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What happend on 19. January in History
In our data base we found 337 events happened on 19. January:
• 379: Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him power over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. [category: Events]
• 399: Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) [category: Births]
• 520: John of Cappadocia, patriarch of Constantinople [category: Deaths]
• 639: Dagobert I, King of the Franks (b. c. 603) [category: Deaths]
• 1419: Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy. [category: Events]
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• 1511: Mirandola surrenders to the French. [category: Events]
• 1520: Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund. [category: Events]
• 1526: Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501) [category: Deaths]
• 1544: King Francis II of France (d. 1560) [category: Births]
• 1547: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (b. 1517) [category: Deaths]
• 1576: Hans Sachs, German Meistersinger (b. 1494) [category: Deaths]
• 1597: Maharana Pratap, Indian Ruler (b. 1540) [category: Deaths]
• 1607: San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines. [category: Events]
• 1661: Thomas Venner, Fifth Monarchist (executed) (b. 1599) [category: Deaths]
• 1661: Thomas Venner is hanged, drawn and quartered in London. [category: Events]
• 1676: John Weldon, English musician and composer (d. 1736) [category: Births]
• 1729: William Congreve, English playwright (b. 1670) [category: Deaths]
• 1736: James Watt, Scottish inventor (d. 1819) [category: Births]
• 1737: Giuseppe Millico, Italian soprano castrato, composer, and music teacher (d. 1802) [category: Births]
• 1739: Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808) [category: Births]
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• 1752: James Morris III, American army officer (d. 1820) [category: Births]
• 1757: Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831) [category: Births]
• 1757: Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1674) [category: Deaths]
• 1764: John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel. [category: Events]
• 1766: Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-born French architect and painter (b. 1695) [category: Deaths]
• 1785: Jonathan Toup, English classical scholar and critic (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1788: The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay. [category: Events]
• 1795: The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands bringing to an end the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. [category: Events]
• 1798: Auguste Comte, French philosopher (d. 1857) [category: Births]
• 1806: The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope. [category: Events]
• 1807: Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 1808: Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1809: Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet (d. 1849) [category: Births]
• 1812: Peninsular War: After a ten day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo. [category: Events]
• 1813: Sir Henry Bessemer, English inventor (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1817: An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru. [category: Events]
• 1829: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust Part 1 receives its premiere performance. [category: Events]
• 1832: Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist (d. 1875) [category: Births]
• 1833: Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1833: Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold, French composer (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1839: Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1839: The British East India Company captures Aden. [category: Events]
• 1840: Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States. [category: Events]
• 1847: Athanasios Christopoulos, Greek poet (b. 1772) [category: Deaths]
• 1847: Charles Bent, New Mexico pioneer (assassinated) (b. 1799) [category: Deaths]
• 1848: John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1848: Matthew Webb, English swimmer/diver (d. 1883) [category: Births]
• 1851: Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1851: Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1853: Karl Faber, German historian (b. 1773) [category: Deaths]
• 1853: Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome. [category: Events]
• 1861: American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States. [category: Events]
• 1862: American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs – The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict. [category: Events]
• 1863: Werner Sombart, German sociologist (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1865: Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809) [category: Deaths]
• 1869: Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788) [category: Deaths]
• 1871: Dame Gruev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1871: Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day. [category: Events]
• 1874: Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1874: August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (b. 1798) [category: Deaths]
• 1876: Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1876: Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1878: Herbert Chapman, English football player and manager (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1878: Henri Victor Regnault French physicist and chemist (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Boris Savinkov, Russian writer (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1883: The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey. [category: Events]
• 1887: Alexander Woollcott, American intellectual (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1889: Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1892: Ólafur Thors, Icelandic politician (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1893: Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian classical pianist (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1893: Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder receives its premiere performance in Berlin. [category: Events]
• 1899: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed. [category: Events]
• 1905: Stanley Hawes, British-born Australian film producer, director and administrator (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1905: Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (b. 1817) [category: Deaths]
• 1906: Bartolomé Mitre, Argentine historian and politician, president of the country (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1909: Hans Hotter, German bass-baritone (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1911: Choor Singh, Singaporean judge (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1912: Leonid Kantorovich, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1913: Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1914: Bob Gerard, English Grand Prix driver (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1915: Thomas Herbst, German painter (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising. [category: Events]
• 1915: World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns 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. [category: Events]
• 1917: John Raitt, American singer and actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1917: Silvertown explosion: 73 are killed and 400 injured in an explosion in a munitions plant in London. [category: Events]
• 1918: John H. Johnson, American publisher (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1920: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian United Nations Secretary General [category: Births]
• 1920: The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations. [category: Events]
• 1921: Patricia Highsmith, American author (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1922: Guy Madison, American actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1923: Jean Stapleton, American actress [category: Births]
• 1923: Markus Wolf, German spy (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1924: Jean-François Revel, French author (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1924: Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1925: Nina Bawden, English author [category: Births]
• 1925: Queen Maria Sophia of Two Sicilies (b.1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Fritz Weaver, American actor [category: Births]
