.
Famous Births 👶
- 2004: Millie Bobby Brown, English actress, model and producer
- 2001: Lee Kang-in, South Korean footballer
- 2001: David Mazouz, American actor
- 1998: Katharina Gerlach, German tennis player
- 1998: Chappell Roan, American singer and songwriter
- 1998: Jungwoo, South Korean singer
- 1996: Mabel, British-Swedish singer
- 1996: D. J. Wilson, American basketball player
- 1995: Nikola Jokić, Serbian basketball player
- 1994: Tiina Trutsi, Estonian footballer
- 1993: Mauro Icardi, Argentine footballer
- 1993: Victoria Justice, American actress and singer
- 1992: Camille Kostek, American model
- 1992: Cody Parkey, American football player
- 1991: Trevor Bayne, American race car driver
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2020: José Mojica Marins, Brazilian filmmaker, actor, composer, screenwriter, and television horror host (born 1936)
- 2020: Pop Smoke, American rapper (born 1999)
- 2019: Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer (born 1933)
- 2017: Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (born 1943)
- 2016: Umberto Eco, Italian novelist, literary critic, and philosopher (born 1932)
- 2016: Harper Lee, American author (born 1926)
- 2016: Chiaki Morosawa, Japanese anime screenwriter (born 1959)
- 2016: Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter (born 1923)
- 2015: Harold Johnson, American boxer (born 1928)
- 2015: Nirad Mohapatra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1947)
- 2015: Harris Wittels, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1984)
- 2014: Kresten Bjerre, Danish footballer and manager (born 1946)
- 2014: Dale Gardner, American captain and astronaut (born 1948)
- 2014: Valeri Kubasov, Russian engineer and astronaut (born 1935)
- 2013: Armen Alchian, American economist and academic (born 1914)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Army Day (Mexico)
- Brâncuși Day (Romania)
- Christian feast day:
Barbatus of Benevento - Christian feast day:
Boniface of Brussels - Christian feast day:
Conrad of Piacenza - Christian feast day:
Blessed Elisabetta Picenardi - Christian feast day:
Lucy Yi Zhenmei (one of Martyrs of Guizhou) - Christian feast day:
February 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Commemoration of Vasil Levski (Bulgaria)
- Shivaji Jayanti (Maharashtra, India)