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Interesting things that happened January 19th:

Birthdays on this date:
 In 1736 James Watt, made the steam engine workable
 In 1807 Robert Edward Lee, General-in-Chief of all C.S. Armies
 In 1809 Edgar Allen Poe, writer
 In 1813 Sir Henry Bessemer, engineer, inventor
 In 1839 Paul Cezanne, painter
 In 1923 Jean Stapleton (in New York City), actor (All in the Family)
 In 1935 Tippi Hedren (in Minnesota), actor (The Birds)
 In 1943 Janis Joplin (in Port Arthur, TX), singer
 In 1944 Shelly Fabraes (in Santa Monica, CA), actor
 In 1946 Dolly Parton (in Tennessee), singer, actor
 In 1947 Ann Compton, TV news reporter
 In 1949 Robert Palmer, singer
 In 1951 Linda Hayden
 In 1953 Desi Arnaz, Jr., actor
 In 1962 Chris Sabo
 In 1966 Stefan Edberg
 In 19?? Michael Crawford

Events worth noting:
 In 1770 Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)
 In 1840 Captain Charles Wilkes sights Antarctica and claims it for the U.S.
 In 1861 Georgia becomes the fifth state to secede.
 In 1886 The Aurora Ski Club, first in U.S., is founded in Minnesota.
 In 1903 First regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US and England.
 In 1938 GM began mass production of diesel engines.
 In 1955 "The Millionaire" TV program premiers.
 In 1975 China adopted the new constitution under Mao Tse Tsung.
 In 1977 Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) is pardoned from her treason charge
         by U.S. President Gerald R. Ford.

And remember ...
 National Egg Month
 National Eyecare Month

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