Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 19

February 19:

• 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, authorising 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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