On This Day: February 19
10 verified moments happened on February 19. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.
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Play today’s puzzle — free on the App Store- 1878🎶 Thomas Edison receives the patent for the phonograph, the first machine able to record and play back sound.
- 1878🎶 Thomas Edison is awarded a patent for the phonograph, his device for recording and reproducing sound.
- 1942🏕️ Franklin Roosevelt signs the executive order authorizing the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans from the West Coast.
- 1968🧥 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood makes its national debut, as Fred Rogers swaps his cardigan and welcomes children to make-believe.
- 1978Bobby Allison snaps a 67-race winless streak by winning his first Daytona 500, driving Bud Moore's Ford Thunderbird.
- 1989Darrell Waltrip wins the Daytona 500 on a fuel gamble — staying out the final 53 laps without pitting — claiming his only Great American Race victory in his seventeenth attempt, then bursting into tears in Victory Lane.
- 1990🖌️ Adobe ships Photoshop, the image-editing software that becomes the standard tool for digital photo manipulation.
- 1995Sterling Marlin wins back-to-back Daytona 500s — the first driver to repeat since Richard Petty.
- 2019Manny Machado agrees to a 10-year, $300 million deal with the San Diego Padres, then the largest free-agent contract in U.S. sports history
- 2023Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins the longest Daytona 500 in history after two overtimes and 212 laps
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