February 19, 2008

February 19 - Happy Birthday!

Famous people with your birthday
* Amy Tan, American novelist
* Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor
* Haylie Duff, American singer/actress
* Karen Silkwood, American activist
* Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer
* Robert "Bilbo" Walker Jr., American blues guitarist
* Seal, English singer
* Smokey Robinson, American singer
* Socrates, Brazilian footballer

This day in history
* 1878 - The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison.
* 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.
* 1986 - The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.
* 2006 - The Rolling Stones made the largest show open to the public of the world in Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1.3 million people went to the show.

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