Historical Events In January - 19

1877  On January - 19 charles Coburn, Savannah Ga, actor (Devil & Miss Jones)  

1878  Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on January - 19.  

1879  Marie Koenen, author/wife of Felix Rutten (Wassend Cereal) on January - 19.  

1883  On this day in history the first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.  

1883  Hermann Abendroth, German conductor on January - 19.  

1884  On January - 19 jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris  

1884  Albert Louis Wolff, composer on this day in history.  

1885  On this day in history battle at Abu Klea Sudan 800-1000 killed  

1885  On this day in history battle at Abu Klea Sudan: 800-1000 killed  

1885  Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle on January - 19.  

1886  Aurora Ski Club, first in US, founded in Minnesota on January - 19.  

1886  On January - 19 aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota  

1887  On this day in history alexander Woollcott, NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner)  

1892  Olafur Thors, Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63) on January - 19.  

1893  Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin on January - 19.  

1893  On January - 19 julius Eichberg, composer, dies at 68  

1894  On January - 19 francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58  

1897  Natacha Rambova, Salt Lake City UT, costume designer on January - 19.  

1898  On this day in history brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game  

1899  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms on this day in history.  

1899  On this day in history [John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion, organist/composer  

1900  On this day in history bubonic plague spreads from Adelaide to Sydney (103 were to die).  

1902  On this day in history heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author (Moorkeerl)  

1903  On this day in history new bicycle race "Tour de France" announced  

1903  The first regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England on January - 19.  

1903  On this day in history 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England  

1903  On January - 19 alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur  

1904  James Winston Watts, developer (Frontal Lobotomy) on this day in history.  

1905  Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer on January - 19.  

1906  On January - 19 gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin  

1906  On this day in history ish Kabbible, [Merwyn Bogue], Penns, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege)  

1907  Variety magazine publishes film reviews for the first time on January - 19.  

1907  Lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz) on January - 19.  

1909  Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

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0399  Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) was born on January - 19.  

1200  On this day in history birth of dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto  

1544  On this day in history birth of francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60)  

1613  On January - 19 birth of jacques Huyn, composer  

1639  On January - 19 birth of noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian  

1676  John Weldon, composer was born on this day in history.  

1679  On this day in history birth of girolamo Chiti, composer  

1686  On January - 19 birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist  

0639  Dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies on this day in history.  

1479  Johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 on January - 19.  

1526  On January - 19 death of isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501)  

1547  On this day in history death of henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29  

1549  Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies on January - 19.  

1576  On January - 19 hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81  

1591  On this day in history edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60  

1625  On this day in history erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32