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Check out what happened on Feburary 19  
IN THE PAST 

Tags: February 19, history, news, new york, roman, volcano, donner party, cracker jack, Iwo Jima, Bon Scott, Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Mister Rogers

Check out some interesting things that happened on February 19. It's more than just the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, and way more interesting than the fact that 315 days remain (316 in leap years.) Well start by saying it is the first day of the Zodic sign Pisces and ....

	197 - the bloodiest battle ever between Roman armies (Battle of Lugdunum)
	1600 - the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America (Peruvian volcano Huaynaputina)
	1674 - Netherlands give England New Amsterdam in treaty (later renamed it New York)
	1807 - Aaron Burr is arrested for treason
	1847 - The Donner Party is rescued (some of the survivors seem to be remarkably well-fed)
	1852 - The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded (can't confirm if alcohol was involved)
	1881 - Kansas became the first U.S. state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages (confirmed alcohol wasn't involved).
	1913 - Prizes are included in Cracker Jack candy boxes for the first time.
	1945 - World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima - about 30,000 United States Marines land on Iwo Jima.
	1964 - Paul Simon writes "The Sounds of Silence," the song which, in a year and a half, will catapult him and Art Garfunkel to stardom as Simon & Garfunkel.
	1968 - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood debuts. We're told it was a beautiful day in the neighborhood
	1980 - singer of AC/DC Bob Scott dies after a night of heavy drinking.
	1982 - Ozzy Osbourne arrested for urinating on The Alamo.
	1986 - The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.
	1999 - Dennis Franz receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
	2002 - NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
	2006 - 1.3 million people show up to watch the Rolling Stones in Rio, largest concert EVER!

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