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February 19: Family Day in Canada (2024); Presidents' Day in the United States (2024)

A depiction of the Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903

1811 – Peninsular War: Outnumbered French forces under Édouard Mortier routed and nearly destroyed Spanish troops at the Battle of the Gebora near Badajoz, Spain.
1903 – A blockade against Venezuela (depicted), caused by President Cipriano Castro's refusal to pay foreign debts, was lifted.
1942 – World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the forcible relocation of over 112,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps.
1948 – The Southeast Asian Youth Conference, which is believed to have inspired armed communist rebellions in different Asian countries, opened in Calcutta, India.

Nicolaus Copernicus (b. 1473)
Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (b. 1938)
Jennifer Doudna (b. 1964)
Harper Lee (d. 2016)

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