On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on January 19:
0570 Mohammed Islamic prophet
1095 St Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester (ended sale of slaves at Bristol)
1200 Dogen Kigen Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto
1736 James Watt Scotland, inventor (steam engine)
1749 Isaiah Thomas US, printer/editor/publisher/historian
1798 Auguste Comte philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism)
1807 Robert Edward Lee Stratford VA, General-in-Chief (Confederacy)
1809 Edgar Allan Poe Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)
1813 Sir Henry Bessemer engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)
1816 Henry Gray Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1820 John Haskell King Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1888
1830 George Blake Cosby Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
1839 Paul Cézanne France, impressionist painter (Bathers)
1863 Werner Sombart German fascist (Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben)
1892 Olafur Thors Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63)
1914 Lester Flatt country musician (Flatt & Scruggs-Ballad of Jed Clampett, Rocky Top)
1920 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Lima Perú, 5th Secretary-General of UN (1982-91)
1922 Guy Madison [Robert Moseley], Bakersfield CA, actor (Wild Bill Hickok)
1924 Jean François Revel French journalist/author (Ni Marx ni Jésus)
1931 Robert MacNeil Montréal Québec Canada, news anchor (NBC Weekend News 1965-67)
1935 Tippi Hedren Minnesota, actress (The Birds, Marnie, Bold & Beautiful)
1936 Ursula Andress Switzerland, actress (She, Dr No)
1938 Phil Everly Brownie KY, singer (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie)
1942 Shelly Fabares Santa Monica CA, actress (Donna Reed Show, Coach)
1943 Janis Joplin Port Arthur TX, blues rock singer (Down on Me)
1944 Richard [Erskine Frere] Leakey Nairobi Kenya, anthropologist
1946 Dolly Rebecca Parton Sevierville TN, country singer (Dolly, 9 to 5)
1953 Desi Arnaz Jr Los Angeles CA, actor (Craig-Here's Lucy, Fakeout, Joyride)
1954 Steve DeBerg NFL quarterback (Broncos, Chiefs, Bucs, 49ers)
1954 Katey Sagal Los Angeles CA, actress (Peg Bundy-Married with Children)
1969 Junior Seau NFL inside linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
1976 Claire Grech Miss Malta-Universe (1997)
Deaths which occurred on January 19:
0639 Dagobert I king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies
1479 Johan II king of Aragón/Navarra, dies at 81
1547 Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29
1576 Hans Sachs composer, dies at 81
1629 Abbas I Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at 57
1885 Fred Burnaby English Colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle
1965 Frank Reicher actor (King Kong, Nazi Agent, Son of Kong), dies at 89
1975 Thomas Hart Benson US artist, dies at 85
1980 William O Douglas member US Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81
1990 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Indian guru, dies at 58
1995 Eugene Fuller polymath/linguist, dies at 80
1997 James Dickey poet/novelist, dies at 84
1998 Carl Perkins singer/songwriter(Honey Don't), dies at 65
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1967 ASHBY DONALD R. SR.---NEWPORT NEWS VA.
1967 BRADY ALLEN C.---NORFOLK VA.
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1967 EHRLICH DENNIS MICHAEL---POMPTON PLAINS NJ.
1967 JAYROE JULIUS S.---GEORGETOWN SC.
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1967 KRAMER GALAND D.---NORMAN OK.
[02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]
1967 YARBROUGH WILLIAM P. JR.---ABILENE TX.
[REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85]
1968 JOHNSON WILLIAM D.---ROCKY MOUNT NC.
1968 MURRAY PATRICK PETER---ST PAUL MN.
[REMAINS RETURNED 04/10/86]
1968 WALLACE HOBART MCKINLE JR---SHARON WV. 1974 KOSH GERALD E.
[01/31/74 RELEASED HONG KONG]
POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.
On this day...
