Tuesday, February 19, 2019

On This Day in History

February 19, 2019

Historical Events

356  Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples
1600  Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in South American recorded history
1861  Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3]
1878  Thomas Edison is granted a patent for his gramophone (phonograph)
1942  About 150 Japanese warplanes attack the Australian city of Darwin
1945  US 5th Fleet launches invasion of Iwo Jima against the Japanese with 30,000 US Marines
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