Historical Events and Current Affairs on January 19

1501: Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna
1536: Fran‡ois Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III
1562: Edict of St Germain recognizes Huguenots in France
1584: Bohemia adopts Gregorian calendar
1595: French king Henri IV declares war on Spain
1601: France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain
1656: Brandenburg & Sweden sign Treaty of K”nigsberg
1718: Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switz; kills 53
1746: Battle of Falkirk, Scotland-Edward I defeats & massacres Scots
1757: German Diet declares war on Prussia
1773: Capt James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66ø 33' S)
1775: 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol
1775: R B Sheridan's "Rivals," premieres in London
1779: Capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery
1821: M‚xico permits Moses Austin & 300 US families to settle in Texas
1827: Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander
1832: Johannes van den Bosch appointed gov-gen of Dutch-Indies
1852: British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa)
1861: Flush toilet patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!)
1862: -Jan 22nd) BBT Ft Henry, TN by USS Lexington
1863: Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia
1864: General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN
1871: 1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873)
1874: Armed Democrats seize Texas govt ending Radical Reconstruction
1882: 1st Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens office
1885: Brits beat Mahdists at Battle of Abu Klea in Sudan
1893: -17øF (-27øC), Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
1893: Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic
1895: French president Casimir-Perier resigns
1895: F‚lix Faure installed as president of France
1899: US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific
1904: Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" opens at Moscow Art Theater
1905: Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer & C G Scannell, Chicago
1911: Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly
1911: Percy Mackaye's "Scarecrow," premieres in NYC
1912: Robert Scott expedition arrives at South Pole, 1 month after Amundsen
1913: Raymond Poincar‚ elected president of France
1914: Gerhart Hauptmann's "Der Bogen des Odysseus," premieres in Berlin
1915: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's Hospital in Amsterdam opens
1915: Russia occupies Bukovina & Western Ukraine
1917: US pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands (or 3/21)
1920: Paul Deschanel elected president of France
1923: Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied
1923: Origin of Brown[?] lunation numbers
1926: George Burns marries Gracie Allen
1928: 1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented
1929: Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theater"
1933: Bradman takes second Test wicket, Hammond, bowled
1934: Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the NY Giants
1934: Electric Home & Farm Authority incorporated
1934: NY Giants reward MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with $18,000 contract
1938: Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman
1939: Ed Barrow is elected Yankee president succeeding deceased J Ruppert
1943: Tin Can Drive Day
1944: Korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean
1945: Auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation
1945: Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4:05.3), retires to do gospel work
1945: Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation)
1945: Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of
1945: thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary
1946: United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting
1947: Muiden Neth ammunition factory explodes, 16 die
1948: Netherlands & Indonesia agree to a cease fire
1948: Trial of 11 US Communist party members begins in NYC
1950: "Alive & Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 46 perfs
1950: 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities
1951: China refuses ceases-fire in Korea
1954: Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS)
1954: NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-9
1955: Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage
1957: 9-county commission recommends creation of BART
1957: Cavern Club opens (home of Beatles' 1st appearance)
1959: "Say, Darling" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 332 performances
1960: NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-21
1961: Eisenhower allegedly orders assassination of Congo's Lumumba
1962: A NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m
1962: Roy Harris' 8th Symphony, premieres in SF
1963: Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km
1963: Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 67 points vs LA
1966: B-52/KC-135 tankers crash near Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die
1966: Martin Luther King Jr opens campaign in Chicago
1968: Soyuz 4 & 5 completed 1st docking of 2 manned spacecraft
1969: Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK
1969: Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US
1969: Soyuz 5 lands
1970: 357 baseball players are available in the free-agent draft
1970: AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-3
1970: John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Mass)
1970: Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s
1971: Super Bowl V: Balt Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 in Miami
1971: Superbowl MVP: Chuck Howley, Dallas, LB
1972: Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd
1973: City of Amsterdam decides to support Hanoi
1973: New Philippine constitution names Marcos president for life
1974: Styne, Comdem & Green's musical "Lorelei," premieres in NYC
1976: "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow hits #1
1976: Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency
1977: KC releases Tommy Davis, ends an 18-year career with 10 teams
1977: NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 24-14
1977: Zaire president Mobutu visits Belgium
1979: NY Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against NY Rangers
1979: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran
1979: USSR performs underground nuclear test
1980: NASA launches Fltsatcom-3
1981: Philippino president Marcos ends state of siege
1983: 10th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers
1983: Alabama Gov George C Wallace, becomes governor for record 4th time
1983: Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians
1984: programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws
1984: Supreme Court rules (5-4) oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV
1986: Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1987: Pres Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran
1988: "Teddy & Alice" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 77 performances
1988: Leslie Manigay elected president of Haiti
1989: Gunman opens fire in Calif schoolyard; 5 students slain, 30 wounded
1989: Murden & Metz are 1st women to reach South Pole overland (on skis)
1989: Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami
1990: 5th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards: Bobby Darin
1990: Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract
1990: Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1990: Who, Simon & Garfunkel, 4 Seasons, 4 Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters &
1991: Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles on Israel
1991: Mountie Jacques Rougeau beats Hart for WWF intercontinental title
1991: Operation Desert Storm begins-US led allies vs Iraq
1991: Operation Desert Storm: 1st US pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn)
1992: Sarah Ferguson attends dinner of Everglades club (club excludes Jews)
1993: 14th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 32 awards
1994: 6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60, $30B in damage
1994: Liz Taylor released from the hospital after hip treatment
1995: "Carousel" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 322 performances
1995: 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan (5,372 die)
1995: Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1995: LA Rams announce that they are moving to St Louis
1997: NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely/$25,000 for kicking cameraman
1998: Pres Clinton faces sexual harrament charges from Paula Jones

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