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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_19" title="February 19">February 19</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Day_(Canada)" title="Family Day (Canada)">Family Day</a></b> in Canada (2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811" title="1811">1811</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>: Outnumbered French forces under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Mortier,_Duke_of_Treviso" title="Édouard Mortier, Duke of Treviso">Édouard Mortier</a> routed and nearly destroyed Spanish troops at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Gebora" title="Battle of the Gebora">Battle of the Gebora</a></b> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badajoz" title="Badajoz">Badajoz</a>, Spain.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903" title="1903">1903</a> – A <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuelan_crisis_of_1902%E2%80%931903" title="Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903">blockade against Venezuela</a></b> <i>(depicted)</i>, caused by President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cipriano_Castro" title="Cipriano Castro">Cipriano Castro</a>'s refusal to pay foreign debts, was lifted.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942" title="1942">1942</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: U.S. president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> signed <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_9066" title="Executive Order 9066">Executive Order 9066</a></b>, authorizing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans" title="Internment of Japanese Americans">the forcible relocation</a> of over 112,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Americans" title="Japanese Americans">Japanese Americans</a> to internment camps.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948" title="1948">1948</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conference_of_Youth_and_Students_of_Southeast_Asia_Fighting_for_Freedom_and_Independence" title="Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence">Southeast Asian Youth Conference</a></b>, which is believed to have inspired armed communist rebellions in different Asian countries, opened in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Calcutta</a>, India.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus" title="Nicolaus Copernicus">Nicolaus Copernicus</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1473); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choekyi_Gyaltsen,_10th_Panchen_Lama" title="Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama">Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1938); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Doudna" title="Jennifer Doudna">Jennifer Doudna</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1964); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_Lee" title="Harper Lee">Harper Lee</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2016)</p>
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