Birthdates Which Occur on January 19:
570 Mohammed Islamic prophet (Koran)
1200 Dogen Kigen Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto
1544 Francis II de Valois-Angoulˆme king of France (1559-60)
1613 Jacques Huyn composer
1639 No‰l Alexandre French theologian/historian
1676 John Weldon composer
1679 Girolamo Chiti composer
1686 Hakuin Ekakuborn Japan, Zen Buddhist
1736 James Watt Scotland, inventor (steam engine)
and Laurens P van de Spiegel Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95
1737 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Fr writer (Paul et Virgin)
1749 Isaiah Thomas US, printer/editor/publisher/historian
1760 Melchor Lopez Jimenez composer
1798 Auguste Comte philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism)
1806 Vaclav Jindrich Veit composer
1807 Robert Edward Lee Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy)
1809 Edgar Allan Poe Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)
1813 Henry Bessemer engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)
1816 Henry Gray Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1820 John Haskell King Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888
1827 Carlos Guido y Spano Argentina, conductor (R fagas)
1830 George Blake Cosby Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
1832 Ferdinand Laub composer
and Salvador Giner y Vidal composer
1837 William Williams Keen surgeon (brain)
1839 Bohumil Pazdirek composer
and Paul C‚zanne France, impressionist painter (Bathers)
1851 David Starr Jordan NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford)
and Johannes C Kapteyn Dutch astronomer
1859 Alice Eastwood Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif)
1863 Werner Sombart German fascist (Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben)
1866 Harry Davenport NYC, actor/director (Her Unborn Child, My Sin)
1869 Alfred R Zimmerman mayor of Rotterdam (1906-22)
1877 Charles Coburn Savannah Ga, actor (Devil & Miss Jones)
1883 Hermann Abendroth German conductor
1884 Albert Louis Wolff composer
1887 Alexander Woollcott NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner)
1892 Olafur Thors Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63)
1897 Natacha Rambova Salt Lake City UT, costume designer
and Ren‚ Victor Flemish lawyer/knight (Rechtskundig Weekblad)
19-- Anthony Herrera Wiggins Miss, actor (As the World Turns, Dane-Loving)
and F[red] J Lincoln XXX director (Daisy Mae, Game of Love, Maneaters)
and Richard Van Vleet Denver Colo, actor (Chuck-All My Children)
and Whitfield Crane rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad)
1903 Erwin Nyiregyh zi Budapest Hungary, pianist
1906 Ish Kabbible [Merwyn Bogue], Penns, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege)
and Lanny Ross Seattle, radio singer (Show Boat, The Swift Show)
1907 Lillian Harvey London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz)
1910 Willi Schmidt Germany, director
1912 Jean GH "Sjeng" Tans Dutch soc dem chairman (1965-69)
and Leonid V Kantorovich St Petersburg Russia, economist (Nobel)
1915 Alvy West Bkln NY, orch leader (Andy Williams Show)
1917 Rudolf Maros composer
1918 John H Johnson US, publisher (Negro Digest, Ebony, Jet)
1919 Anthony Dexter [Walter Fleischmann], NB Canada, actor (Valentino)
and Dharam Singh India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964)
1920 Javier P‚rez de Cu‚llar Lima Per£, 5th sec-gen of UN (1982-91)
1921 Patricia Highsmith US, detective writer (L'amateur d'escargot)
1922 Guy Madison Bakersfield Calif, actor (Adv of Wild Bill Hickok)
and Ken Hughes Liverpool England, director (Casino Royale)
1923 Jean Stapleton NYC, actress (Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family)
1924 Jean Fran‡ois Revel French journalist/author (Ni Marx ni J‚sus)
and Nicholas Colasanto Providence RI, actor (Coach Ernie-Cheers)
