January 19

Saturday 19, 2002:

Michael Jordan, formerly of the Washington Wizards, plays his first game in Chicago since rejoining the NBA.

Sunday 19, 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.

Tuesday 19, 1993:

IBM announces a $4.97 billion loss for 1992 which is the largest single-year corporate loss in United States history.

Wednesday 19, 1983:

The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Computer, Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.

Monday 19, 1981:

United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.

Wednesday 19, 1977:

Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that this occurs.

Sunday 19, 1975:

Double Jay began broadcasting in Sydney, Australia.

Saturday 19, 1974:

The UCLA men's basketball team sees its 88-game winning streak end at the hands of Notre Dame.

Tuesday 19, 1971:

Revival of No, No, Nanette premieres (46th Street Theatre, New York City).

Sunday 19, 1969:

Student Jan Palach died after setting himself on fire 3 days ago in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turned into another major protest.

Wednesday 19, 1966:

Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India.

Wednesday 19, 1955:

The Scrabble board game debuts.

Monday 19, 1953:

68% of all United States television sets were tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.

Wednesday 19, 1949:

Cuba recognises Israel.

Saturday 19, 1946:

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

Friday 19, 1945:

World War II: Soviet forces liberate ghetto of Lodz. Out of 230,000 inhabitants in 1940, less then 900 had survived Nazi occupation.

Monday 19, 1942:

World War II: Japanese forces invade Burma.

Sunday 19, 1941:

World War II: British troops attack Italian-held Eritrea.

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.

Saturday 19, 1935:

Coopers Inc. sold the world's first briefs.

Monday 19, 1920:

The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.

Saturday 19, 1918:

Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles between the Red Guards and the White Guard.

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.

Thursday 19, 1899:

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.

Thursday 19, 1893:

Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin.

Friday 19, 1883:

The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service (Roselle, New Jersey) It was built by Thomas Edison.

Wednesday 19, 1853:

Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore premieres in Rome.

Sunday 19, 1840:

Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States.

Saturday 19, 1839:

British East India Company captures Aden.

Monday 19, 1829:

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.

Sunday 19, 1806:

The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope.

Monday 19, 1795:

Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands. End of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.

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

Tuesday 19, 1419:

Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which makes Normandy a part of England.

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