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 19^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 346 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 6, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,737,244,800 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 10 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 4,412 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

January 19 Historical Events

• 1764 –
  John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
• 1806 –
  The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope.
• 1840 –
  Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
• 1893 –
  Henrik Ibsen’s play The Master Builder receives its premiere performance in Berlin.
• 1942 –
  World War II: Japanese forces invade Burma
• 1945 –
  World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź ghetto. Out more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.
• 1978 –
  The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW’s plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America would continue until 2003.
• 1983 –
  The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
• 2006 –
  A Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crashes in Hungary.
• 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?

• 1736 –
  James Watt, Scottish inventor (d. 1819)
• 1739 –
  Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)
• 1832 –
  Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist (d. 1875)
• 1876 –
  Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet (d. 1899)
• 1876 –
  Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (d. 1943)
• 1943 –
  Janis Joplin, American singer (d. 1970)
• 1949 –
  Dennis Taylor, Northern Irish snooker player
• 1950 –
  Grant Nordman, Canadian politician
• 1962 –
  Hans Daams, Dutch cyclist
• 1992 –
  Logan Lerman, American actor

Who died on January 19?

• 1576 –
  Hans Sachs, German Meistersinger (b. 1494)
• 1757 –
  Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1674)
• 1847 –
  Charles Bent, New Mexico pioneer (assassinated) (b. 1799)
• 1869 –
  Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
• 1906 –
  Bartolomé Mitre, Argentine historian and politician, president of the country (b. 1821)
• 1982 –
  Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)
• 1990 –
  Semprini, English musician (b. 1908)
• 2000 –
  Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)
• 2007 –
  Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas & the Papas) (b. 1940)
• 2007 –
  Scott “Bam Bam” Bigelow, American professional wrestler (b. 1961)