January, 19th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Saturday 19, 2002:
Michael Jordan, formerly of the Washington Wizards, plays his first game in Chicago since rejoining the NBA.

Sunday 19, 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.

Tuesday 19, 1993:
IBM announces a $4.97 billion loss for 1992 which is the largest single-year corporate loss in United States history.

Wednesday 19, 1983:
The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Computer, Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.

Monday 19, 1981:
United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.

Wednesday 19, 1977:
Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that this occurs.

Sunday 19, 1975:
Double Jay began broadcasting in Sydney, Australia.

Saturday 19, 1974:
The UCLA men's basketball team sees its 88-game winning streak end at the hands of Notre Dame.

Tuesday 19, 1971:
Revival of No, No, Nanette premieres (46th Street Theatre, New York City).

Sunday 19, 1969:
Student Jan Palach died after setting himself on fire 3 days ago in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turned into another major protest.

Wednesday 19, 1966:
Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India.

Wednesday 19, 1955:
The Scrabble board game debuts.

Monday 19, 1953:
68% of all United States television sets were tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.

Wednesday 19, 1949:
Cuba recognises Israel.

Saturday 19, 1946:
General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.

Friday 19, 1945:
World War II: Soviet forces liberate ghetto of Lodz. Out of 230,000 inhabitants in 1940, less then 900 had survived Nazi occupation.

Monday 19, 1942:
World War II: Japanese forces invade Burma.

Sunday 19, 1941:
World War II: British troops attack Italian-held Eritrea.

Tuesday 19, 1937:
Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.

Saturday 19, 1935:
Coopers Inc. sold the world's first briefs.

Monday 19, 1920:
The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.

Saturday 19, 1918:
Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles between the Red Guards and the White Guard.

Tuesday 19, 1915:
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.

Thursday 19, 1899:
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.

Thursday 19, 1893:
Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin.

Friday 19, 1883:
The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service (Roselle, New Jersey) It was built by Thomas Edison.

Wednesday 19, 1853:
Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore premieres in Rome.

Sunday 19, 1840:
Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States.

Saturday 19, 1839:
British East India Company captures Aden.

Monday 19, 1829:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.

Sunday 19, 1806:
The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope.

Monday 19, 1795:
Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands. End of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.

Thursday 19, 1764:
John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.

Monday 19, 1520:
Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund

Tuesday 19, 1419:
Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which makes Normandy a part of England.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/19-january/on-this-day.html


People born on January 19

1992:
Logan Lerman, American actor (b: January 19, 1992) (Biography of Logan Lerman)

1985:
Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) (b: January 19, 1985) (Biography of Rika Ishikawa)

1983:
Utada Hikaru, Japanese singer and songwriter (b: January 19, 1983) (Biography of Utada Hikaru)

1982:
Jodie Sweetin, American actress (b: January 19, 1982) (Biography of Jodie Sweetin)

1979:
Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast (b: January 19, 1979) (Biography of Svetlana Khorkina)

1974:
Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer (b: January 19, 1974) (Biography of Jaime Moreno)

1973:
Drea de Matteo, American actress (b: January 19, 1973) (Biography of Drea de Matteo)
Karen Lancaume, French actress (b: January 19, 1973 ; d: January 28, 2005) (Biography of Karen Lancaume)

1971:
Shawn Wayans, actor, writer, producer (b: January 19, 1971) (Biography of Shawn Wayans)
John Wozniak, American singer and songwriter (Marcy Playground) (b: January 19, 1971) (Biography of John Wozniak)

1969:
Junior Seau, American football player (b: January 19, 1969) (Biography of Junior Seau)

1966:
Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player (b: January 19, 1966) (Biography of Stefan Edberg)

1956:
Katey Sagal, American actress, singer, and writer (b: January 19, 1956) (Biography of Katey Sagal)

1955:
Simon Rattle, English conductor (b: January 19, 1955) (Biography of Simon Rattle)
Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-born actor and comedian (b: January 19, 1955) (Biography of Paul Rodriguez)

1953:
Desi Arnaz Jr., American actor (b: January 19, 1953) (Biography of Desi Arnaz Jr.)