• 1927: Charlotte of Belgium (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Tippi Hedren, American actress [category: Births]
• 1931: Robert MacNeil, Canadian journalist [category: Births]
• 1932: Richard Lester, British director [category: Births]
• 1932: Russ Hamilton, British singer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1933: George Coyne, American theologian [category: Births]
• 1934: Lloyd Robertson, Canadian journalist [category: Births]
• 1935: Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1935: Soumitra Chatterjee, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1935: Coopers Inc. sells the world's first briefs. [category: Events]
• 1936: Ziaur Rahman, Seventh President of Bangladesh (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1937: Giovanna Marini, Italian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1937: John Lions, Australian computer scientist (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1938: Branislav Nušić, Serbian novelist, playwright, satirist, essayist and journalist (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Phil Everly, American musician [category: Births]
• 1939: Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Mike Reid, English comedian (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1940: Paolo Borsellino, Italian magistrate (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1941: Colin Gunton, British theologian (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1941: Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler [category: Births]
• 1941: Tony Anholt, British actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1942: Michael Crawford, British singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1942: Thom Mayne, American Architect [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: Japanese forces invade Burma [category: Events]
• 1943: Janis Joplin, American singer (Big Brother and the Holding Company) (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1943: Petchara Chaowarat, Thai film actress [category: Births]
• 1943: Princess Margriet of the Netherlands [category: Births]
• 1944: Dan Reeves, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1944: Laurie London, English singer [category: Births]
• 1944: Peter Lynch, American investor [category: Births]
• 1944: Shelley Fabares, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Trevor Williams, English Bass Guitarist (Audience and The Nashville Teens) [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation. [category: Events]
• 1946: Dolly Parton, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1946: Julian Barnes, English author [category: Births]
• 1946: General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals. [category: Events]
• 1947: Ann Compton, American news reporter [category: Births]
• 1947: Frank Aarebrot, Norwegian political scientist [category: Births]
• 1947: Paula Deen, American chef and restaurateur [category: Births]
• 1947: Rod Evans, British musician (Deep Purple and Captain Beyond) [category: Births]
• 1948: Frank McKenna, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Tony Garnier, French architect (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Arend Langenberg, Dutch voice actor and radio host (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1949: Dennis Taylor, Irish snooker player [category: Births]
• 1949: Robert Palmer, English singer and guitarist (Power Station) (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1949: Cuba recognizes Israel. [category: Events]
• 1950: Grant Nordman, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Jon Matlack, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1950: Sébastien Dhavernas, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1951: Arthur Taxier, American actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Desi Arnaz, Jr., American actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Linda Hayden, English actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Richard Legendre, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1953: 71.7% of all television sets in the United States are tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth. [category: Events]
• 1954: Cindy Sherman, American photographer [category: Births]
• 1954: Katey Sagal, American actress [category: Births]
• 1954: Katharina Thalbach, German actress and film director [category: Births]
• 1954: Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Paul Rodriguez, Mexican/American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1955: Simon Rattle, English conductor [category: Births]
• 1956: Carman Licciardello, American singer [category: Births]
• 1957: Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rican politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Ottis Anderson, former American football player [category: Births]
• 1957: József Dudás, Romanian/Hungarian resistance fighter (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Thomas Kinkade, American painter (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1959: Jeff Pilson, American bass guitarist (Dokken, Dio, and Foreigner) [category: Births]
• 1960: Japan and the United States sign the US-Japan Mutual Security Treaty [category: Events]
• 1961: William Ragsdale, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Chris Sabo, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Hans Daams, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1962: Jeff Van Gundy, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1963: Caron Wheeler, British singer (Soul II Soul) [category: Births]
• 1963: Martin Bashir, Pakistani-born reporter [category: Births]
• 1963: Michael Adams, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Clement Smoot, American golfer (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Janine Antoni, Bahamian artist [category: Births]
• 1964: Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer [category: Births]
• 1964: Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter and Olympic medalist (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1966: Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer [category: Births]
• 1966: Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1966: Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1967: Javier Cámara, Spanish actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Whitfield Crane, American musician (Ugly Kid Joe, Medication and Another Animal) [category: Births]
• 1968: Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Casey Sherman, American author [category: Births]
• 1969: Edwidge Danticat, Haitian/American author [category: Births]
• 1969: Junior Seau, American football player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1969: Luc Longley, Australian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Predrag Mijatović, Yugoslavian footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Steve Staunton, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Jan Palach, Czech student and political activist (suicide) (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire 3 days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turned into another major protest. [category: Events]
• 1970: Kathleen Smet, Belgian triathlete [category: Births]
• 1970: Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian [category: Births]
• 1971: John Wozniak, American singer and songwriter (Marcy Playground) [category: Births]
• 1971: Shawn Wayans, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Harry Shields, American musician (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Angham, Egyptian singer, record producer and actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Drea de Matteo, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Elena Kaliská, Slovak slalom canoer [category: Births]
• 1972: Joana Benedek, Mexican actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Jon Fisher, American entrepreneur [category: Births]
• 1972: Princess Kalina of Bulgaria [category: Births]
• 1972: Ron Killings, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1972: Troy Wilson, Australian racing driver and AFL player [category: Births]
• 1972: Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Aaron Yonda, YouTube celebrity [category: Births]
• 1973: Antero Manninen, Finnish cellist [category: Births]
• 1973: Yevgeny Sadovyi, Russian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1973: Max Adrian, Northern Irish actor (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Frank Caliendo, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1974: Ian Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1974: Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Noah Georgeson, American musician [category: Births]
