This Day In History
February 19
Copernicus born Congress overlooks Benedict Arnold for promotion Aaron Burr arrested for treason Yankee General Francis Preston Blair Jr. born Rescuers reach Donner Party Donner Party rescued Angry San Francisco vigilantes take the law into their own hands Thomas Alva Edison patents the phonograph Tornadoes strike the Southeast British navy bombards Dardanelles Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 FDR signs Executive Order 9066 Marines invade Iwo Jima Amy Tan's birthday South Vietnamese coup unsuccessful Chicago Seven sentenced Solzhenitsyn reunited with family United States calls situation in El Salvador a communist plot Yarborough wins fourth Daytona 500 Patrick Roy gets 300th win as NHL goalie Tiger Woods apologizes for extramarital affairs
Copernicus born Congress overlooks Benedict Arnold for promotion Aaron Burr arrested for treason Yankee General Francis Preston Blair Jr. born Rescuers reach Donner Party Donner Party rescued Angry San Francisco vigilantes take the law into their own hands Thomas Alva Edison patents the phonograph Tornadoes strike the Southeast British navy bombards Dardanelles Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 FDR signs Executive Order 9066 Marines invade Iwo Jima Amy Tan's birthday South Vietnamese coup unsuccessful Chicago Seven sentenced Solzhenitsyn reunited with family United States calls situation in El Salvador a communist plot Yarborough wins fourth Daytona 500 Patrick Roy gets 300th win as NHL goalie Tiger Woods apologizes for extramarital affairs