1952:
David Patrick Kelly, American actor (b: January 19, 1952) (Biography of David Patrick Kelly)

1949:
Robert Palmer, English singer and guitarist (b: January 19, 1949 ; d: September 26, 2003) (Biography of Robert Palmer (British singer))
Dennis Taylor, Irish snooker player (b: January 19, 1949) (Biography of Dennis Taylor)

1946:
Dolly Parton, American singer and actress (b: January 19, 1946) (Biography of Dolly Parton)
Julian Barnes, English author (b: January 19, 1946) (Biography of Julian Barnes)

1944:
Shelley Fabares, American actress (b: January 19, 1944) (Biography of Shelley Fabares)
Dan Reeves, American football coach (b: January 19, 1944) (Biography of Dan Reeves)
Peter Lynch, American investor (b: January 19, 1944) (Biography of Peter Lynch)

1943:
Janis Joplin, American singer (b: January 19, 1943 ; d: October 4, 1970) (Biography of Janis Joplin)
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (b: January 19, 1943) (Biography of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands)

1942:
Michael Crawford, British singer and actor (b: January 19, 1942) (Biography of Michael Crawford)

1941:
Colin Gunton, theologian (b: January 19, 1941) (Biography of Colin Gunton)

1939:
Phil Everly, American musician (b: January 19, 1939) (Biography of Phil Everly)

1932:
Richard Lester, British director (b: January 19, 1932) (Biography of Richard Lester)

1931:
Tippi Hedren, American actress (b: January 19, 1931) (Biography of Tippi Hedren)
Robert MacNeil, Canadian journalist (b: January 19, 1931) (Biography of Robert MacNeil)

1926:
Fritz Weaver, American actor (b: January 19, 1926) (Biography of Fritz Weaver)

1924:
Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (b: January 19, 1924 ; d: February 12, 1985) (Biography of Nicholas Colasanto)
Jean-Francois Revel, French author (b: January 19, 1924) (Biography of Jean-Francois Revel)

1923:
Jean Stapleton, American actress (b: January 19, 1923) (Biography of Jean Stapleton)
Markus Wolf, German spy (b: January 19, 1923) (Biography of Markus Wolf)

1922:
Guy Madison, American actor (b: January 19, 1922 ; d: February 6, 1996) (Biography of Guy Madison)

1921:
Patricia Highsmith, American author (b: January 19, 1921 ; d: February 4, 1995) (Biography of Patricia Highsmith)

1920:
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian United Nations Secretary General (b: January 19, 1920) (Biography of Javier Pérez de Cuéllar)

1918:
John H. Johnson, American publisher (b: January 19, 1918 ; d: August 8, 2005) (Biography of John H. Johnson)

1917:
John Raitt, American singer and actor (b: January 19, 1917 ; d: February 20, 2005) (Biography of John Raitt)

1913:
Minnesota Fats, American billiards player (b: January 19, 1913) (Biography of Minnesota Fats)

1912:
Leonid Kantorovich, Russian economist (b: January 19, 1912 ; d: April 7, 1986) (Biography of Leonid Kantorovich)

1909:
Hans Hotter, German bass-baritone (b: January 19, 1909 ; d: December 8, 2003) (Biography of Hans Hotter)

1887:
Alexander Woollcott, American intellectual (b: January 19, 1887 ; d: January 23, 1943) (Biography of Alexander Woollcott)

1863:
Werner Sombart, German sociologist (b: January 19, 1863 ; d: May 18, 1941) (Biography of Werner Sombart)

1851:
Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (b: January 19, 1851 ; d: June 18, 1922) (Biography of Jacobus Kapteyn)

1848:
John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman and statesman (b: January 19, 1848 ; d: September 26, 1904) (Biography of John F. Stairs)

1839:
Paul Cézanne, French painter (b: January 19, 1839 ; d: October 22, 1906) (Biography of Paul Cezanne)

1813:
Sir Henry Bessemer, English inventor (b: January 19, 1813 ; d: March 15, 1898) (Biography of Henry Bessemer)

1809:
Edgar Allan Poe, American writer (b: January 19, 1809 ; d: October 7, 1849) (Biography of Edgar Allan Poe)

1808:
Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b: January 19, 1808 ; d: May 14, 1887) (Biography of Lysander Spooner)

