What Day of the Week

February 19, 2021 was the 50^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 315 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

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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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• 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.
• 1878

  Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• 1921

  Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup
• 1937

  Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Eritrean nationalists attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades. Italian authorities exact vicious reprisals on the population.
• 1953

  Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
• 1985

  Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital.
• 1986

  Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers the eastern province of Sri Lanka.
• 1986

  The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for 10 of those years.
• 2018

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dog in Chinese astrology.

• 1660

  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)
• 1914

  Jacques Dufilho, French comedian (d. 2005)
• 1924

  Bruce Norris, American ice hockey executive (d. 1986)
• 1924

  František Vláčil, Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist (d. 1999)
• 1924

  Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
• 1934

  Carole Eastman, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1953

  Massimo Troisi, Italian actor (d. 1994)
• 1964

  Doug Aldrich, American musician (Whitesnake)
• 1976

  Jahidi White, American basketball player
• 1986

  Maria Mena, Norwegian singer

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