All Events

Historical Events on January 19

  • American Civil War

    1861

    American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.

  • Thomas Edison

    1883

    The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.

  • World War I

    1915

    World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.

  • World War II

    1941

    World War II: The Greek Triton (Y-5) sinks the Italian submarine Neghelli in Otranto.

  • Douglas MacArthur

    1946

    General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.

  • Gerald Ford

    1977

    President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").

  • Gulf War

    1991

    Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.

  • Czech Republic

    1993

    Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.

  • Yasser Arafat

    1997

    Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.

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Famous Birthdays on January 19

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Famous Deaths on January 19

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