Page 5: Historical Events In January - 19

1910  Germany & Bolivia ends commerce/friendship treaty on this day in history.   

1910  On January - 19 national Institute of Arts & Letters incorporated by Congress   

1910  On this day in history willi Schmidt, Germany, director   

1912  On this day in history francis David Charteris, earl of Wemyss & March/Scottish landowner   

1913  Raymond Poincaré installed as President of France on this day in history.   

1913  Raymond Poincaré installed as president of France on January - 19.   

1913  On this day in history phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author   

1913  David Emlyn Evans, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history lester Flatt, country musician (Flatt & Scruggs)   

1915  German zeppelins bomb London for the first time in World War I on January - 19.   

1915  On this day in history neon Tube sign patented by George Claude   

1915  On this day in history the first German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die   

1915  The Germans perform the first aerial bombing of Britain, from a pair of Zeppelin dirigibles during WWI on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die   

1915  Alvy West, Bkln NY, orch leader (Andy Williams Show) on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history silvertown Essex's ammunition factory explodes; 300 die   

1917  On this day in history john Raitt, Bonnie Raitt's father/singer/actor (Pajama Game)   

1918  On this day in history soviets disallows a Constitution Assembly   

1918  John H Johnson, US, publisher (Negro Digest, Ebony, Jet) on this day in history.   

1919  "Tidal wave" of molasses 15 m high x 25 m wide kills dozens, Boston on this day in history.   

1919  On January - 19 anthony Dexter, [Walter Fleischmann], NB Canada, actor (Valentino)   

1920  Alexandre Millerand forms French government on January - 19.   

1920  On January - 19 uS Senate votes against membership in League of Nations   

1920  On this day in history alexandre Millerand forms French govt   

1920  Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian United Nations Secretary General on January - 19.   

1921  Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador sign Pact of Union on this day in history.   

1921  Patricia Highsmith, [Plangman], US/Swiss writer (Strangers on a Train) on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in 20 years   

1922  Arthur Morris, cricketer (great Australian lefty opening batsman) on January - 19.   

1923  On January - 19 the Grand Trunk Railway is amalgamated into the Canadian National System by order in council P.C. 114. By 1923 the system included the Canadian Government Railways (including the Intercolonial, the Prince Edward Island and the National Transcontinental Railways); the Hudson Bay Railway; the Canadian Northern and its subsidiaries; the Grand Trunk Pacific; and the Grand Trunk (including the Grand Trunk Western and the Grand Trunk New England lines).   

1923  On this day in history wMC-AM in Memphis TN begins radio transmissions   

1923  On January - 19 jean Stapleton, NYC, actress (Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family)   

1924  7th earl of Carnarvon, English large landowner on January - 19.   

1925  -48ºF (-44ºC), Van Buren ME (state record) on this day in history.   

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

1200  Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto was born on January - 19.   

1544  Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On this day in history birth of jacques Huyn, composer   

1639  On this day in history birth of noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian   

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

1679  On January - 19 birth of girolamo Chiti, composer   

1686  Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist was born on January - 19.   

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

1479  On January - 19 johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81   

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

1547  Death of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29 on this day in history.   

1549  Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1576  Hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81 on January - 19.   

1591  Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60 on January - 19.   

1625  Erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32 on January - 19.