FEBRUARY 19

1916 Eddie Arcaro (Ohio-born Horse Racing Jockey)

Deaths Persons of Historic Significance Who Have Died on This Date

2002 Virginia Hamilton (Ohio-born Children's Author)

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1803 President Thomas Jefferson Approves Ohio's Entry into the Union as the 17th State

1856 Hamilton Smith (Gambier, OH) Receives a Patent for a Tin-Type Camera

1878 Thomas Edison Receives Patent for the Phonograph

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1916	Eddie Arcaro (Ohio-born Horse Racing Jockey)

2002	Virginia Hamilton (Ohio-born Children's Author)

1803	President Thomas Jefferson Approves Ohio's Entry into the Union as the 17th State
1856	Hamilton Smith (Gambier, OH) Receives a Patent for a Tin-Type Camera
1878	Thomas Edison Receives Patent for the Phonograph