Ephemeris of February 19: what happened on a day like today?

Births important, historical deaths and an resignation it would have great repercussions all over the world. All this and much more is recalled in the February 19 ephemeris in Argentina and around the world.

• 1473 – Birth of Nicolas Copernicus, Polish astronomer.
• 1878 – Thomas Alva Edison patents the phonograph.
• 1890 – In Buenos Aires, the Higher School of Commerce is created.
• 1926 – A copy of Gutenberg’s Bible, the first printed book, is sold at auction in New York for $ 106,000.

• 1937 – The Uruguayan novelist and poet Horacio Quiroga commits suicide. His best known works are “Tales of the Jungle” and “Tales of madness and death love”.
• 1953 – The current Vice-President of the Nation Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is born.
• 1955 – Birth of Jeff Daniels, American actor.
• 1958 – Argentinian dancer and actress Reina Reech is born.
• 1962 – Death of Georgios Papanicolaou, Greek physician. He was the inventor of the Papanicolaou test, which is used around the world for the early detection of cervical cancer.
• 1967 – Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro is born.
• 1985 – Actress Violeta Urtizberea is born.
• 2002 – NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft begins mapping the surface of Mars.
• 2004 – Birth of Millie Bobby Brown, British actress.

• 2008 – Fidel Castro resigns as President of the Council of State and Commander-in-Chief.
• 2016 – Death of Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher and sociologist.

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