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.
• 1819

  British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III.
• 1861

  Serfdom is abolished in Russia.
• 1876

  Founding of the National Amateur Press Association (NAPA) in Philadelphia.
• 1901

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
• 1921

  Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup
• 1942

  World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese internment camps.
• 1960

  China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
• 1972

  The Asama-Sansō hostage standoff begins in Japan.
• 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.

• 1802

  Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1881)
• 1888

  José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (d. 1928)
• 1902

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

  Carole Eastman, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1938

  René Muñoz, Cuban-born Mexican actor and screenwriter (d. 2000)
• 1945

  Yuri Antonov, Soviet-Russian rock musician
• 1956

  Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist, Nobel laureate
• 1965

  Cathy Lane, English Swimmer
• 1971

  Miguel Batista, Dominican baseball player
• 1983

  Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer/actress

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