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Interesting things that happened January 19th:
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Birthdays on this date:
In 1736 James Watt, made the steam engine workable
In 1807 Robert Edward Lee, General-in-Chief of all C.S. Armies
In 1809 Edgar Allen Poe, writer
In 1813 Sir Henry Bessemer, engineer, inventor
In 1839 Paul Cezanne, painter
In 1923 Jean Stapleton (in New York City), actor (All in the Family)
In 1935 Tippi Hedren (in Minnesota), actor (The Birds)
In 1942 Michael Crawford (in England), actor (Phantom of the Opera)
In 1943 Janis Joplin (in Port Arthur, TX), singer
In 1944 Shelly Fabares (in Santa Monica, CA), actor
In 1946 Dolly Parton (in Tennessee), singer, actor
In 1947 Ann Compton, TV news reporter
In 1949 Robert Palmer, singer
In 1951 Linda Hayden
In 1953 Desi Arnaz, Jr., actor
In 1962 Chris Sabo
In 1966 Stefan Edberg
Events worth noting:
In 1770 Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)
In 1840 Captain Charles Wilkes sights Antarctica and claims it for the U.S.
In 1861 Georgia becomes the fifth state to secede.
In 1886 The Aurora Ski Club, first in U.S., is founded in Minnesota.
In 1903 First regular transatlantic radio transmission between US and
England.
In 1938 GM began mass production of diesel engines.
In 1955 "The Millionaire" TV program premiers.
In 1975 China adopted the new constitution under Mao Tse Tsung.
In 1977 Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) is pardoned from her treason charge
by U.S. President Gerald R. Ford.
And remember ...
National Health and Nutrition Month
National Book Month
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