Sunday, February 19, 2023

On This Day in History

February 19, 2023

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

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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Seal

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André Gide

1869 - 1951

Tamerlane

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