1926 Fritz Weaver Pitts Pa, actor (Josef-Holocaust, Day of the Dolphin)
1928 Dainin Katagiri Osaka Japan, Zen teacher, associate of Shunryu Suzuki
and Edward Gerard Schurmann composer
1929 Ulu Grosbard Belgium, actor(?)
1931 Robert MacNeil Montreal, news anchor (NBC Weekend News, 1965-67)
and Ron Packard (Rep-R-CA, 1983- )
1932 Joe Schmidt NFL linebacker (Detroit)
and Richard Lester movie director (Hard Day's Night, Help!, Petulia)
1933 Marc FA Andries Flemish actor (Central Station)
1935 Tippi Hedren Minnesota, actress (The Birds, Marnie, Bold & Beautiful)
1936 Elliott Schwartz composer
and Ursula Andress Switzerland, actress (She)
1938 Denny Smith (Rep-R-OR, 1981- )
and Eskil Hemberg composer
and Phil Everly Brownie Ky, singer (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie)
1940 Barend J du Plessis S African minister of Finance (1984- )
1942 Michael Crawford England, Broadway star (Phantom of the Opera)
and Shelly Fabares Santa Monica Calif, actress (Donna Reed Show, Coach)
1943 Janis Joplin Port Arthur Tx, bluesy rock singer (Down on Me)
and Joe Butler rocker
and Margriet Francisca Dutch Princess
1944 Dan Reeves NFL Coach (NY Giants, Denver Broncos)
and Pehr Henrik Nordgren composer
1945 Charles Amirkhanian composer
and Rod Evans rocker (Deep Purple-Come Taste the Band)
and Vadim Abdrashitov
1946 A V Shchukin cosmonaut
and Dolly Rebecca Parton Sevierville Tn, country singer (Dolly, 9 to 5)
and Julian Barnes England, writer (Before She Met Me)
1947 Alessandro Haber actor (China is Near)
and Ann Compton news reporter (ABC TV)
1949 Robert Palmer Batley England, singer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
1951 Linda Hayden Middlesex England, actress (Blood on Satan's Claw)
and Martha Davis Calif, vocalist/guitar (Motels-Only the Lonely, Shame)
1952 Dewey Bunell Yorkshire England, rock guitarist (America-Daisy Jane)
1953 Desi Arnaz Jr LA Calif, actor (Craig-Here's Lucy, Fakeout, Joyride)
1954 Steve DeBerg NFL quarterback (Broncos, Chiefs, Bucs, 49ers)
1955 Simon Rattle England, orchestra conductor (Birmingham Symph Orch)
1957 Mickael Virtue rock keyboardist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
1960 Alfrederick Joyner E St Louis Ill, triple jumper (Olympic-gold-1984)
1961 Paul McCrane actor (Hotel New Hampshire, We're Fighting Back)
and William Ragsdale AK, actor (Fright Night, Mannequin 2, Smooth Talk)
1962 Anthony Edwards Santa Barbara, actor (Mike Monroe-Northern Exposure)
1963 Caron Wheeler English singer (Soul II Soul-Keep on Movin')
1966 Stefan Edberg Sweden, tennis player (Wimbledon 1988)
1971 Maurice Hofman soccer player (MVV)
1974 Gregory Playfair Suriname/Dutch soccer player (PSV)
and Taril Oulida soccer player (Ajax)
1977 Anne Miller Midland Mich, tennis star (1995 Darmstadt Germany)
and Taliesin Jaffe Venice Calif, actor (Willy-Hail to the Chief)
1982 Jodie Sweetin actress (Stephanie Tanner-Full House)
1993 John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg son of Caroline Kennedy
Deaths Which Occured January 19:
639 Dagobert I king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustri‰, dies
1479 Johan II king of Arag¢n/Navarra, dies at 81
1547 Henry Howard earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29
1576 Hans Sachs composer, dies at 81
1625 Erhard Buttner composer, dies at 32
1629 Abbas I Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at 57
1647 Johan van Beverwijck physician (Treas of Ongesontheyt), dies at 52
1669 Leo Allatios Greek/Italian theologist/literary, dies at about 82
1692 John Commelin director of Hortus Botanist (Amsterdam), dies at 62
1729 William Congreve English dramatist, dies
1747 Johann Bode "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies
1795 Maria Teresa Agnesi composer, dies at 74
1805 Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier composer, dies at 43
1830 Wenzel Thomas Matiegka composer, dies at 56
1833 Louis-J-Ferdinand H‚rold French composer (Pr‚ aux clercs), dies at 41
1839 Georg Abraham Schneider composer, dies at 38
1878 Henri V Regnault French physicist/chemist, dies
1885 Fred Burnaby English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle
1893 Julius Eichberg composer, dies at 69
1894 Fran‡ois Haverschmidt writer, dies
1913 David Emlyn Evans composer, dies at 69
1927 Charlotte MAAVCL princess of Belgium/emp of Mexico (1864-67), dies
1934 Armand Parent composer, dies at 70
1944 Harold Fraser-Simson composer, dies at 71
1945 Ernest B Allo French theologist, dies at 71
1951 Constantin Nottara composer, dies at 60
Wilhelm Sch„fer German writer (Mein Leben), dies at 82
1954 Sydney Greenstreet actor (Maltese Falcon), dies at 74
1962 Snub Pollard actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72
1965 Frank Reicher actor (King Kong, Nazi Agent, Son of Kong), dies at 89
