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January 19 Events in History - January 19 Birthdays - January 19 Deaths
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January 19, 1997 54th Golden Globes: English Patient, Brenda Blethyn and Geoffrey Rush January 19, 1997 Cerebral Palsy telethon January 19, 1997 Michelle McGann wins LPGA Healthsouth Inaugural January 19, 1996 NHL approves move of Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix January 19, 1995 Jean-Claude Juncker (28) sworn in as premier of Luxembourg January 19, 1994 -20 degrees F (-29 degrees C) (5:32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland Ohio January 19, 1994 -36 degrees F (-38 degrees C) in New Whiteland, Indiana (state record) January 19, 1993 Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal January 19, 1993 Oakland A's unveil new elephant logo January 19, 1993 Robert M Gates, ends term as 15th director of CIA January 19, 1993 STS-54 (Endeavour) lands January 19, 1992 "City of Angels" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 878 performances January 19, 1992 Cerebral Palsy telethon raises 23,500,000 January 19, 1992 IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992 January 19, 1992 Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble January 19, 1992 Rowdy Roddy Piper beats Mountie to become WWF Intercontinental Champ January 19, 1991 42nd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 11-5 at Chicago January 19, 1991 48th Golden Globes: Dances with Wolves January 19, 1991 Eastern Airlines shuts down operation January 19, 1991 Jumbo Tsuruta beats Stan Hansen to win All Japan Triple Crown title January 19, 1991 Sgt Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt January 19, 1990 Test debut of Mushtaq Ahmed, vs. Australia at Adelaide January 19, 1989 President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon January 19, 1988 "48 Hours" premiers on CBS-TV January 19, 1987 Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's 1st Republican governor since 1874 January 19, 1986 Cerebral Palsy telethon January 19, 1986 Israeli premier Simon Peres visits Netherlands January 19, 1986 Spain recognizes Israel January 19, 1985 "Born In The USA" by Bruce Springsteen peaked at #9 January 19, 1985 4 die in a car and train crash in Buda Ill January 19, 1984 Francesco Moser bicycles world record time: 50,808 km January 19, 1984 California Supreme Court rejects quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia, who wants to starve herself to death in a public hospital January 19, 1983 Klaus Barbie, SS chief of Lyon in Nazi-France, arrested in Bolivia January 19, 1982 Aust-WI one-day game that produced a Privy Council libel case January 19, 1982 Heater explodes at Star Elementary School-Okla, kills 6 kids and teacher January 19, 1981 Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide January 19, 1981 US and Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages January 19, 1979 John N Mitchell (former AG) released on parole from federal prison January 19, 1978 Eddie Mathews elected to Hall of Fame January 19, 1978 Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI January 19, 1977 Ernie Banks elected to Hall of Fame January 19, 1977 President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) January 19, 1977 World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival January 19, 1975 4 mail truck assault on El Al B-747 in Paris, escape to Iraq January 19, 1975 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Colgate Golf Triple Crown January 19, 1974 Belgium government of Leburton falls January 19, 1974 Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak January 19, 1972 Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, and Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame January 19, 1971 "No, No Nanette" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 861 performances January 19, 1971 24th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 2-1 at Boston January 19, 1971 Beatles' "Helter Skelter" is played at Charles Manson trial January 19, 1971 NHL Writers' Association renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Assn January 19, 1970 Dutch bishops says he is in favor of married priest January 19, 1970 Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails) January 19, 1970 UCLA fires Angela Davis for being a communist January 19, 1969 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-25 January 19, 1969 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational January 19, 1969 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 10-7 January 19, 1968 WKBF TV channel 61 in Cleveland, OH (IND) begins broadcasting January 19, 1967 Herr Karl Tausch writes shortest will "Vse Zene" (All to wife) January 19, 1966 Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister January 19, 1966 Neil Simons, Coleman and Fields' musical "Sweet Charity," premieres January 19, 1966 Tippetts cantate "Vision of St. Augustine," premieres in London January 19, 1964 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 27-24 January 19, 1964 KFME TV channel 13 in Fargo, ND (PBS) begins broadcasting January 19, 1961 1st episode for "Dick Van Dyke Show" is filmed January 19, 1960 Eisenhower and Premier Kishi sign US-Japanese Security pact January 19, 1958 Canadian Football Council renamed Canadian Football League January 19, 