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19 February 2022
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2026 - Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor became the first member of the British royal family to be arrested in 379 years.Former British prince (born 1960)
Anniversary
2012 - Mexican drug war: Forty-four inmates died in a prison riot in Apodaca, Mexico, between members of Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel.War between Mexico's government and various drug trafficking syndicates
Anniversary
2011 - Items from the Belitung shipwreck, the largest single collection of Tang-dynasty artefacts found in one location, were first exhibited in Singapore.Archaeological discovery
Anniversary
2006 - A methane explosion in a coal mine in Nueva Rosita, Mexico, trapped and killed 65 miners.Hydrocarbon compound (CH4) in natural gas
Anniversary
1965 - Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm attempted a coup against the military junta of Nguyễn Khánh.North Vietnamese spy (1922–1965)
Historical events
History
2021 - Mya Thwe Thwe Khine, a 19-year-old protester, becomes the first known casualty of anti-coup protests that formed in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.Burmese protester
History
2020 - Nine people are killed in two domestic terrorist shootings in Hanau, Hesse, Germany.2020 terrorist attack in Hanau, Germany
History
2012 - Forty-four people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico.2012 riot in Nuevo León, Mexico
History
2011 - The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artifacts found in one location, begins in Singapore.Archaeological discovery
History
2006 - A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.Hydrocarbon compound (CH4) in natural gas
History
2003 - An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.Russian heavy four-engined military transport jet aircraft
History
2002 - NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.American space and aeronautics agency
History
1989 - Flying Tiger Line Flight 066 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four.1989 aviation accident in Malaysia
History
1988 - A Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner operating as AVAir Flight 3378 crashes in Cary, North Carolina, killing 12.Small airliner and executive aircraft family by Swearingen, later Fairchild
History
1986 - Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers in eastern Sri Lanka.1986 killing of Tamil farmers by the Sri Lankan Army in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Notable births
Born
2004 - Millie Bobby Brown, English actress, model and producerBritish actress and film producer (born 2004)
Born
2001 - Lee Kang-in, South Korean footballerSouth Korean footballer (born 2001)
Born
1998 - Chappell Roan, American singer and songwriterAmerican singer (born 1998)
Born
1996 - D. J. Wilson, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 1996)
Notable deaths
Died
2020 - José Mojica Marins, Brazilian filmmaker, actor, composer, screenwriter, and television horror host (born 1936)Brazilian filmmaker (1936–2020)
Died
2019 - Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer (born 1933)German fashion designer (1933–2019)
Died
2017 - Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (born 1943)American jazz guitarist (1943–2017)
Died
2016 - Umberto Eco, Italian novelist, literary critic, and philosopher (born 1932)Italian semiotician, philosopher and writer (1932–2016)
Died
2016 - Chiaki Morosawa, Japanese anime screenwriter (born 1959)Japanese anime screenwriter
Died
2016 - Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter (born 1923)Polish survivor of Treblinka (1923–2016)
Sky
Moon phase
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated
Lunar age: 17.9 days
Sun zodiac
Pisces
0.81 degrees
Constellation: Aquarius
Moon zodiac
Libra
4.52 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.