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| January 19th |
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| About January 19th is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 346 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (347 in leap years). Births 1736 - James Watt, steam engine inventor 1807 - Robert E. Lee, Confederate Army General 1809 - Edgar Allan Poe, poet, author ("The Raven") 1931 - Carl Brashear, first African-American U.S. Navy Master Diver 1918 - John H. Johnson, businessman (Johnson Publishing Co.) 1943 - Janis Joplin, singer, songwriter 1944 - Dan Reeves, professional football coach 1947 - Paula Deen, celebrity cook (Paula's Home Cooking) 1954 - Katey Sagal, actress (Married... with Children) 1958 - Thomas Kinkade, painter ("Painter of Light") 1969 - Junior Seau, professional football player 1971 - Eric Mangini, professional football coach 1971 - Shawn Wayans, actor, comedian (In Living Color) 1982 - Jodie Sweetin, actress (Full House) Deaths 1979 - Tuffy Leemans, Hall of Fame running back 1998 - Carl Perkins, musician, songwriter ("Blue Suede Shoes") 2007 - Denny Doherty, singer, songwriter (The Mamas & the Papas) 2008 - Suzanne Pleshette, actress (The Bob Newhart Show) Events 1861 - Georgia secedes from the Union. 1935 - Coopers Inc. (now Jockey International, Inc.) sells the world's first briefs at Marshall Field's in downtown Chicago. 1953 - Nearly 70% of homes with televisions tune into watch Lucy Ricardo give birth to a son on I Love Lucy. 1966 - Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India and is India's first female head of government. 1974 - Notre Dame men’s basketball team defeats UCLA 71-70 snapping UCLA’s record-breaking 88-game winning streak. 1977 - Snow falls in Miami, Florida and in the Bahamas. 1983 - The Apple Lisa is announced, becoming the first commercial personal computer made by Apple to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse. 2001 - President Bill Clinton enters into an agreement with the Arkansas Bar where he is stripped of his license to practice law for 5 years. |
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