Today is Wednesday, February 19, the 50th day of 2025. There are 315 days in the year.
Today in history:
On February 19, 1942, during the Second World War, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Executive Decree 9066, which paved the way for the internment of 125,000 people of Japanese ancestry, including citizens born in States- United.
Also on this date:
In 1473, astronomer Nicolaus Copernic was born in Torun, Poland.
In 1847, the first rescuers reached members of the Donne party, which had been snowed in the mountains of Sierra Nevada near the border of California-Nevada for almost four months.
In 1878, inventor Thomas Edison received a patent for the phonograph.
In 1945, the detachment of the operation began during the Second World War when the first wave of American navy landed in Iwo Jima, where they began a successful battle for a month to take control of the island of Japanese forces.
In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford, calling for the issuance of the 1942 internment order for people of Japanese ancestry “a sad day in American history”, signed a proclamation officially confirming his dismissal.
In 2003, an Iranian military plane carrying members of the elite revolution guards crashed in southeast Iran, killing the 275 people on board.
In 2008, a Fidel Castro in difficulty resigned from the Cuban presidency after almost half a century in power; His brother Raúl was then appointed to succeed him.
Today’s birthdays:
- The singer Smokey Robinson is 85 years old.
- Rock musician Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) is 77 years old.
- The author Amy Tan is 73 years old.
- Actor Jeff Daniels is 70 years old.
- Actor Ray Winstone is 68 years old.
- Actor Leslie David Baker is 67 years old.
- The NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, is 66 years old.
- Tennis Hall of Famer Hana Mandlíková is 63 years old.
- Singer Seal is 62 years old.
- Actor Benicio Del Toro is 58 years old.
- The author-Cartonist Jeff Kinney is 54 years old.
- The center of the NBA Nikola Jokić is 30 years old.
- The singer-songwriter Chappell Roan is 27 years old.
- Actor Millie Bobby Brown is 21 years old.
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