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What happened in history on this day: February 19?
On February 19 in ...
- 1941 - The film Fantasia opens in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1943 - The Pluto film Pluto and the Armadillo is released to theaters. Mickey Mouse also appears.
- 1956 - The Keller's Jungle Killers exhibit of jungle animals opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
- 1960 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the 11th "Tales of Texas John Slaughter" episode, Apache Friendship.
- 1961 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the film Westward Ho the Wagons, part one.
- 1967 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled The Boy Who Flew with Condors.
- 1968 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "The Bare Necessities" in the film The Jungle Book for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Song.
- 1968 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Happiest Millionaire for an Oscar Award in the category Costume Design.
- 1974 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Love" from the film Robin Hood for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Song.
- 1986 - Saul Steinberg files a lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company, seeking to invalidate Disney's buyback of his stock in 1984.
- 1988 - Disney releases the film Night on the Town to theaters in the UK. The film was called Adventures in Babysitting in the US.
- 1990 - The Tokyo Disneyland TeacherCenter opens.
- 1999 - Buena Vista releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Holy Man to theaters in Great Britain.
- 2008 - At Walt Disney World, Epcot's Spaceship Earth officially re-opens after a major makeover, with new sponsor Siemens.
Births on February 19
Deaths on February 19
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