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Events
- 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy.
- 1511 - Mirandola surrenders to the France.
- 1520 - Sten Sture the Younger, the List of Swedish monarchs, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund.
- 1764 - John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for sedition libel.
- 1788 - Second group of ships of the First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay.
- 1795 - Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands. End of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
- 1806 - The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope.
- 1812 - Peninsular War: After a ten day siege Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, ordered British soldiers of the Light and third divisions storm Ciudad Rodrigo.
- 1817 - An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, Crossing of the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
- 1829 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust Part 1 premieres.
- 1839 - British East India Company captures Aden.
- 1840 - Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
- 1853 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore premieres in Rome.
- 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs - The Confederate States of America suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
- 1871 - Franco-Prussian War: Battle of St. Quentin (1871) is fought, resulting in a decisive Kingdom of Prussia victory.
- 1883 - The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
- 1893 - Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin.
- 1899 - Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
- 1915 - George Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
- 1915 - World War I: German zeppelins bomb the cities of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing more than 20, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
- 1917 - Germany Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann sends the Zimmermann Telegram to Mexico, proposing a German-Mexican alliance against the United States.
- 1917 - Silvertown explosion: 73 are killed and 400 injured in an explosion in a munitions plant in London.
- 1918 - Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles between the Red Guards (Finland) and the White Guard (Finland).
- 1920 - The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
- 1935 - Coopers Inc. sold the world's first briefs.
- 1937 - Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
- 1941 - World War II: United Kingdom troops attack Italy-held Eritrea.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese forces invade Myanmar.
- 1945 - World War II: Soviet forces liberate ghetto of Łódź. Out of 230,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived Nazism occupation.
- 1946 - General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war crimes.
- 1949 - Cuba recognises Israel.
- 1953 - 68% of all United States television sets were tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucille Ball give birth.
- 1966 - Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India.
- 1969 - Student Jan Palach died after setting himself on fire 3 days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turned into another major protest.
- 1971 - Revival of No, No, Nanette premieres at 46th Street Theatre, New York City.
- 1974 - The UCLA basketball team sees its 88-game winning streak end at the hands of University of Notre Dame.
- 1975 - Triple J begins broadcasting in Sydney, Australia.
- 1977 - President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
- 1977 - Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the History of Miami, Florida the city that snowfall has occurred. It also fell in the Bahamas.
- 1978 - The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden, Germany. Beetle production in Latin America will continue until 2003.
- 1981 - Iran Hostage Crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 United States hostages after 14 months of captivity.
- 1983 - Klaus Barbie, Nazism war crime, is arrested in Bolivia.
- 1983 - The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Computer to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
- 1991 - The Party of the Alliance of Youth, Workers and Farmers of Angola is founded in Luanda, Angola.
- 1992 - Decree time is restored in Russia after its previous abolition in March 1991.
- 1993 - International Business Machines announces a $4.97 billion loss for 1992, the largest single-year corporate loss in United States history.
- 1997 - Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
- 2006 - A Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash in Hungary.
- 2006 - The New Horizons probe was launched by NASA on the first mission to Pluto.
- 2006 - Jet Airways announces its purchase of Air Sahara, creating the largest domestic airline in India.
