What are the important events that happened on January 19? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 19: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 19 is the 19th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 347 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 6, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,705,622,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘enneadecagon’ day.
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 22 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,046 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 19 Historical Events
- 1419 –Hundred Years’ War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy.
- 1795 –The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands bringing to an end the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
- 1839 –The British East India Company captures Aden.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States.
- 1937 –Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
- 1977 –President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. “Tokyo Rose”).
- 1983 –Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
- 1983 –The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
- 1996 –The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
- 2007 –Turkish Journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper’s office by 17 year old Turkish ultranationalist Ogün Samast.
Who were born on January 19?
- 1544 –King Francis II of France (d. 1560)
- 1736 –James Watt, Scottish inventor (d. 1819)
- 1739 –Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)
- 1833 –Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician (d. 1872)
- 1908 –Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician (d. 1971)
- 1939 –Phil Everly, American musician
- 1944 –Dan Reeves, American football coach
- 1975 –Noah Georgeson, American musician
- 1976 –Tarso Marques, Brazilian racing driver
- 1984 –Jimmy Kebe, Malian footballer
Who died on January 19?
- 639 –Dagobert I, King of the Franks (b. c. 603)
- 1757 –Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1674)
- 1766 –Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-born French architect and painter (b. 1695)
- 1905 –Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (b. 1817)
- 1925 –Queen Maria Sophia of Two Sicilies (b.1841)
- 1965 –Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter and Olympic medalist (b. 1905)
- 1969 –Jan Palach, Czech student and political activist (suicide) (b. 1948)
- 1982 –Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)
- 2000 –Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born actress and inventor (b. 1913)
- 2011 –Ernest McCulloch, stem cell research pioneer (b. 1926)
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