January 19

Tuesday 19, 1937:

Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.

Tuesday 19, 1915:

German zeppelins bomb the cities of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing more than 20, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.

Monday 19, 1829:

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.

Thursday 19, 1764:

John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.

Monday 19, 1520:

Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund

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