Discover what happened on 19 February 1978 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Johanna Drew Cluney (Hawaiian featherwork artist)
- Claude Earl Francis
- František Horký
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- Sanat Mukherjee
- Purushottam Shivaram Rege (Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India)
- Claude Earl Francis
- František Horký
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- Sanat Mukherjee
- Purushottam Shivaram Rege (Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India)
- Vladimir Milojčić (German prehistorian (1918-1978))
- Heimrad Prem (German painter (1934-1978))
- Charles Viatte (French politician)
- Fernand Claudet (French politician)
- Pankaj Mullick (Bengali Indian music composer, playback singer and actor (1905–1978))
- Ovila Légaré (actor and singer from Quebec (1901-1978))
- Paul Cambo (French actor (1908–1978))
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- Mikhail Zakharov (Soviet naval officer (1912–1978))
- Don Sahlin (Muppet designer)
- Ben Mallonee (American baseball player)
- Arvid Olson (Swedish artist)
- Ueki Tetsujō
- Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen (sailor (1897-1978))
- Phil Paine (American baseball player (1930–1978))
- Samuel Rickard Christophers (British entomologist and military physician (1873-1978))
- Abramo Dall’Agnol ((1912-1978))
- Romano Bottegal (Italian Cistercian Hermit)
- Eugen von Tarnóczy (German painter (1886-1978))
- Michael M. Mullen (American politician)
- Paul Servais (Belgian politician (1914-1978))
- Vittorio Botticini (Italian painter (1909-1978))
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- George Wynn Brereton Huntingford (English linguist, anthropologist and historian)
- Paul Ardoin (French entomologist (1918-1978))
- Alfred Knoerzer
- Ruzena Herlinger (Czechoslovak-Canadian classical singer)
- Gisela Zimmermann ((1912 – 1978, East Germany))
- Astolfo Serra (Brazilian writer)
- Pietro Massa (Roman Catholic bishop)
- Grisell Buchanan-Baillie-Hamilton ((1886-1978))
- Arthur Henry Gurney Napier ((1900-1978))
- Aluísio Gonçalves Bezerra
- Margrit Eppens
- William Lindus Cody Wheaton (Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1953)
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- Faik Coşkun (Turkish actor)
- Antonín Kytka
- Johanna Drew Cluney (Hawaiian featherwork artist)