February 19, 1909 (Friday)
- In New York, Clifford Beers convened the first meeting of the National Committee for Mental Hygiene, marking the beginning of the mental hygiene movement. The Committee, later called the National Mental Health Association, and today Mental Health America, set as its mission the improvement of care for mental illness, as well as its prevention.
- Born: Enrico Donati, Italian-born American surrealist sculptor and painter, in Milan (d. 2008)
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