February 19:
1878 - The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison.
1915 - World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins. Plans for mutiny in the British Indian army, the Ghadar Conspiracy, are uncovered in India.
1942 - World War II: nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people.
1963 - Seal is born.
1966 - Justine Bateman is born.
1967 - Benicio del Toro is born.
1981 - Beth Ditto is born.
1985 - Haylie Duff is born.
1985 - Arielle Kebbel is born.
1985 - Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital.
1988 - The Winter Olympics held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
2001 - An Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
2008 - Fidel Castro announces that he will resign as President of Cuba.
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