Births
- 399 - Pulcheria, Byzantine Empire (d. 453)
- 1544 - King Francis II of France (d. 1560)
- 1736 - James Watt, Scottish inventor (d. 1819)
- 1739 - Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)
- 1807 - Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870)
- 1808 - Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)
- 1809 - Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet (d. 1849)
- 1813 - Sir Henry Bessemer, English inventor (d. 1898)
- 1832 - Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist (d. 1875)
- 1833 - Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician (d. 1872)
- 1839 - Paul Cezanne, French painter (d. 1906)
- 1848 - John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904)
- 1851 - Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (d. 1922)
- 1863 - Werner Sombart, German sociologist (d. 1941)
- 1878 - Herbert Chapman, English football player and manager (d. 1934
- 1879 - Boris Savinkov, Russian writer (d. 1925)
- 1887 - Alexander Woollcott, American intellectual (d. 1943)
- 1892 - Ólafur Thors, Icelandic politician (d. 1964)
- 1905 - Stanley Hawes, British-born Australian film producer, director and administrator (d. 1991)
- 1908 - Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician (d. 1971)
- 1909 - Hans Hotter, German bass-baritone (d. 2003)
- 1912 - Leonid Kantorovich, Russian economist, Nobel Prize in Economics laureate (d. 1986)
- 1913 - Rudolph Wanderone Jr., American billiards player (d. 1996)
- 1913 - Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (d. 1955)
- 1914 - Bob Gerard, British racing driver (d. 1990)
- 1917 - John Raitt, American singer and actor (d. 2005)
- 1918 - John H. Johnson, American publisher (d. 2005)
- 1920 - Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian United Nations Secretary General
- 1921 - Patricia Highsmith, American author (d. 1995)
- 1921 - William Devino, American gangster (d. 1970)
- 1922 - Guy Madison, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1923 - Jean Stapleton, American actress
- 1923 - Markus Wolf, German spy (d. 2006)
- 1924 - Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1924 - Jean-François Revel, French author (d. 2006)
- 1926 - Fritz Weaver, American actor
- 1930 - Tippi Hedren, American actress
- 1931 - Robert MacNeil, Canadian journalist
- 1932 - Richard Lester, British director
- 1936 - Ziaur Rahman, President of Bangladesh (d. 1981)
- 1939 - Phil Everly, American musician
- 1940 - Paolo Borsellino, Italian magistrate (d. 1992)
- 1941 - Colin Gunton, British theologian (d. 2003)
- 1941 - Tony Anholt, British actor
- 1942 - Michael Crawford, British singer and actor
- 1943 - Janis Joplin, American singer (d. 1970)
- 1943 - Petchara Chaowarat, Thai film actress
- 1943 - Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
- 1944 - Shelley Fabares, American actress
- 1944 - Peter Lynch, American investor
- 1944 - Dan Reeves, American football coach
- 1944 - Laurie London, English singer
- 1946 - Julian Barnes, English author
- 1946 - Dolly Parton, American singer and actress
- 1947 - Paula Deen, American chef and restaurateur
- 1947 - Rod Evans, British musician (Deep Purple)
- 1947 - Ann Compton, American news reporter
- 1948 - Frank McKenna, Canadian politician
- 1949 - Robert Palmer (singer), English singer and guitarist (d. 2003)
- 1949 - Dennis Taylor, Northern Irish snooker player
- 1950 - Grant Nordman, Canadian politician
- 1952 - David Patrick Kelly, American actor
- 1953 - Desi Arnaz, Jr., American actor
- 1953 - Richard Legendre, Canadian politician
- 1954 - Katey Sagal, American actress
- 1954 - Ted DiBiase, American professional wrestler
- 1954 - Cindy Sherman, American artist
- 1954 - Katharina Thalbach, German actress and film director
- 1955 - Simon Rattle, English conductor
- 1955 - Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-born actor and comedian
- 1956 - Carman Licciardello, American Christian singer
- 1957 - Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rican politician
- 1962 - Hans Daams, Dutch cyclist
- 1963 - Michael Adams (basketball), American basketball player
- 1963 - Caron Wheeler, British singer (Soul II Soul)
- 1964 - Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer
- 1966 - Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field hockey player
- 1966 - Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player
- 1966 - Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer
- 1966 - Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969 - Junior Seau, American football player
- 1969 - Steve Staunton, Irish footballer
- 1970 - Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian
- 1971 - Shawn Wayans, American actor and producer
- 1971 - John Wozniak, American singer and songwriter (Marcy Playground)
- 1972 - Joana Benedek, Mexican actress
- 1972 - Drea de Matteo, American actress
- 1972 - Ron Killings, American professional wrestler
- 1972 - Princess Kalina of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
- 1972 - Elena Kaliská, Slovak slalom canoer
- 1972 - Troy Wilson, Australian racing driver and AFL player
- 1973 - Karen Lancaume, French actress (d. 2005)
- 1974 - Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer
- 1974 - Ian Laperriere, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974 - Frank Caliendo, American comedian
- 1976 - Tarso Marques, Brazilian racing driver
- 1977 - Lauren Etame Mayer, Cameroonian footballer
