Today in History - 19th of February

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What Happened On This Day – 19 February

• 2008 Fidel Castro steps down as Cuba's president

  Castro was 81 years old at the time and had been in power for 49 years.

• 1986 The “Mir” Space Station is launched

  The Soviet vehicle was the world's first modular space station and remained in orbit for 15 years.

• 1985 Iberia Airlines Flight 610 crashes

  All 148 people on board died in the accident that was blamed on pilot error.

• 1945 U.S. troops land on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima

  The photo showing 4 marines erecting a U.S. flag on the island has become one of the best-known images of World War II.

• 1878 Thomas Edison patents the phonograph

  It was the first machine able to reproduce recorded sound

Births On This Day – 19 February

• 1963 Seal

  English singer-songwriter

• 1957 Falco

  Austrian singer-songwriter

• 1953 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

  Argentinian politician, 55th President of Argentina

• 1865 Sven Hedin

  Swedish geographer, explorer

• 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus

  Polish mathematician, astronomer

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