January 19

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on January 19. From 1900 until now. January 19 is under the sign of Capricorn. Famous birthdays on this day include Janis Joplin (1943), Dolly Parton (1946) and Logan Lerman (1992). Several movies were released around January 19 over the years, such as The Usual Suspects in 1995 directed by Bryan Singer and The Grapes of Wrath in 1940 directed by John Ford.
But much more happened on January 19 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Confederate Heroes Day in Texas.
Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy ? Julian Calendar Theophany (Epiphany).
St. Mark of Ephesus feast day .
Bah�'f Faith ? Feast of Sult�n (Sovereignty) ? First day of the 17th month of the Bah�'f Calendar.
National Popcorn Day in United States of America, however some claim this is whatever day the Superbowl lands on.
The unofficial National Popcorn Day
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Events

2019 Dissident Irish Republican campaign: A car bomb explodes outside a courthouse in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The bomb exploded as the area was being evacuated, and there were no injuries. Investigations currently point responsibility for the attack towards the New IRA dissident organisation. (BBC)
2018 Turkish military intervention in Afrin: With a cross-border artillery bombardment into the Afrin Canton, Turkey starts its announced military campaign to "destroy" the Syrian Kurdish YPG group. (Reuters)
2017 Syrian Civil War: ISIL militants execute 12 people in Palmyra, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (BBC)
2016 War in North-West Pakistan: At least 9 people are killed and 35 injured after a suicide bomber strikes near a security checkpoint near Peshawar, Pakistan. (Geo TV), (AFP via RTE)
2015 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State militants in the town of Kobanî, Syria on the Syria-Turkey border capture the strategic Mishtenur hill killing eleven fighters. (BBC)
2014 War in North-West Pakistan:: A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 20 soldiers. (BBC)
2013 Syrian civil war:: The children death toll of the Syrian civil war reaches 3,538, with over 60,000 people killed overall. (Al Jazeera)
2012 2011–2012 Syrian uprising: The Arab League observer mission ends, with its report to be reviewed at the weekend. (CBC)
2011 An army commander in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is accused of leading a recent mass rape in Fizi of at least 50 women. (BBC)
2010 2010 Haiti earthquake:
2009 The Palestinian National Authority's Central Bureau of Statistics reports that 1,300 Palestinians were killed; 5,400 were injured; and US$1.9 billion in damage was caused during the 22-day conflict with Israel in the Gaza Strip. (CNN)
2008 Adolfo Nicolás is elected as the thirtieth Superior General of the Society of Jesus. (BBC News)
2007 Turkish Journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's office by 17 year old Turkish ultranationalist Ogun Samast.
2006 A Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crashes in Hungary.
2005 Anna Escobedo Cabral becomes the 42nd US Treasurer.
2004 U.S. Senator John Kerry (Democrat-Massachusetts) wins the Iowa Democratic caucus. Vermont Governor Howard Dean's concession speech ends with a lively but controversial scream.
2003 The Golden Globe awards are held in Beverley Hills. Martin Scorsese wins Best Director for ''Gangs of New York''. ''Chicago'' wins three awards.
2000 Boland Hall fire: Three students died and 54 were injured in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University. Two students were charged with murder and arson for allegedly setting the fire.
1999 British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
1997 54th Golden Globes: English Patient, Brenda Blethyn and Geoffrey Rush
1996 NHL approves move of Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix.
1995 Jean-Claude Juncker (28) sworn in as premier of Luxembourg.
1994 Record cold temperatures hit the eastern United States. The coldest temperature ever measured in Indiana state history, -36 degrees F (-38 degrees C), is recorded in New Whiteland. The coldest temperature ever measured in Ohio state history, -20 degrees F (-29 degrees C), is recorded in Cleveland.
1993 STS-54 (Endeavour) lands
1992 City of Angels closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 878 performances
1991 48th Golden Globes: Dances with Wolves.
1990 Test debut of Mushtaq Ahmed, versus Australia at Adelaide.
1989 President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon.
1988 48 Hours premiers on CBS-TV
1987 Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's first Republican governor since 1874.
1986 Israeli premier Simon Peres visits Netherlands.
1985 Born In The USA by Bruce Springsteen peaked at #9
1984 Francesco Moser bicycles world record time 50,808 km (he is the first man to break the 50 km/h barrier).
1983 Klaus Barbie, SS chief of Lyon in Nazi-France, arrested in Bolivia
1982 Heater explodes at Star Elementary School-Oklahoma, kills six kids and teacher.
1981 US and Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages
1979 John N Mitchell (former Attorney General) released on parole from federal prison.
1978 Eddie Mathews elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1977 US President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri (Tokyo Rose), convicted in 1949 of treason, as witness testimony included lies under threat by the FBI and occupation police.
1976 Jimmy Carter wins the Iowa Democratic Caucus.
1975 Thomas Hart Benton, American painter (Born 1889)
1974 Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak.
1972 Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, and Early Wynn elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1971 No, No Nanette opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 861 performances
1970 UCLA fires Angela Davis for being a communist
1969 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-25.
1968 WKBF TV channel 61 in Cleveland, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 Herr Karl Tausch writes shortest will "Vse Zene" (All to wife).
1966 Tippetts cantate Vision of St. Augustine, premieres in London
1965 The unmanned ''Gemini 2'' is launched on a suborbital test of various spacecraft systems.
1964 KFME TV channel 13 in Fargo, ND (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 A counter-coup occurs in the Dominican Republic the old government returns except for the new president Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly.
1961 1st episode for Dick Van Dyke Show is filmed
1960 Eisenhower and Premier Kishi sign US-Japanese Security pact
1958 Canadian Football Council renamed Canadian Football League.
1956 Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field.
1955 Millionaire TV program premieres on CBS
1953 Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary.
1952 NFL takes control of New York Yanks
1949 The Poe Toaster first appears at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe.
1947 SS Himera runs aground at Athens, kills 392
1946 General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
1945 World War II: Soviet forces liberate the ?odz ghetto. Out more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.
1943 Joint Chiefs of Staff decide on invasion in Sicily
1942 Japanese forces invade Burma
1941 British troops occupies Kassalaf Sudan
1939 Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin, USA sets chicken-plucking record-4.4 seconds.
1938 General Motors begins mass production of diesel engines.
1937 Millionaire Howard Hughes sets transcontinental air record (7:28:25).
1935 KLM begins flight path between Cura?ao and Aruba.
1932 Charlie Conacher becomes first Toronto Maple Leafs' player to score five goals in a game, the first coming at 7 seconds of the game.
1929 Acadia National Park in Maine is established.
1927 British government decides to send troops to China.
1925 -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Van Buren, Maine (state record).
1923 WMC-AM in Memphis TN begins radio transmissions
1922 Geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in 20 years.
1921 Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador sign Pact of Union.
1920 Alexandre Millerand forms French government.
1918 Soviets disallows a Constitution Assembly.
1917 Silvertown explosion: 73 are killed and 400 injured in an explosion in a munitions plant in London.
1915 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die
1910 Germany and Bolivia ends commerce / friendship treaty
1903 New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced.
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