February 19

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1600	The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.	Stereolab	Eye of the Volcano	Fab Four Suture
2	1859	Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the 1st time this defense is successfully used in the United States.	Dinosaur Jr.	I'm Insane	Hand It Over
3	1878	Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.	Pearl Jam	Spin the Black Circle	Vitalogy
4	1884	More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.	Serge Gainsbourg	Requiem Pour un Twister	La Javanaise
5	1942	World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese internment camps.	Dead Nation	Dead, Big Mistake	Painless
6	1963	The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the Feminist Movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.	Susumu Yokota	Her Feminineness	Kaleidoscope
7	1976	Executive Order 9066 is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford's Proclamation 4417	I am Robot and Proud	Learn from Mistakes	Grace Days

(Historical facts about February 19 are from Wikipedia.)