Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 19
February 19: Great Lent begins in Eastern Christianity, Presidents' Day in the United States and Family Day in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada (2007).
- 197 – Septimius Severus defeated usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, securing full control over the Roman Empire.
- 1594 - King Zygmunt III Vasa of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was crowned King of Sweden.
- 1942 - Air raids on Darwin: The capital of Northern Territory, Australia was devastated by 242 bombers and fighters of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
- 1942 - U.S. Executive Order 9066 was signed, authorizing the relocation and confinement of over 112,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps.
- 1986 - The space station Mir (pictured) of the Soviet space program was launched, establishing the first long-term research station in space.
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