Wednesday 19th of February 1473

Mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus is born in ul. Kopernika 15, Toruń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland.

Monday 19th of February 1725

Innkeeper Mme Millet dies of Spontaneous Human Combustion in Reims, Marne, France.

Late at night 'Lion d'Or' innkeeper Jean Millet woke to the smell of fire. He rushed through the hallways to warn his guests, who followed him downstairs and came upon a horrifying sight of his wife. Parts of Mme Millet's head, backbone and legs lay smoldering on the kitchen floor. The rest of her was reduced to ash. Her chair by the fireplace was only slightly scorched, and there were burn marks under her remains.

Saturday 19th of February 1876

Sculptor Constantin Brâncuși is born in Hobița, Gorj, Romania.

Friday 19th of February 1897

Actress and stage performer Alma Rubens aka Silent Snowbird is born as Alma Genevieve Reubens in San Francisco, California, United States.

Saturday 19th of February 1898

Cult leader Louwrens Lou Voorthuyzen aka Lou De Palingboer is born in Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Saturday 19th of February 1916

Physicist and philosopher Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach known for the Mach number dies of unknown causes at the age of 78 in Vaterstetten, Bayern, Germany.

Tuesday 19th of February 1924

Actor Lee Marvin is born in New York City, New York, United States.

Monday 19th of February 1934

Rapist and murderer James Corbett Rawlins is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 38 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.

Tuesday 19th of February 1946

Chemical technician and labor union activist Karen Gay Silkwood is born in Longview, Texas, United States.

Monday 19th of February 1951

Murderess Jean Lee is executed by hanging at the age of 32 in Pentridge Prison, Coburg, Victoria, Australia.

On the morning of her execution Lee became hysterical and had to be sedated. She fainted when the executioner came to her cell and she was strapped semi-conscious to a chair. Lee was the last woman to be executed in Australia.

Monday 19th of February 1951

Murderer Robert David Clayton is executed by hanging at the age of 32 in Pentridge Prison, Coburg, Victoria, Australia.

Clayton's last words were "Goodbye Charlie".

Monday 19th of February 1951

Murderer Norman Andrews is executed by hanging at the age of 38 in Pentridge Prison, Coburg, Victoria, Australia.

Andrews's last words were "Goodbye Robert".

Monday 19th of February 1951

Writer André Paul Guillaume Gide dies of natural causes at the age of 82 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Monday 19th of February 1951

Serial killer Stephen Peter Morin aka Ray Constantine is born in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

Tuesday 19th of February 1952

Writer Knut Hamsun dies of natural causes at the age of 93 in Nørholm, Grimstad, Sørlandet, Norway.

Wednesday 19th of February 1958

183 die in coal mine explosion in Chinakuri Colliery, Kulti, West Bengal, India.

Tuesday 19th of February 1963

Singer and band leader Benny Moré aka El Bárbaro del Ritmo aka El Sonero Mayor dies of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 44 in Havana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.

Saturday 19th of February 1966

45-year-old Stanisława Samul is attacked by serial killer Zdzisław Marchwicki aka The Zagłębie Vampire in Gródków, Województwo Sląskie, Poland.

Samul survived.

Tuesday 19th of February 1980

Musician Bon Ronald Belford Scott known from AC/DC dies of pulmonary aspiration of vomit at the age of 34 in 67 Overhill Road, London, East Dulwich, South London, United Kingdom.

Scott passed out after a night of heavy drinking in the Music Machine club. He was left to sleep in a Renault 5 owned by Alistair Kinnear. The following afternoon Kinnear found Scott lifeless in the car.

Tuesday 19th of February 1985

148 die in Iberia Airlines Boeing 727–256 Flight 610 crash in Mount Oiz, Amorebieta-Etxano, Bizkaia, Spain.

Sunday 19th of February 1989

Daughter of Manson Family member Tex Watson Mary Elizabeth Watson is born in San Luis Obispo, California, United States.

Friday 19th of February 1999

Murderer Wilford Lee Berry aka The Volunteer is executed by lethal injection at the age of 37 in Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, Lucasville, Ohio, United States.

Berry was the first convict to waive his right to appeal his death sentence after Ohio reinstated the death penalty. Berry became the first person to be executed in Ohio since 1963.

Tuesday 19th of February 2002

Murderer John William Byrd is executed by lethal injection at the age of 39 in Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, Lucasville, Ohio, United States.

Monday 19th of February 2007

Chinese New Year in Chinatown in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Thursday 19th of February 2009

50-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Oprichting en Manifest van het Bastardisme' at a literary event in Passa Porta, Dansaertstraat 46, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

Tuesday 19th of February 2019

Fashion designer Karl Otto Lagerfeld dies of undisclosed causes at the age of 86 in American Hospital, 63 Blvd Victor Hugo, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.