- 1878] Something to play your records on: Thomas Alva Edison patents a music player - the phonograph is born...
- 1942] Internment: Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an executive order giving the military authority to relocate and intern Japanese-Americans...
- 1953] Splendid indeed: Ted Williams, a Marine pilot since 1951, escapes after crash-landing his F-9 Panther after being hit in Korea. He climbs down from the cockpit just before the plane explodes...
- 1966] The Joe Pa era begins: Joe Paterno moves from assistant head coach of Penn State, where he began at the school in 1950, to head coach replacing Rip Engle. Forty-three years later he's still head coach...
- 1977] I beg your pardon: President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino aka "Tokyo Rose"...
- 1984] Winter gold: Twin brothers Phil and Steve Mahre finish 1-2 in the men's slalom on the final day of the Sarajevo Winter Olympics...
- 1985] This is a new drink?: Cherry Coke is introduced by Coca-Cola. This is a drink that was discovered a lot earlier than that in every neighborhood of New York City along with the Egg-Cream - apparently not in Atlanta...
- 1987] The smoking light goes out: A controversial anti-smoking commercial airs for the first time on network TV. It features Yul Brynner who would soon die from lung cancer resulting from his heavy smoking...
- 1995] Wedding Bells: Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson rock down the aisle. This relationship has had more ups and downs than the light switch on your wall...
- 2008] Adios Fidel: Fidel Castro announces that he will resign as President of Cuba. Brother Raul succeeds him...For more on February 19th: C L I C K:
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