What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
02/19/1473
  Nicolaus Copernicus, earth revolves around the sun.
EVENTS
02/19/1878
  Thomas Alva Edison patents the phonograph.
02/19/1945
  Marines land on Iwo Jima.
02/19/1977
  President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino ('Tokyo Rose').

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