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January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 346 days remain until the end of the year (347 in leap years). Events. Pre-1600. 379 ...
Events. 1840 – Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States.; 1861 – American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States.
In the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Church, the feast is known as Timkat and is celebrated on the day that the Gregorian calendar calls January 19, but on January 20 in years when New Year in the Ethiopian calendar falls on Gregorian September 12 (i.e. when the following February in the Gregorian calendar will have 29 days).
January 19. Good Memory Day. National Popcorn Day. January 20. Inauguration Day. International Day of Acceptance. National Cheese Lover’s Day. National Coffee Break Day. National Penguin Day.
In 1987, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was added as a federal holiday for the third Monday in January, and in that year the Texas Legislature made it an optional state holiday, and in 1991 they made MLK Day an official state holiday. In some years (1987, 1998, 2004, 2009, 2015, 2026) MLK Jr. Day and Confederate Heroes Day fall on the same day.
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ARIES (MARCH 21 - APRIL 19) January is all about getting aligned with your purpose, Aries. Venus, the planet that rules over all things love and desire, moves into the dreamy, emotional water sign ...
2010 Haiti earthquake: . The United Nations Security Council increases the size of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti by 3,500. (UN News Centre) Scores of United States Navy troops land near the Haitian presidential palace, bringing food, water, and equipment.