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This is a list of selected January 19 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. [1]649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender after a forty-day siege led by Tang dynasty general Ashina She'er, establishing Tang control over the northern Tarim Basin in Xinjiang.
1865 – Uruguayan War: Brazilian and Colorado Party forces captured the city of Paysandú from its Uruguayan defenders.; 1920 – Under the leadership of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer (pictured), U.S. Department of Justice agents launched a series of raids against radical leftists and anarchists in more than 30 cities and towns across 23 states.
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1970 - Death of Max Born, German physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1882) 1981 - Death of Harold C. Urey , American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1893) 2005 - Eris , the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System , is discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown , Chad Trujillo , and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21 ...
Born in Akron [citation needed] E. J. Burt: Athlete Football player Born and raised in Akron [citation needed] River Butcher: Actor Stand-up comic, co-creator and co-star of Take My Wife: Born and raised in Akron [20] Jimmy Butler: Actor Actor Born in Akron [citation needed] Glen Buxton: Musician Guitarist for Alice Cooper: Born in Akron ...
Hod O'Brien (January 19, 1936 –November 20, 2016), American hard bop pianist, would have turned 88 this year. Johnny O'Keefe (January 19, 1935 –October 06, 1978), Australian rock and roll singer, would have turned 89 this year. Horace Parlan (January 19, 1931 –February 23, 2017), American jazz pianist, would have turned 93 this year.
Months later Alexander Graham Bell repeated his famous statement over the phone in New York City which was heard by Dr. Watson in San Francisco. July 1957 – John Bardeen , Leon Cooper and Robert Schrieffer submit detailed research report, " Theory of Superconductivity " to the Physical Review (it was published in December).