19th February 2012

1600 – The stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in recorded South American history.

1674 – New Amsterdam is renamed New York in a treaty that ends the Third Anglo-Dutch war.

1847 – The first group of rescuers reach the Donner Party, a group who set out to California and got trapped, resorting to cannibalism to keep them alive.

1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.

1959 – The UK grants Cyprus independence, but it is not formally proclaimed until August 1960.

1985 – William J. Schroeder becomes the first artificial heart recipient to leave hospital.

2002 – NASA’s Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using a thermal emission imaging system.

Births

Nicolaus Copernicus – Mathematician/Astronomer (1473), Smokey Robinson – Singer (1940), Ray Winstone – Actor (1957), Prince Andrew – Prince (1960)

Deaths

Bon Scott – Singer (d. 1980, choked on vomit after a night of drinking, aged 33)

Number 1s

Tab Hunter with Billy Vaughn’s Orchestra & Chorus – Young Love (1957) (The links are not working so here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRr5nwXUYhU )

Frank Ifield with Norris Paramor & His Orchestra – The Wayward Wind (1963) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwbMldf6KS8

Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive (1974) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXok94y3nLg

Kenny Rodgers – Coward Of The County (1980) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK543f0_UKc

Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson – I Know Him So Well (1985) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeMk7B46xg8

Simple Minds – Belfast Child (1989) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFIMJxV2tjI

Celine Dion – Think Twice (1995) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rriGtwl1oGE

Meck featuring Leo Sayer – Thunder In My Heart Again (2006) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGVuqOzG-TM

Quiz

Q1: What does a phonograph do?

Q2: Prince Andrew is Duke of where?

Q3: Which band was Bon Scott the front man of until his unfortunate death?

Q4: Huaynaputina is in which country?

Author: alexneal92

I am 23 years of age residing just outside Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. I am a journalism graduate from Edinburgh Napier University, racing greyhound tipster, and have a passion for sports, politics and travel. I have other interests in most sports as well as the dramatic arts.

2 thoughts on “19th February 2012”

  1. 1. Plays records
    2. York
    3. Pass
    4. Chile?

    Frank Ifield’s Wayward Wind was his third no 1 in a row and he was the first British artiste to send three consecutive records to the top.

    Forgot to mention that in February 1979 Prudhoe was experiencing the worst winter weather it was to see until the 2010 freeze. I have a photo of about 18 inches of snow outside the house at that time. It’s strange to see open space where Errington Place is now.

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