1807:
Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (b: January 19, 1807 ; d: October 12, 1870) (Biography of Robert E. Lee)

1739:
Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (b: January 19, 1739 ; d: March 9, 1808) (Biography of Joseph Bonomi the Elder)

1736:
James Watt, Scottish inventor (b: January 19, 1736 ; d: August 19, 1819) (Biography of James Watt)

1544:
King Francis II of France (b: January 19, 1544 ; d: December 5, 1560) (Biography of Francis II of France)

399:
Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (b: January 19, 399) (Biography of Pulcheria)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/19-january/births.html

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They left us on January 19

2005:
Bill Andersen (d: January 19, 2005) (Biography of Bill Andersen)
K. Sello Duiker (d: January 19, 2005) (Biography of K. Sello Duiker)

2004:
David Hookes, Australian cricketer (b: May 3, 1955 ; d: January 19, 2004) (Biography of David Hookes)

2000:
Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (b: February 24, 1934 ; d: January 19, 2000) (Biography of Bettino Craxi)
Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress (b: November 9, 1913 ; d: January 19, 2000) (Biography of Hedy Lamarr)

1998:
Carl Perkins, American musician (b: April 9, 1932 ; d: January 19, 1998) (Biography of Carl Perkins)

1997:
James Dickey, American poet and author (b: February 2, 1923 ; d: January 19, 1997) (Biography of James Dickey)

1996:
Don Simpson (d: January 19, 1996) (Biography of Don Simpson)

1991:
John Russell (actor) (d: January 19, 1991) (Biography of John Russell (actor))

1990:
Herbert Wehner, German politician (b: July 11, 1906 ; d: January 19, 1990) (Biography of Herbert Wehner)
Rajneesh (d: January 19, 1990) (Biography of Rajneesh)

1980:
William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b: October 16, 1898 ; d: January 19, 1980) (Biography of William O. Douglas)

1975:
Thomas Hart Benton, American muralist (b: April 15, 1889 ; d: January 19, 1975) (Biography of Thomas Hart Benton (painter))

1972:
Michael Rabin, American violinist (b: May 2, 1936 ; d: January 19, 1972) (Biography of Michael Rabin (violinist))

1971:
Harry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (b: June 30, 1899 ; d: January 19, 1971) (Biography of Harry Shields)

1969:
Jan Palach (d: January 19, 1969) (Biography of Jan Palach)

1968:
Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b: January 12, 1879 ; d: January 19, 1968) (Biography of Ray Harroun)

1929:
Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b: February 23, 1873 ; d: January 19, 1929) (Biography of Liang Qichao)

1905:
Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (b: May 15, 1817 ; d: January 19, 1905) (Biography of Debendranath Tagore)

1878:
Henri Victor Regnault, French chemist and physicist (b: July 21, 1810 ; d: January 19, 1878) (Biography of Henri Victor Regnault)

1874:
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (b: April 2, 1798 ; d: January 19, 1874) (Biography of August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben)

1869:
Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b: February 12, 1788 ; d: January 19, 1869) (Biography of Carl Reichenbach)

1865:
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (b: January 15, 1809 ; d: January 19, 1865) (Biography of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon)

1847:
Charles Bent (d: January 19, 1847) (Biography of Charles Bent)

1833:
Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold (d: January 19, 1833) (Biography of Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold)

1766:
Jean-Nicolas Servan, French architect and painter (b: May 2, 1695 ; d: January 19, 1766) (Biography of Jean-Nicolas Servan)

1757:
Thomas Ruddiman (d: January 19, 1757) (Biography of Thomas Ruddiman)

1729:
William Congreve, English playwright (b: January 24, 1670 ; d: January 19, 1729) (Biography of William Congreve (playwright))

1576:
Hans Sachs, German Meistersinger (b: September 5, 1494 ; d: January 19, 1576) (Biography of Hans Sachs)

1526:
Isabella of Burgundy, queen of Christian II of Denmark (b: July 18, 1501 ; d: January 19, 1526) (Biography of Isabella of Burgundy)

639:
Dagobert I (d: January 19, 639) (Biography of Dagobert I)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/19-january/deaths.html