1967 Grace Cunard actress (Untamed, Ressurection), dies at 73
1969 Charles Winninger actor (Cafe Metropole, Coney Island), dies at 84
1970 Albert M„hll German writer, dies at 76
Hal March actor (Atomic Kit, Outrage, Yankee Pasha), dies at 49
1973 Max Adrian actor (Boy Friend, Her Favorite Husband), dies at 69
1975 Thomas Heart Benson US artist, dies at 85
1976 Kevin Coughlin actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in hit-&-run at 30
1977 Geraldine Brooks actress (Faraday & Co, Dumplings), dies at 51
1979 Paul Meurisse actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies
1980 Richard Franko Goldman composer, dies at 69
William O Douglas member US Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81
1982 Leopold Trepper Polish/Israeli spy, dies
Marc Demeyer Belgian bicyclist (Paris-Roubaix '76), dies
1987 Gerald Brenan English writer, dies at 92
1988 Ballard Berkeley actor (East meets West), dies at 83
1989 Norma Varden actress (Loose in London), dies
1990 Bhadwan Shree Rajneesh indian guru, dies at 58
Herbert Wehner German communist politicial chairman (SPD), dies at 83
1991 Don Beddoe actor (Bullwhip, Loophole, Texas), dies at 87
Glenn Langan actor (Big Chase, Rapture), dies of cancer at 73
John Russell actor/writer (Apache Uprising, Yellow Sky), dies at 70
1993 Chris Street basketball player, dies at 20
Kees Scherer photographer (World Press Photo), dies
Reginald Lewis CEO (Beatrice), dies at 50 of brain cancer
William LeMassena actor, dies of lung cancer at 76
Holidays Which Occur January 19:
Southern US Robert E Lee Day
Texas Confederate Heroes' Day
Religious Observances on January 19:
Orthodox Commemoration of God (Epiphany) (1/6 OS) (Manifestation)
RC Pontianus, martyr to Spoleto?
RC Severinus, apostle of Noricum/abbot
RC Wilhelmus of Donjeon, archbishop of Bourges
270 RC Commemoration of SS Marius, Martha, Audifax & Abachum, martyrs
1086 RC Commemoration of St Canute [Knud IV], king of Denmark
1095 Ang Feast of Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester, end Bristol slave sale
1156 Luth Commemoration of St Henry, bishop of Uppsala Finland/martyr
Things to Remember for January 19:
Flowers-carnation & snowdrop Gem-garnet
National Soup-National Egg Month-National Hobby Month
1 Day Astrological sign: Capricorn
1 Day Delta Cancrid meteor shower, radiant in Cancer, west of Praesepe
3 Days Coma-Berenicid meteor shower, radiant in Coma Berenices
[Ancient Rome] a d xiv Kal Feb
Highlights in History Which Occur January 19:
379 Theodosius installed as compassionate emperor of Eastern Reich
973 Pope Benedictus VI elected
1493 France cedes Roussillon & Cerd gne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona
1668 King Louis XIV & Emperor Leopold I sign treaty dividing Spain
1714 Richard Steele publishes "Crisis," defending Hanoverian success
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Stirling
1770 Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)
1793 French King Louis XVI sentenced to death
1795 Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy
1806 Britain occupies Cape of Good Hope
1808 Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law
1810 Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50øF (10øC)
1825 Ezra Daggett & nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans
1829 Johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1," premieres
1833 Charles Darwin reaches Straits Ponsonby, Vuurland
1839 Aden conquered by British East India Company
1840 Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)
1853 Napoleon III marries Eug‚nie de Montijo
and Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore," premieres in Rome
1861 Georgia becomes 5th state to secede
and MS troops take Ft Massachusetts an Ship Island
1862 Battle of Mill Springs, KY (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads)
1863 General Mieroslawski appointed dictator of Poland
1865 NV Suriname Bank established
and Union occupies Fort Anderson, NC
1871 1st Negro lodge of US Masons approved, New Jersey
1884 Van Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris
1885 Battle at Abu Klea Sudan: 800-1000 killed
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
and M Wolf discovers asteroid #502 Sigune
and New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced
and R S Dugan discovers asteroid #503 Evelyn
1906 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin
1909 Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in NYC
1910 Germany & Bolivia ends commerce/friendship treaty
1913 Raymond Poincar‚ installed as president of France
1915 1st German zeppelin attack over Great Britain
and Electric neon sign patented
1917 Silvertown Essex's ammunition factory explodes; 300 die
1918 Soviets disallows a Constitution Assembly
1919 "Tidal wave" of molasses 15 m high x 25 m wide kills dozens, Boston
