February 19th 1928

Widely regarded as being the first the date of the first speedway meeting ever held in Great Britain.
High Beech 1928

    February 19th, 1950

Billy Mathews wins his second Daytona 200 with an 81.26 mph average and his Manx Norton Manx at Daytona Beach, Florida.
Billy Mathews at Daytona

    February 19th, 1984

Russian ice-racer Anatoly Vasilievich Gladyshev dies in Moscow after falling from his bike and being hit by another rider. Four decades later Vladimir Putin sends hundreds of thousands of young and poorly trained Russians to die in Ukraine.
Russian ice-racer killed instantly