Today in History, 2/19

1674: England and the Netherlands sign the Peace of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, which renamed it New York, after the king's brother the Duke of York.
1807: Former Vice President Aaron Burr is arrested for treason.

I need to see this movie!

1819: British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands near Antarctica and claims them in the name of George III.1847: Surviving members of the Donner Party is rescued.
1861: Serfdom is abolished in Russia.
1878: The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison.
1881: Kansas becomes the first US state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.
1915: During WWI, the Battle of Gallipoli begins.
1924: Lee Marvin is born. He played the title character in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, a movie I can't recommend highly enough.1930: John Frankenheimer is born. He's a hit-or-miss kind of director. For every Manchurian Candidate there's a Holcroft Covenant.1936: Max Schreck dies. He is most famous for originating the role of Nosferatu.1940: Smokey Robinson is born.

1942: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, allowing the US military to relocate Japanese-Americans to internment camps.
1955: Jeff Daniels is born.1957: Falco is born.

1963: Laurell K. Hamilton is born. She wrote the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series.
1966: Justine Bateman is born. 1967: Benicio del Toro is born.
1969: Madge Blake dies. She played Aunt Harriet in the old Batman TV show.

Today in History elements mostly cribbed from The History Channel, Wikipedia, The New York Times, The Jewish World Review, The Writer's Almanac and anything else I can dig up