TODAY IN HISTORY

FEB 19TH

1674-The Netherlands and England signed the Peace of Westminster, by which New Amsterdam passed to the English (and was renamed New York).

1807-Aaron Burr, vice president under Thomas Jefferson, was arrested for treason. He was later acquitted.

1878-Thomas Edison patented the gramophone (phonograph).

1942-President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order that resulted in the internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast.

1945-The U.S. Marines went ashore at Iwo Jima.

1959-Britain, Turkey, and Greece signed the agreement granting Cyprus independence.

1968-The first nationwide broadcast of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood aired on PBS.

1997-Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader, died.