Major Events
- 379 Theodosius installed as co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire by Emperor Gratian
- 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
- 1883 The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey
- 1966 Indira Gandhi elected India's 4th Prime Minister
- 2013 Calcium deposits are discovered on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity Rover
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Jan 19 in Film & TV
- 1955 "The Millionaire" TV program premieres on CBS
Jan 19 in Music
- 1853 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premieres in Rome
Jan 19 in Sport
- 2013 Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all seven of his Tour de France victories
Did You Know?
Coopers Inc. sells the world's first men's briefs in Chicago, calls it the "Jockey"
James Watt
Robert E. Lee
Edgar Allan Poe
Paul Cézanne
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Ziaur Rahman
Dolly Parton
Katey Sagal
Jodie Sweetin
Phil Everly
Janis Joplin
Matthew Webb
Mary Mills
Stefan Edberg
Fun Fact About January 19
World's largest crowd gathering - the Hindu Kumbh Mela in India attracts a then record 15 million people
Famous Weddings
- 1872 Physicist Wilhelm Röntgen (26) weds Anna Bertha Ludwig in Apeldoorn, Netherlands
- 1884 Painter Thomas Eakins (39) weds painter and photographer Susan Macdowell (32) in a Quaker ceremony
- 1957 Golfer Gary Player (21) weds Bobby Verwey's sister Vivienne Verwey
Famous Divorces
- 1977 American film director Martin Scorsese (34) divorces Julia Cameron (28) after 1 year of marriage
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Frank Ramsey
Carl Perkins
Hedy Lamarr
Wilson Pickett
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Stan MusialArticles, Photos and Quiz
Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo
British infantry storm the Spanish fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo during the Peninsular War
January 19, 1812
War Victim Goes to Bottom of the Pile
One of the first to die in World War I fell not in the trenches of France but in a leafy lane in rural England. So should he be ranked alongside battle heroes?
January 19, 1915
First Air Raid on Britain
British wartime recruitment poster from 1915 referencing the air raids that started that year
January 19, 1915