0379 Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire
0973 Pope Benedictus VI elected
1419 French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War
1493 France cedes Roussillon & Cerdágne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona
1668 King Louis XIV & Emperor Leopold I sign treaty dividing Spain
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling
1793 French King Louis XVI sentenced to death
1795 Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy
1806 Britain occupies the Cape of Good Hope
1825 Ezra Daggett & nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans
1829 Johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1" premieres
1839 Aden conquered by British East India Company
1840 Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)
1853 Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premieres, in Rome
1861 Georgia becomes 5th state to secede
1861 MS troops take Fort Massachusetts an Ship Island
1862 Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads)
1863 General Mieroslawski appointed dictator of Poland
1865 Union occupies Fort Anderson NC
1871 1st Negro lodge of US Masons approved, New Jersey
1886 Aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota
1898 Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game
1899 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms
1903 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England
1903 New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced
1915 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die
1915 Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude
1917 Silvertown Essex's ammunition factory explodes; 300 die
1918 Soviets disallows a Constitution Assembly
1920 US Senate votes against membership in League of Nations
1922 Geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in 20 years
1923 WMC-AM in Memphis TN begins radio transmissions
1925 -48ºF (-44ºC), Van Buren ME (state record)
1929 Acadia National Park, Maine established
1934 Kenesaw Mountain Landis denies Joe Jackson's appeal for reinstatement
1937 Cy Young, Tris Speaker & Nap Lajoie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1937 Millionaire Howard Hughes sets transcontinental air record (7h28m25s)
1938 GM began mass production of diesel engines
1939 Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin sets chicken-plucking record-4.4 seconds
1942 Japanese forces invade Burma
1942 Titus Brandsma (Carmelite priest) arrested by German occupiers for speaking out against Nazism as a "lie" and "pagan"
1950 Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Canada CF-100 military plane
1952 PGA approves allowing black participants
1955 "The Millionaire" TV program premieres on CBS
1955 1st Presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower)
1955 "Scrabble" debuts on board game market
1956 Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field
1957 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1961 1st episode for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is filmed
1966 Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister
1971 Beatles' Helter Skelter is played at the Charles Manson trial
1972 Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame
1977 President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose)
1977 World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival
1977 Ernie Banks elected to Hall of Fame
1978 Eddie Mathews elected to Hall of Fame
1978 Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI
1979 John N Mitchell (former AG) released on parole from federal prison
1981 Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide
1981 US & Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages
1983 Klaus Barbie, SS chief of Lyon in Nazi-France, arrested in Bolivia
1984 California Supreme Court refuses to allow quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia to starve herself to death in a public hospital, she appeals and is later granted the right to die
1985 "Born In The USA" by Bruce Springsteen peaked at #9
1986 Spain recognizes Israel
1987 Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's 1st Republican governor since 1874
1989 President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon
1991 Sergeant Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt
1992 IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992
1992 Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble
1992 Rowdy Roddy Piper beats Mountie to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
1993 Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal
1993 Oakland A's unveil new elephant logo
1994 -20ºF (-29ºC) (5 32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland OH
1994 -36ºF (-38ºC) in New Whiteland IN (state record)
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
World : Kiwanis Week (Day 2)
Southern US : Robert E Lee Day
Texas : Confederate Heroes' Day
US : Horror Novels Are Horrendous Day
US : Junk Food News Alert Day
US : Cuckoo Dancing Week (Day 2)
National Oatmeal Month
Religious Observances
Orthodox : Commemoration of God (Epiphany) (Manifestation)
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of SS Marius, Martha, Audifax & Abachum, martyrs
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Canute, king of Denmark
Anglican : Feast of Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester, end Bristol slave sale
Lutheran : Commemoration of St Henry, bishop of Uppsala Finland/martyr
Religious History
1563 The Heidelberg Catechism was first published in Germany. Written by Peter Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus, it comprised a balanced statement of Calvinist tradition, and was soon after accepted by nearly all of the Reformed churches in Europe.
1568 Death of Miles Coverdale, 80, publisher of the first printed English Bible. He completed the translation of the Old Testament which William Tyndale had left unfinished at his death in 1536.
1774 Pioneer Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote in his journal: 'Lord, ever draw my heart after thee! May I see no beauty in any other object, nor desire anything but thee!'
1804 Anglican missionary to Persia Henry Martyn wrote in his journal: 'To be made fit for the work of a missionary I resigned the comforts of a married life, ...and that was a severe struggle. Now again will I put forth the hand of faith, though the struggle will be far more severe.'
1889 The Salvation Army split, as one faction within the denomination renounced allegiance to founder William Booth. Booth's son Ballington and his wife Maud led the American splinter group, which in 1896 incorporated itself as a separate denomination known as the Volunteers of America.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Thought for the day :
"Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier."