19 January
January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 346 days remaining (347 in leap years)
Events
Births
- 399 - Pulcheria, Byzantine empress, (d. 453)
- 1736 - James Watt, builder of steam engines, (d. 1819)
- 1807 - Robert E. Lee, Confederate general, (d. 1870)
- 1809 - Edgar Allan Poe, poet, short story author, (d. 1849)
- 1813 - Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor, (d. 1898)
- 1839 - Paul Cézanne, painter, (d. 1906)
- 1848 - John F. Stairs, businessman, statesman, (d. 1904)
- 1851 - Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer, (d. 1922)
- 1887 - Alexander Woollcott, intellectual, (d. 1943)
- 1907 - Lilian Harvey, actress, (d. 1968)
- 1920 - Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, United Nations Secretary General
- 1921 - Patricia Highsmith, author, (d. 1995)
- 1923 - Jean Stapleton, actress
- 1926 - Fritz Weaver, actor
- 1931 - Tippi Hedren, actress
- 1931 - Robert MacNeil, journalist
- 1939 - Phil Everly, musician
- 1942 - Michael Crawford, singer, actor
- 1943 - Janis Joplin, singer, (d. 1970)
- 1943 - Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
- 1945 - Maria Jespen, theologian
- 1946 - Dolly Parton, singer, actress
- 1946 - Julian Barnes, author
- 1949 - Robert Palmer, singer, guitarist, (d. 2003)
- 1953 - Desi Arnaz Jr., actor
- 1955 - Simon Rattle, conductor
- 1971 - Shawn Wayans, actor, writer, producer
- 1982 - Jodie Sweetin, actress
- 1983 - Utada Hikaru, singer/composer/songwriter
Deaths
- 1847 - Charles Bent, New Mexico pioneer
- 1878 - Henri Victor Regnault physcisist and chemist, (b. 1810)
- 1969 - Jan Palach, political activist
- 1975 - Thomas Hart Benton, muralist, (b. 1889)
- 1990 - Herbert Wehner, German politician, (b. 1906)
- 1997 - James Dickey, poet, novelist, (b. 1923)
- 1998 - Carl Perkins, guitarist, (b. 1932)
- 2000 - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy, (b. 1934)
- 2000 - Hedy Lamarr, actress, (b. 1913)
- 2004 - David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach, (b. 1955)
Holidays and observances
See Also:
January 18 - January 20 - December 19 - February 19 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Referenced By
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