The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta. Date: February 19, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 19 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today)
Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University. Date: February 19, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 19 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today)
Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR. Date: February 19, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 19 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today)
The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960. Date: February 19, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 19 π Events on this day in 1959 π On This Day (Today)
China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket. Date: February 19, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 19 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today)
The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread. Date: February 19, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 19 π Events on this day in 1963 π On This Day (Today)
Colonel PhαΊ‘m Ngα»c ThαΊ£o of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals LΓ’m VΔn PhΓ‘t and TrαΊ§n Thiα»n KhiΓͺm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyα» n KhΓ‘nh. Date: February 19, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia β…
Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417. Date: February 19, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 19 π Events on this day in 1976 π On This Day (Today)
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. Date: February 19, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events…
China Airlines Flight 006 experiences an aircraft upset over the Pacific Ocean, injuring 24. Date: February 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 19 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today)