What Happened on January 19?
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EVENTS ON JANUARY 19
Franco-Prussian War
Year:
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.
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Thomas Edison
Year:
1883
The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
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Battle of Mill Springs
Year:
1862
American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
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American Civil War
Year:
1861
American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Year:
1853
Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
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Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Year:
1899
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
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Queen Victoria
Year:
1901
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, stricken with paralysis. She dies three days later at the age of 81.
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American Civil Liberties Union
Year:
1920
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
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United States Senate
Year:
1920
The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
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Silvertown explosion
Year:
1917
Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
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BIRTHS ON JANUARY 19
Ziaur Rahman
Year of birth:
1936
Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi general and politician, seventh President of Bangladesh (died 1981)
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Fred J. Lincoln
Year of birth:
1936
Fred J. Lincoln, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
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Willie Lee "Big Eyes" Smith was an American electric blues vocalist, harmonica player, and drummer. He was best known for several stints with the Muddy Waters band beginning in the early 1960s.
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Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
Year of birth:
1936
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer, harmonica player, and drummer (died 2011)
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Johnny O'Keefe
Year of birth:
1935
Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter (died 1978)
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John Richardson (actor)
Year of birth:
1934
John Richardson, English actor (died 2021)
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John Lions
Year of birth:
1937
John Lions, Australian computer scientist and academic (died 1998)
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Princess Birgitta of Sweden
Year of birth:
1937
Princess Birgitta of Sweden (died 2024)
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Tony Anholt
Year of birth:
1941
Tony Anholt, British actor (died 2002)
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Michael Crawford
Year of birth:
1942
Michael Crawford, English actor and singer
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Pat Patterson
Year of birth:
1941
Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler, trainer, and referee (died 2020)
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DEATHS ON JANUARY 19
Gustave Mesny
Year of death:
1945
Gustave Mesny, French general (born 1886)
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Tony Garnier (architect)
Year of death:
1948
Tony Garnier, French architect and urban planner, designed the Stade de Gerland (born 1869)
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Theodor Kaluza
Year of death:
1954
Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (born 1885)
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József Dudás
Year of death:
1957
József Dudás, Romanian-Hungarian activist and politician (born 1912)
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Branislav Nušić
Year of death:
1938
Branislav Nušić, Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (born 1864)
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Frank P. Ramsey
Year of death:
1930
Frank P. Ramsey, British mathematician, philosopher and economist (born 1903)
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António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra
Year of death:
1895
António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra, Portuguese magistrate and politician (born 1798)
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Bartolomé Mitre
Year of death:
1906
Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian historian and politician, sixth President of Argentina (born 1821)
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Ernest de Munck
Year of death:
1915
Ernest de Munck, Belgian cellist and composer (born 1840)
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Liang Qichao
Year of death:
1929
Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (born 1873)
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HOLIDAYS ON JANUARY 19
Robert E. Lee Day
Confederate Heroes Day (Texas), and its related observance: Robert E. Lee Day (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi)
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Man's Day and Woman's Day (Iceland)
Husband's Day (Iceland)
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Timkat
Theophany / Epiphany (Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy), and its related observances: Timkat, or 20 during Leap Year (Ethiopian Orthodox)
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Public holidays in North Macedonia
Theophany / Epiphany (Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy), and its related observances: Vodici or Baptism of Jesus (North Macedonia)
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January 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: January 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Wulfstan (died 1095)
Christian feast day: Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester
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Henry (bishop of Finland)
Christian feast day: Henry of Uppsala
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Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum
Christian feast day: Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum
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Mark of Ephesus
Christian feast day: Mark of Ephesus (Eastern Orthodox Church)
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Bassianus of Lodi
Christian feast day: Bassianus of Lodi
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