What Day of the Week

February 19, 2019 was the 50^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 315 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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• 197

  Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
• 1674

  England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
• 1861

  Serfdom is abolished in Russia.
• 1915

  World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
• 1939

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• 1942

  World War II: nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people.
• 1945

  World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima – about 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
• 1978

  Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
• 2001

  The Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
• 2002

  NASA’s Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.

• 1877

  Gabriele Münter, German painter (d. 1962)
• 1893

  Sir Cedric Hardwicke, British actor (d. 1964)
• 1902

  Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992)
• 1934

  Carole Eastman, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1948

  Mark Andes, American musician
• 1951

  Stephen Nichols, American actor
• 1953

  Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of Argentina
• 1954

  Sócrates, Brazilian footballer (d. 2011)
• 1961

  Andy Wallace, English race car driver
• 1963

  Seal, English singer

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