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What happened in history on this day: February 19?
On February 19 in ...
- 1928 - II Olympic Winter Games close at Saint Moritz, Switzerland.
- 1928 - Canadian hockey team wins third consecutive Olympic gold medal.
- 1942 - Bill Longson beats Managoff and Sandor Szabo, to become wrestling champion.
- 1942 - New York Yankees announce 5,000 uniformed soldiers will be admitted free at each of their upcoming home games.
- 1946 - New York Giants' outfielder Danny Gardella is first major league player to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League.
- 1956 - Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open.
- 1961 - Henk van der Grift (Netherlands) becomes world champion all-around skater.
- 1965 - NFL adds sixth official.
- 1967 - Stien Kaiser becomes world champion lady's skater.
- 1970 - American League Cy Young winner Detroit Tigers' pitcher Denny McLain is suspended, effective April 1, for three months for his alleged connection bookmakers.
- 1971 - Walt Wesley becomes the first Cleveland Cavaliers' player to score 50 points in a game.
- 1972 - Glenn Turner carries his bat for 223 versus West Indies at Kingston.
- 1977 - Oakland Athletics sell pitcher Paul Lindblad to the Texas Rangers for $400,000.
- 1977 - Doug Walters scores 250 versus New Zealand, 217 stand for 7th wicket with Gilmour.
- 1978 - Brigitte Kraus runs world record 1000 metre indoor (2:34.8).
- 1980 - Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 1000 metre in 1:15.18.
- 1980 - Botham a century and 13 wickets in Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay.
- 1982 - Sharie Langford, California, sets women's bowling series record of 853.
- 1983 - Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 400-metre freestyle swimming record.
- 1983 - Fernando Valenzuela wins his salary arbitration of US$1 million.
- 1984 - First brother combo to win Gold and Silver in same event at the Olympics (Phil and Steve Mahre-Slalom).
- 1984 - XIV Olympic Winter Games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
- 1987 - Less than a month after re-signing, Oakland Athletics pitcher Vida Blue retires.
- 1988 - Helga Arendt, Silke-Beate Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, and Gisela Kinzel walk indoor female world record 4x200 metre (1:32.55).
- 1994 - Marta Figueras-Dotti, wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open.
- 1995 - Irina Privalova runs indoor woman's European record 200 metre (22.10 seconds).
- 1995 - Linford Christie runs European record 60 metre indoor (6.47 seconds).
- 1995 - Linford Christie runs world record 200 metre indoor (20.25 seconds).
- 1998 - US hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympics village in Japan.
Births of sports figures on February 19
- 1891 - Birth of J C "Farmer" White cricket player (Somerset slow lefty 1909-37).
- 1894 - Birth of Herb Pennock hall of fame pitcher (New York Yankees, 243 career win).
- 1909 - Birth of Charlie Walker; South Australia cricket wicket-keeper (toured but no Tests).
- 1916 - Birth of Eddie Arcaro; jockey (1958 Racing Hall of Fame, two triple crowns).
- 1924 - Birth of Bruce Norris; NHL owner (Detroit Red Wings).
- 1925 - Birth of Leslie Laing in Linstead, Jamaica; 4X400 metre relayer (Olympics-gold-1952).
- 1937 - Birth of Norman O'Neill; cricket player (great Aussie bat of 1960s Brilliant field).
- 1956 - Birth of Steve Randell; Tasmanian cricket Test umpire (international panel).
- 1957 - Birth of Dave "Smoke" Stewart in Oakland, California, USA; pitcher (Oakland Athletics).
- 1962 - Birth of Alvaro Espinoza in Venezuela; baseball shortstop (New York Yankees, New York Mets).
- 1962 - Birth of Hana Mandlikova in Prague, Czechoslovakia; tennis player (1985 US Open).
- 1965 - Birth of Andrew Jameson; British swimmer.
- 1965 - Birth of John Commins; cricket player (South African Test batsman vs New Zealand 1994-95).
- 1966 - Birth of Matthew Ryan in Port Jefferson, New York, USA; team handball circle (Olympics-1996).
- 1966 - Birth of Paul Haarhuis in Eindhoven, Netherlands; tennis star (1994 US/Australian doubles).
- 1966 - Birth of Peter Douris in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks).
- 1966 - Birth of William White; NFL safety (Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons).
- 1967 - Birth of Roel Liefden; soccer player (Dordrecht 1990, FC Groningen).
- 1968 - Birth of Rob Dimaio in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; NHL right wing (Philadelphia Flyers).
- 1970 - Birth of Garland Hawkins; NFL defensive end (Chicago Bears).
- 1970 - Birth of Ruwan Kalpage; cricket off-spinner (Sri Lankan).
- 1971 - Birth of Becky Dyroen-Lancer in San Jose, California, USA; synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Glyn Milburn; NFL running back/kick returner (Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions).
- 1971 - Birth of Richard Green; Australasia golfer.
- 1971 - Birth of Wally Williams; NFL center/guard (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens).
- 1971 - Birth of William Henderson; NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31).
- 1972 - Birth of Andrey Pchelyakov; hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998).
- 1973 - Birth of Masafumi Kawaguchi; WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1973 - Birth of Terrence Rencher; NBA guard (Phoenix Suns).
- 1973 - Birth of Tommy Bennett; safety (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1974 - Birth of Yevgeny Kafelnikov in Sochi, Russia; tennis star (1995 doubles-Hamburg).
- 1975 - Birth of Paul Frey in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; dance skater (and Ponte-1995 Eastern Jr champion).
- 1975 - Birth of Raymond Graanoogst; Suriname/Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht).
- 1980 - Birth of Ma Lin; Chinese table-tennis player.
- 1983 - Birth of Ryan Whitney; American ice hockey player.
- 1986 - Birth of Marta; Brazilian football player.
Deaths of sports figures on February 19
- 1892 - Monty Bowden cricket Captain (England versus South Africa 1889), dies at age 26.
- 1941 - Alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Australia 1879), dies.
- 1994 - Renske Vellinga, Dutch speed-skater, dies in auto-accident at age 19.
- 1996 - Charles O Finley, baseball owner (Oakland Athletics), dies at age 76.
- 1997 - Stanley Pearson, football player, dies at age 76.
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