February 19
It's February 19th
On this day in 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan idols in the Roman Empire.
In 1847 – The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
In 1956 - The Five Satins record "In The Still Of The Nite" in the basement of Saint Bernadette Church in New Haven, Connecticut.
In 1963 Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique is published
In 1982 - Ozzy Osbourne urinates on a statue near the Alamo, desecrating a Texas landmark.
In 1985 – William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.
In 2002 – NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
Birthdays:
Beth Ditto
Immortal Technique
Frank Watkins
Prince Markie Dee
Benicio Del Toro
as Aaron Hallam in "The Hunted"
Jonathan Letham
Steve Nieve
"Nason received his musical moniker "Nieve" (pronounced "naïve") while on the Attractions' first tour for Stiff Records. It was bestowed by tourmate Ian Dury who had been astonished by Nason's innocent query, "What's a groupie?""
Leslie David Baker
Ray Winstone as Billy in "Ladies and Gentlemen the Fabulous Stains"
on Tubi
as Kevin Herriot in "Quadrophenia"
Falco
Dave Wakeling
Peter Holsapple
Jeff Daniels
on Tubi
as Ray Maklin in
Michael Gira
Francis Bucholz
Charon is a psychopomp god, the ferryman of the Greek underworld. He carries the souls of those who have been given funeral rites across the rivers Acheron and Styx, which separate the worlds of the living and the dead.
Ryū Murakami
"Almost Transparent Blue"
Andy Powell
William Messner-Loebs
Eddie Hardin
Tony Iommi
Mark Andes
Jackie Curtis
Lou Christie
Bobby Rogers
Erin Pizzey
Terry Carr
on the Internet Archive
Frederick Seidel
Sam Myers
John Frankenheimer
Jacques Deray
Lee Marvin
George Rose
as Major-General Stanley in "The Pirates Of Penzance"
Faye McKenzie as Letty Morgan in "Death Rides the Range"
Carson McCullers
on the Internet Archive
Frank Tashlin
Dorothy Janis
Merle Oberon
as Kitty Langley in "The Lodger"
Kay Boyle
on the Internet Archive
Lucio Fontana
Alma Rubens
André Breton
on the Internet Archive
"Europe After the Rain: Dada and Surrealism" Documentary
Louis Calhern
on Tubi
Gabriele Münter
"Lady in an armchair writing"
On this day in 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan idols in the Roman Empire.
In 1847 – The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
In 1956 - The Five Satins record "In The Still Of The Nite" in the basement of Saint Bernadette Church in New Haven, Connecticut.
In 1963 Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique is published
In 1982 - Ozzy Osbourne urinates on a statue near the Alamo, desecrating a Texas landmark.
In 1985 – William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.
In 2002 – NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
Birthdays:
Beth Ditto
Immortal Technique
Frank Watkins
Prince Markie Dee
Benicio Del Toro
as Aaron Hallam in "The Hunted"
Jonathan Letham
Steve Nieve
"Nason received his musical moniker "Nieve" (pronounced "naïve") while on the Attractions' first tour for Stiff Records. It was bestowed by tourmate Ian Dury who had been astonished by Nason's innocent query, "What's a groupie?""
Leslie David Baker
Ray Winstone as Billy in "Ladies and Gentlemen the Fabulous Stains"
on Tubi
as Kevin Herriot in "Quadrophenia"
Falco
Dave Wakeling
Peter Holsapple
Jeff Daniels
on Tubi
as Ray Maklin in
Michael Gira
Francis Bucholz
Charon is a psychopomp god, the ferryman of the Greek underworld. He carries the souls of those who have been given funeral rites across the rivers Acheron and Styx, which separate the worlds of the living and the dead.
Ryū Murakami
"Almost Transparent Blue"
Andy Powell
William Messner-Loebs
Eddie Hardin
Tony Iommi
Mark Andes
Jackie Curtis
Lou Christie
Bobby Rogers
Erin Pizzey
Terry Carr
on the Internet Archive
Frederick Seidel
Sam Myers
John Frankenheimer
Jacques Deray
Lee Marvin
George Rose
as Major-General Stanley in "The Pirates Of Penzance"
Faye McKenzie as Letty Morgan in "Death Rides the Range"
Carson McCullers
on the Internet Archive
Frank Tashlin
Dorothy Janis
Merle Oberon
as Kitty Langley in "The Lodger"
Kay Boyle
on the Internet Archive
Lucio Fontana
Alma Rubens
André Breton
on the Internet Archive
"Europe After the Rain: Dada and Surrealism" Documentary
Louis Calhern
on Tubi
Gabriele Münter
"Lady in an armchair writing"
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