• 1975: Zdeňka Málková, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1975: Thomas Hart Benton, American painter (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: An earthquake strikes Himachal Pradesh, India [category: Events]
• 1976: Natale Gonnella, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Tarso Marques, Brazilian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1976: Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Benjamin Ayres, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Cocco, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1977: Lauren Etame Mayer, Cameroonian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Nicole, Chilean singer [category: Births]
• 1977: President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose"). [category: Events]
• 1977: Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snow has fallen. It also fell in the Bahamas. [category: Events]
• 1978: The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003. [category: Events]
• 1979: Josu Sarriegi, Spanish/Basque footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1979: Wiley, English rapper (Roll Deep) [category: Births]
• 1980: Jenson Button, English Formula One driver [category: Births]
• 1980: Kotoko, Japanese singer (I've Sound) [category: Births]
• 1980: Luke Macfarlane, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Pasha Kovalev, Russian dancer [category: Births]
• 1980: William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Asier del Horno, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Bitsie Tulloch, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Dimosthenis Manousakis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Kerby Raymundo, Filipino basketball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Lucho González, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Iran Hostage Crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity. [category: Events]
• 1982: Angela Chang, Taiwanese singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Jodie Sweetin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Hikaru Utada, American/Japanese singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1983: Ham the Chimp, First hominid launched into outer space (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. [category: Events]
• 1983: The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced. [category: Events]
• 1984: Fabio Catacchini, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Jimmy Kebe, Malian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Karun Chandhok, Indian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1984: Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1985: Esteban Guerrieri, Argentine racing driver [category: Births]
• 1985: Jake Allen, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Pascal Behrenbruch, German decathlete [category: Births]
• 1985: Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume, Dream Morning Musume and Hangry & Angry) [category: Births]
• 1986: Claudio Marchisio, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, American ice dancer [category: Births]
• 1986: Moussa Sow, Senegalese footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter piracy of the software they had written. [category: Events]
• 1987: Angus Monfries, Australian league footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Edgar Manucharyan, Armenian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: JaVale McGee, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1988: Yusuke Yamamoto, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian religious leader (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Herbert Wehner, German politician (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Semprini, English musician (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Corinna Harrer, German athlete [category: Births]
• 1991: Erin Sanders, American actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Petra Martić, Croatian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1991: John Russell, American actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Marcel Chaput, French-Canadian politician (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries. [category: Events]
• 1992: Logan Lerman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1992: Mac Miller, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1992: Shawn Johnson, American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1993: Erick Torres, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Gus Lewis, English actor [category: Births]
• 1993: Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1994: Matthias Ginter, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1995: Gene MacLellan, Canadian composer and singer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: After being struck by lightning the crew are forced to ditch Bristow Flight 56C. All 18 aboard are later rescued. [category: Events]
• 1996: Don Simpson, American film producer (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. [category: Events]
• 1997: Adriana Caselotti, American actress (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: James Dickey, American writer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1998: Carl Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby union footballer (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999. [category: Events]
• 2000: Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born actress and inventor (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Dario Vittori, Argentine actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Françoise Giroud, French writer and journalist (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Harry E. Claiborne, American judge (suicide) (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Bill Andersen, New Zealand communist and trade union leader (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Anthony Franciosa, American actor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Wilson Pickett, American singer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: The New Horizons probe is launched by NASA on the first mission to Pluto. [category: Events]
• 2007: Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas & the Papas and The Halifax III) (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer and composer (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, American professional wrestler (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Turkish Journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's office by 17 year old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast. [category: Events]
• 2008: Don Wittman, Canadian sportscaster for CBC (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: John Stewart, American musician (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby commentator (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Jennifer Lyon, American reality television personality (Survivor) (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Ernest McCulloch, Canadian stem cell research pioneer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sarah Burke, Canadian freestyle skier (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Earl Weaver, American baseball manager (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• _: Birthday of Edgar Allan Poe (commemorated by the Poe Toaster at his grave in Baltimore) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Confederate Heroes Day (Texas) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of Sultán (Sovereignty), first day of the 17th month of the Bahá'í calendar (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Henry of Uppsala [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Maris, Martha, Abachum and Audifax [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mark of Ephesus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pontianus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Robert E. Lee Day (Florida on 19 January) and (Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Georgia on or around 19 January) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Theophany / Epiphany (Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy), and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Timkat, or 20 during Leap Year (Ethiopian Orthodox) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Vodici or Baptism of Jesus (Republic of Macedonia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester [category: Holidays and observances]