- 1977 - Nicole (Chilean singer), Chilean singer
- 1979 - Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast
- 1979 - Wiley (rapper), English Rapper (Grime)
- 1980 - Jenson Button, English Formula One driver
- 1981 - Asier Del Horno, Spanish footballer
- 1981 - Lucho González, Argentine footballer
- 1982 - Jodie Sweetin, American child actress
- 1982 - Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player
- 1982 - Angela Chang, Taiwanese singer and actress
- 1983 - Utada Hikaru, American-born Japanese singer and songwriter
- 1984 - Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player
- 1984 - Euan Blair, Eldest son of Tony Blair
- 1984 - Karun Chandhok, Indian racing driver
- 1985 - Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
- 1985 - Esteban Guerrieri, Argentine racing driver
- 1991 - Erin Sanders, American child actress
Deaths
- 639 - Dagobert I, King of the Franks
- 1526 - Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501)
- 1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (b. 1517)
- 1576 - Hans Sachs, German Meistersinger (b. 1494)
- 1661 - Thomas Venner, Fifth Monarchist (executed)
- 1729 - William Congreve (playwright), English playwright (b. 1670)
- 1757 - Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1674)
- 1766 - Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born French architect and painter (b. 1695)
- 1785 - Jonathan Toup, English classical scholar and critic (b. 1713)
- 1833 - Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold, French composer (b. 1791)
- 1847 - Charles Bent, New Mexico pioneer (assassinated)
- 1851 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805)
- 1865 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)
- 1869 - Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
- 1874 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (b. 1798)
- 1878 - Henri Victor Regnault French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
- 1905 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (b. 1817)
- 1929 - Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873)
- 1939 - Cliff Heathcote, baseball player (b. 1898)
- 1948 - Tony Garnier (architect), French architect (b. 1869)
- 1954 - Theodor Kaluza, German scientist (b. 1885)
- 1964 - Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
- 1968 - Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b. 1879)
- 1969 - Jan Palach, Czech student and political activist (suicide) (b. 1948)
- 1971 - Harry Shields, American musician (b. 1899)
- 1972 - Michael Rabin (violinist), American violinist (b. 1936)
- 1973 - Max Adrian, Northern Irish actor (b. 1903)
- 1975 - Thomas Hart Benton (painter), American painter (b. 1889)
- 1980 - William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1898)
- 1982 - Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)
- 1984 - Max Bentley, National Hockey League player (b. 1920)
- 1990 - Rajneesh, Indian religious leader (b. 1931)
- 1990 - Semprini, English musician (b. 1908)
- 1990 - Herbert Wehner, German politician (b. 1906)
- 1991 - John Russell (actor), American actor (b. 1921)
- 1991 - Marcel Chaput, Quebec politician (b. 1918)
- 1996 - Don Simpson, American film producer (b. 1943)
- 1997 - James Dickey, American writer (b. 1923)
- 1997 - Adriana Caselotti, American actress (b 1916)
- 1998 - Carl Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1932)
- 1999 - Ivan Francescato, Italy Rugby Union star (b. 1967)
- 2000 - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)
- 2000 - Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born actress (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Dario Vittori, Argentinean actor (b. 1921)
- 2003 - Françoise Giroud, French writer and journalist (b. 1916)
- 2004 - Harry E. Claiborne, American judge (suicide) (b. 1917)
- 2004 - David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955)
- 2005 - Bill Andersen, New Zealand communist and trade union leader (b. 1924)
- 2005 - K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974)
- 2006 - Wilson Pickett, soul singer (b. 1941)
- 2006 - Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1933)
- 2006 - Anthony Franciosa, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2007 - Bam Bam Bigelow, American professional wrestler (b. 1961)
- 2007 - Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer and composer (b. 1969)
- 2007 - Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor (b. 1954)
- 2007 - Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas and the Papas) (b. 1940)
Holidays and observances
- Confederate Memorial Day in Texas.
- The Poe Toaster commemorates the death of Edgar Allan Poe at his grave in Baltimore.
- Maris, Martha, Abachum and Audifax*Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4.*Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saint. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.
- Canute IV of Denmark
- Bishop Henry
- Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester
- Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy — Julian Calendar Theophany (Epiphany (feast)).
- St. Mark of Ephesus feast day .
- Bahá'í Faith — Feast of Sultán (Sovereignty) — First day of the 17th month of the Bahá'í Calendar.
- January 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
References
External links
- BBC: On This Day
- On This Day in Canada
January 19 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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