1957 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test January 19, 1956 Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field January 19, 1955 "Millionaire" TV program premieres on CBS January 19, 1955 "Scrabble" debuts on board game market January 19, 1955 1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower) January 19, 1953 Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary January 19, 1952 NFL takes control of New York Yanks January 19, 1952 PGA approves allowing black participants January 19, 1950 Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Canada CF-100 military plane January 19, 1947 SS Himera runs aground at Athens, kills 392 January 19, 1943 Joint Chiefs of Staff decide on invasion in Sicily January 19, 1942 Japanese forces invade Burma January 19, 1942 Titus Brandsma arrested by German occupiers January 19, 1941 British offensive in Eritrea January 19, 1941 British troops occupies Kassalaf Sudan January 19, 1939 Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin sets chicken-plucking record-4.4 sec January 19, 1938 GM began mass production of diesel engines January 19, 1937 Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame January 19, 1937 Millionaire Howard Hughes sets transcontinental air record (7h28m25s) January 19, 1935 KLM begins flight path between Curaeao and Aruba January 19, 1934 Kenesaw Mountain Landis denies Joe Jackson's appeal for reinstatement January 19, 1932 Charlie Conacher becomes 1st Toronto Maple Leaf to score 5 goals in a game, 1st coming at 7 seconds of game January 19, 1929 Acadia National Park, Maine established January 19, 1929 Clas Thunberg skates world record 500m in 42.8 sec January 19, 1927 British government decides to send troops to China January 19, 1925 -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Van Buren, Maine (state record) January 19, 1923 WMC-AM in Memphis Tennessee begins radio transmissions January 19, 1922 Geological survey says U.S. oil supply would be depleted in 20 years January 19, 1921 Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador sign Pact of Union January 19, 1920 Alexandre Millerand forms French government January 19, 1920 U.S. Senate votes against membership in League of Nations January 19, 1919 "Tidal wave" of molasses 15 m high x 25 m wide kills dozens, Boston January 19, 1918 Soviets disallows a Constitution Assembly January 19, 1917 Silvertown Essex's ammunition factory explodes; 300 die January 19, 1915 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die January 19, 1915 Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude January 19, 1913 Raymond Poincare installed as president of France January 19, 1910 Germany and Bolivia ends commerce/friendship treaty January 19, 1910 National Institute of Arts and Letters incorporated by Congress January 19, 1909 Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in New York City January 19, 1906 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin January 19, 1903 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between U.S. and England January 19, 1903 New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced January 19, 1899 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms January 19, 1898 Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game January 19, 1886 Aurora Ski Club, 1st in U.S., founded in Minnesota January 19, 1885 Battle at Abu Klea Sudan: 800-1000 killed January 19, 1884 Jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris January 19, 1871 1st Negro lodge of U.S. Masons approved, New Jersey January 19, 1865 NV Suriname Bank established January 19, 1865 Union occupies Fort Anderson, NC January 19, 1863 General Mieroslawski appointed dictator of Poland January 19, 1862 Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads) January 19, 1861 Georgia becomes 5th state to secede January 19, 1861 MS troops take Ft. Massachusetts an Ship Island January 19, 1853 Napoleon III marries Eugenie de Montijo January 19, 1853 Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore," premieres in Rome January 19, 1840 Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim) January 19, 1839 Aden conquered by British East India Company January 19, 1833 Charles Darwin reaches Straits Ponsonby, Fireland January 19, 1829 Johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1," premieres January 19, 1825 Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans January 19, 1810 Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50 degrees F (10 degrees C) January 19, 1808 Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law January 19, 1806 Britain occupies Cape of Good Hope January 19, 1795 Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy January 19, 1793 French King Louis XVI sentenced to death January 19, 1770 Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan) January 19, 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Stirling January 19, 1714 Richard Steele publishes "Crisis," defending Hanoverian success January 19, 1668 King Louis XIV and Emperor Leopold I sign treaty dividing Spain January 19, 1493 France cedes Roussillon and Cerdagne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona January 19, 1419 French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War January 19, 973 Pope Benedictus VI elected January 19, 379 Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire |