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Events

1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy.
1511 - Mirandola surrenders to the French.
1520 - Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund.
1764 - John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
1788 - Second group of ships of the First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay.
1795 - Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands. End of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
1806 - The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope.
1812 - Peninsular War: After a ten day siege Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, ordered British soldiers of the Light and third divisions storm Ciudad Rodrigo.
1817 - An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crossed the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
1829 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust Part 1 premieres.
1839 - British East India Company captures Aden.
1840 - Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
1853 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore premieres in Rome.
1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs - The Confederate States of America suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
1871 - Franco-Prussian War: Battle of St. Quentin is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
1883 - The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
1893 - Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin.
1899 - Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
1915 - George Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
1915 - World War I: 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.
1917 - German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann sends the Zimmermann Telegram to Mexico, proposing a German-Mexican alliance against the United States.
1917 - Silvertown explosion: 73 are killed and 400 injured in an explosion in a munitions plant in London.
1918 - Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
1920 - The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
1935 - Coopers Inc. sold the world's first briefs.
1937 - Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
1941 - World War II: British troops attack Italian-held Eritrea.
1942 - World War II: Japanese forces invade Burma.
1945 - World War II: Soviet forces liberate ghetto of Łódź. Out of 230,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived Nazi occupation.
1946 - General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
1949 - Cuba recognises Israel.
1953 - 68% of all United States television sets were tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
1966 - Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India.
1969 - Student Jan Palach died after setting himself on fire 3 days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turned into another major protest.
1971 - Revival of No, No, Nanette premieres at 46th Street Theatre, New York City.
1974 - The UCLA men's basketball team sees its 88-game winning streak end at the hands of Notre Dame.
1975 - Triple J begins broadcasting in Sydney, Australia.
1977 - President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
1977 - Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snowfall has occurred. It also fell in the Bahamas.
1978 - The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America will continue until 2003.
1981 - Iran Hostage Crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
1983 - Klaus Barbie, Nazi war criminal, is arrested in Bolivia.
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.
1991 - The Party of the Alliance of Youth, Workers and Farmers of Angola is founded in Luanda, Angola.
1992 - Decree time is restored in Russia after its previous abolition in March 1991.
1993 - IBM announces a $4.97 billion loss for 1992, the largest single-year corporate loss in United States history.
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.
2006 - A Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crashes‎ in Hungary.
2006 - The New Horizons probe was launched by NASA on the first mission to Pluto.
2006 - Jet Airways announces its purchase of Air Sahara, creating the largest domestic airline in India.

Births

399 - Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453)
1544 - King Francis II of France (d. 1560)
1736 - James Watt, Scottish inventor (d. 1819)
1739 - Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)
1807 - Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870)
1808 - Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)
1809 - Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet (d. 1849)
1813 - Sir Henry Bessemer, English inventor (d. 1898)
1832 - Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist (d. 1875)
1833 - Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician (d. 1872)
1839 - Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)
1848 - John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904)
1851 - Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (d. 1922)
1863 - Werner Sombart, German sociologist (d. 1941)
1878 - Herbert Chapman, English football player and manager (d. 1934
1879 - Boris Savinkov, Russian writer (d. 1925)
1887 - Alexander Woollcott, American intellectual (d. 1943)
1892 - Ólafur Thors, Icelandic politician (d. 1964)
1905 - Stanley Hawes, British-born Australian film producer, director and administrator (d. 1991)
1908 - Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician (d. 1971)
1909 - Hans Hotter, German bass-baritone (d. 2003)
1912 - Leonid Kantorovich, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
1913 - "Minnesota Fats", American billiards player (d. 1996)
1913 - Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (d. 1955)
1914 - Bob Gerard, British racing driver (d. 1990)
1917 - John Raitt, American singer and actor (d. 2005)
1918 - John H. Johnson, American publisher (d. 2005)
1920 - Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian United Nations Secretary General
1921 - Patricia Highsmith, American author (d. 1995)
1921 - "Billy Batts" Devino, American gangster (d. 1970)
1922 - Guy Madison, American actor (d. 1996)
1923 - Jean Stapleton, American actress
1923 - Markus Wolf, German spy (d. 2006)
1924 - Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (d. 1985)
1924 - Jean-François Revel, French author (d. 2006)
1926 - Fritz Weaver, American actor
1930 - Tippi Hedren, American actress
1931 - Robert MacNeil, Canadian journalist
1932 - Richard Lester, British director
1936 - Ziaur Rahman, President of Bangladesh (d. 1981)
1939 - Phil Everly, American musician
1940 - Paolo Borsellino, Italian magistrate (d. 1992)
1941 - Colin Gunton, British theologian (d. 2003)
1941 - Tony Anholt, British actor
1942 - Michael Crawford, British singer and actor
1943 - Janis Joplin, American singer (d. 1970)
1943 - Petchara Chaowarat, Thai film actress
1943 - Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
1944 - Shelley Fabares, American actress
1944 - Peter Lynch, American investor
1944 - Dan Reeves, American football coach
1944 - Laurie London, English singer
1946 - Julian Barnes, English author
1946 - Dolly Parton, American singer and actress
1947 - Paula Deen, American chef and restaurateur
1947 - Rod Evans, British musician (Deep Purple)
1947 - Ann Compton, American news reporter
1948 - Frank McKenna, Canadian politician
1949 - Robert Palmer, English singer and guitarist (d. 2003)
1949 - Dennis Taylor, Northern Irish snooker player
1950 - Grant Nordman, Canadian politician
1952 - David Patrick Kelly, American actor
1953 - Desi Arnaz, Jr., American actor
1953 - Richard Legendre, Canadian politician
1954 - Katey Sagal, American actress
1954 - Ted DiBiase, American professional wrestler
1954 - Cindy Sherman, American artist
1954 - Katharina Thalbach, German actress and film director
1955 - Simon Rattle, English conductor
1955 - Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-born actor and comedian
1956 - Carman Licciardello, American Christian singer
1957 - Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rican politician
1962 - Hans Daams, Dutch cyclist
1963 - Michael Adams, American basketball player
1963 - Caron Wheeler, British singer (Soul II Soul)
1964 - Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer
1966 - Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field hockey player
1966 - Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player
1966 - Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer
1966 - Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 - Junior Seau, American football player
1969 - Steve Staunton, Irish footballer
1970 - Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian
1971 - Shawn Wayans, American actor and producer
1971 - John Wozniak, American singer and songwriter (Marcy Playground)
1972 - Joana Benedek, Mexican actress
1972 - Drea de Matteo, American actress
1972 - Ron Killings, American professional wrestler
1972 - Princess Kalina of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
1972 - Elena Kaliská, Slovak slalom canoer
1972 - Troy Wilson, Australian racing driver and AFL player
1973 - Karen Lancaume, French actress (d. 2005)
1974 - Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer
1974 - Ian Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player
1974 - Frank Caliendo, American comedian
1976 - Tarso Marques, Brazilian racing driver
1977 - Lauren, Cameroonian footballer
1977 - Nicole, Chilean singer
1979 - Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast
1979 - Wiley (rapper), English Rapper (Grime)
1980 - Jenson Button, English Formula One driver
1981 - Asier Del Horno, Spanish footballer
1981 - Lucho González, Argentine footballer
1982 - Jodie Sweetin, American child actress
1982 - Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player
1982 - Angela Chang, Taiwanese singer and actress
1983 - Utada Hikaru, American-born Japanese singer and songwriter
1984 - Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player
1984 - Euan Blair, Eldest son of Tony Blair
1984 - Karun Chandhok, Indian racing driver
1985 - Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
1985 - Esteban Guerrieri, Argentine racing driver
1991 - Erin Sanders, American child actress

Deaths

639 - Dagobert I, King of the Franks
1526 - Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501)
1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (b. 1517)
1576 - Hans Sachs, German Meistersinger (b. 1494)
1661 - Thomas Venner, Fifth Monarchist (executed)
1729 - William Congreve, English playwright (b. 1670)
1757 - Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1674)
1766 - Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born French architect and painter (b. 1695)
1785 - Jonathan Toup, English classical scholar and critic (b. 1713)
1833 - Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold, French composer (b. 1791)
1847 - Charles Bent, New Mexico pioneer (assassinated)
1851 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805)
1865 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)
1869 - Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
1874 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (b. 1798)
1878 - Henri Victor Regnault French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
1905 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (b. 1817)
1929 - Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873)
1939 - Cliff Heathcote, baseball player (b. 1898)
1948 - Tony Garnier, French architect (b. 1869)
1954 - Theodor Kaluza, German scientist (b. 1885)
1964 - Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
1968 - Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b. 1879)
1969 - Jan Palach, Czech student and political activist (suicide) (b. 1948)
1971 - Harry Shields, American musician (b. 1899)
1972 - Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
1973 - Max Adrian, Northern Irish actor (b. 1903)
1975 - Thomas Hart Benton, American painter (b. 1889)
1980 - William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1898)
1982 - Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)
1984 - Max Bentley, National Hockey League player (b. 1920)
1990 - Rajneesh, Indian religious leader (b. 1931)
1990 - Semprini, English musician (b. 1908)
1990 - Herbert Wehner, German politician (b. 1906)
1991 - John Russell, American actor (b. 1921)
1991 - Marcel Chaput, Quebec politician (b. 1918)
1996 - Don Simpson, American film producer (b. 1943)
1997 - James Dickey, American writer (b. 1923)
1997 - Adriana Caselotti, American actress (b 1916)
1998 - Carl Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1932)
1999 - Ivan Francescato, Italian Rugby Union star (b. 1967)
2000 - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)
2000 - Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born actress (b. 1913)
2001 - Dario Vittori, Argentinean actor (b. 1921)
2003 - Françoise Giroud, French writer and journalist (b. 1916)
2004 - Harry E. Claiborne, American judge (suicide) (b. 1917)
2004 - David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955)
2005 - Bill Andersen, New Zealand communist and trade union leader (b. 1924)
2005 - K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974)
2006 - Wilson Pickett, soul singer (b. 1941)
2006 - Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1933)
2006 - Anthony Franciosa, American actor (b. 1928)
2007 - Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, American professional wrestler (b. 1961)
2007 - Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer and composer (b. 1969)
2007 - Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor (b. 1954)
2007 - Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas and the Papas) (b. 1940)

Holidays and observances

Confederate Heroes Day in Texas.
The Poe Toaster commemorates the death of Edgar Allan Poe at his grave in Baltimore.

Religious feasts

Maris, Martha, Abachum and Audifax^[1]^[2]
Canute IV of Denmark^[1]
Henry of Uppsala^[1]
Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester^[1]
Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy — Julian Calendar Theophany (Epiphany).
St. Mark of Ephesus feast day .
Bahá'í Faith — Feast of Sultán (Sovereignty) — First day of the 17th month of the Bahá'í Calendar.
January 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d *Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4.
^ *Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saint. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.

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