The February 19th is the 50e Jour of the Année of the Gregorian Calendrier. There remain 315 days before the end of the year (316 so bissextile).
Events
20th century
21e century
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2001 :
- 2002 :
- Belgium: Refusal of Louis Michel, Deputy Prime Minister, to grant the right to vote the abroads, for the local elections.
- Saparmyrat Nyýazow, life president of the Turkménistan, issues that all its compatriots reaching the 62 years age (the age to which the prophet Mahomet is deceased) obtain a three days leave and a premium allowing them to sacrifice a white ram.
- the distributive firm Metro France assigns in Swedish justice International Metro, which has just launched to Paris and Marseilles the free daily newspaper Metro , in front of the Court of Bankruptcy of Paris for " contrefaçon".
- Vonetta Flowers, becomes the first black athlete to gain a gold medal with the Winter Olympics. With Jill Bakken, it gained the race of Bobsleigh to two female. The member of CIO however did everything to prevent that since there are only two African present at these OJ
- Two women (homosexual) were condemned to died under the terms of the criminal Code derived from the Islamic law, the Charia, for " behavior against nature" with Bossasso , Somalia.
- 2003 :
- the Morrocan Mounir el Motassadeq, shown membership of an terrorist cell implied in the attacks of the September 11th 2001, is condemned to a 15 years sorrow of reclusion by the court of Hamburg.
- a military aircraft Iran IEN with on its board two hundred and seventy-five Gardiens of the Revolution is crushed in the south of the Iran: no survivor.
- Attribution of the notes of the Gault-Millau, Bernard Loiseau passes from 19 to 17… out of 20… It " will leave the table " 24.
- 2004: The Front Polisario, which militates since 1974 against the Morocco for the independence of the Sahara-Westerner, releases 100 Moroccan soldiers considered by the international organizations as " oldest prisoners of war to the monde".
- 2005 :
- a series of attacks aiming for the majority of faithful the Chiites are perpetrated in Iraq during these the last two days, making nearly 60 dead.
- the Israeli cabinet approves with a vast majority the withdrawal of the Gaza Strip and four colonies of the West Bank.
- 2007 :
- Opening of the lawsuit of the catastrophe of the Tunnel of Mont Blanc.
- In India, several bombs make 66 dead in Samjhauta Express, one of the two lines which connect this country to the Pakistan.
Births
Death
Celebrations
- Thailand in Asia celebrates the day of “Makha Bucha”
Pataphysique calendar
- Wednesday the 25th Mouth S, Supreme Festival Quad of Holy Marmalade, Inspired.
Festivals (First names)
- Gabin, Gabia, Gabien, Gabinia, Gabinien, Gabinienne,
- Philothée (with female)
- Quodvultdeus
Catholic and orthodoxe saints of the day
- Barbat de Bénévent († 682) bishop.
- Conon of the Jordan († 555)
- Eugene and Macaire (4th S.)
- Gabin of Rome († 286), martyr with Rome
- Georges de Lodève († 884), bishop of Lodève
- Mansuet de Tours († 700), confessor and bishop of Turns
- Mesrop the Translator († 439) inventive of the Armenian writing.
- Réal († 798)
- Quodvultdeus de Carthage († 454), bishop of Carthage
- Rabulas of Constantinople († 527) founder of monasteries.
- Siméon the Romain or Simon, bishop martyr
- Vallier (5th S.)
Catholic saints of the day
- Happy Alvarez de Cordoue (1360 - 1430), Dominican
- Happy Elisabeth Picenardi, o.s.m.
- Boniface of Lausanne († 1265), bishop
- Happy Conrad de Plaisance († 1351), minor brother
- Happy Lucie Yakichi († 1622), martyrdom with the Japan
Orthodoxe saints of the day
- Nicétas Athonite († 1809) néo-martyr.
- Philothée of Athens († 1589) néo-martyrdom, owner of Athens.
See too
- February 19th in sport
- February 19th in the railroads
Beats-smg: Vasarė 19
Be-X-old: 19 лютага
Fiu-vro: 19. radokuu päiv
Nds-nl: 19 febrewaori
Simple: February 19
Zh-yue: 2 月 19 號