1920 Alexandre Millerand forms French govt
and US Senate votes against membership in League of Nations
1921 Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador sign Pact of Union
1923 WMC-AM in Memphis TN begins radio transmissions
1925 -48øF (-44øC), Van Buren, Maine (state record)
1927 British govt decides to send troops to China
1929 Acadia National Park, Maine established
and Clas Thunberg skates world record 500m in 42.8 sec
1932 A Schmitt discovers asteroid #1215 Boyer
and Charlie Conacher becomes 1st Toronto Maple Leaf to score 5 goals
in a game, 1st coming at 7 seconds of game
1935 KLM begins flight path between Cura‡ao & Aruba
1937 Cy Young, Tris Speaker & Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
and L Boyer discovers asteroid #1412 Lagrula
and Millionaire Howard Hughes sets transcontinental air record (7h28m25s)
1939 Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin sets chicken-plucking record-4.4 sec
and Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #1533 Saimaa, #1646 Rosseland
#2464 Nordenskiold & #2802 Weisell
1941 British offensive in Eritrea
and British troops occupies Kassalaf Sudan
1942 Japanese forces invade Burma
and Titus Brandsma arrested by German occupiers
1943 Joint Chiefs of Staff decide on invasion in Sicily
1947 SS Himera runs aground at Athens, kills 392
1949 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1577 Reiss
1950 Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Canada CF-100 military plane
1952 NFL takes control of NY Yanks
and PGA approves allowing black participants
1953 Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary
1955 "Millionaire" TV program premieres on CBS
and 1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower)
1957 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1958 Canadian Football Council renamed Canadian Football League
1960 Eisenhower & Premier Kishi sign US-Japanese Security pact
1961 1st episode for "Dick Van Dyke Show" is filmed
1964 KFME TV channel 13 in Fargo, ND (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister
and Neil Simons, Coleman & Fields' musical "Sweet Charity," premieres
and Tippetts cantate "Vision of St Augustine," premieres in London
1967 Herr Karl Tausch writes shortest will "Vse Zene" (All to wife)
1968 WKBF TV channel 61 in Cleveland, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
1970 Dutch bishops says he is in favor of married priest
and Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails)
and UCLA fires Angela Davis for being a communist
1971 Beatles' "Helter Skelter" is played at Charles Manson trial
and NHL Writers' Assn renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Assn
1972 Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame
1974 Belgium govt of Leburton falls
and Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak
1975 4 mail truck assault on El Al B-747 in Paris, escape to Iraq
1977 Pres Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose)
and World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival
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
and US & Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages
1982 Heater explodes at Star Elementary School-Okla, kills 6 kids & teacher
1984 Francesco Moser bicycles world record time: 50,808 km
Calif Supreme Court rejects quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia, who
and wants to starve herself to death in a public hospital
1985 4 die in a car & train crash in Buda Ill
1986 Israeli premier Simon Peres visits Netherlands
and Spain recognizes Israel
1987 Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's 1st Republican governor since 1874
1989 Pres Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon
1991 Eastern Airlines shuts down operation
and Jumbo Tsuruta beats Stan Hansen to win All Japan Triple Crown title
and NHL All Star Game-Campbell conference beats Wales 11-5 in Chicago
and Sgt Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt
1992 IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992
and Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble
and Rowdy Roddy Piper beats Mountie to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
1993 Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal
and Oakland A's unveil new elephant logo
and STS-54 (Endeavour) lands
1994 -20øF (-29øC) (5:32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland Ohio
and -36øF (-38øC) in New Whiteland, Indiana (state record)
1995 Jean-Claude Juncker (28) sworn in as premier of Luxembourg
Your Special Reminders for January 19:
1875 -1øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1951 64øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 19th day of year with 346 remaining (Numerology = 2)
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