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Gravdigr · 01-19-2017, 01:36 PM

January 19

Today Texas celebrates Confederate Heroes Day, while much of the southern U.S. (including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi) celebrates today as Robert E. Lee Day.

Events

1419 – Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy.

1661 – Thomas Venner is hanged, drawn and quartered in London.

1817 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.

1829 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance.

1853 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.

1861 – American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States.

1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.

1915 – Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.

1915 – World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.

1917 – Seventy-three people are killed and 400 injured in an explosion in a munitions plant in London.

1920 – The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.

1937 – Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in seven hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.

1945 – World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.

1953 – Almost 72% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.

1971 - Tracks from The Beatles' The White Album (including 'Helter Skelter'), were played in the courtroom at the Sharon Tate murder trial to find out if any songs could have influenced Charles Manson and his followers to commit murder. Actress Sharon Tate who was married to film director Roman Polanski, was eight and a half months pregnant when she was murdered in her home, along with four others, by followers of Charles Manson.

1977 – President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").

1978 – The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.

1981 – Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.

1983 – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.

1983 – The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.

1986 – The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter unauthorized copying of the software they had written.

1988 - Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe manager Doc McGhee pleaded guilty to importing more than 40,000lb of marijuana into the US from Colombia via a shrimp boat. McGhee received a five-year suspended prison sentence, a fine of $15,000, and was ordered to set up an anti-drugs foundation.

1999 – British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.

2012 – The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI.

2017 – Plasco Building in Tehran, Iran burns and collapses.

Births

1736 – James Watt (Watt steam engine); 1807 – Robert E. Lee; 1809 – Edgar Allan Poe; 1813 – Henry Bessemer (Bessemer steel process); 1839 – Paul Cézanne

; 1887 – Alexander Woollcott; 1914 – Lester Flatt

(Flatt & Scruggs); 1923 – Jean Stapleton ('Edith' on All In The Family); 1924 – Nicholas Colasanto ('Coach' on Cheers); 1926 – Fritz Weaver (that guy who was in that thing); 1930 – Tippi Hedren (The Birds, Marnie, I Heart Huckabees); 1931 – Robert MacNeil (The MacNeil/Lehrer Report); 1932 – Richard Lester (director Superman movies); 1935 – Johnny O'Keefe♪ ♫; 1936 – Willie "Big Eyes" Smith♪ ♫; 1936 – Fred J. Lincoln

; 1939 – Phil Everly♪ ♫(The Everly Bros); 1940 – Mike Reid (EastEnders); 1942 – Michael Crawford♪ ♫; 1943 – Janis Joplin

♪ ♫(Big Brother & The Holding Company); 1944 – Shelley Fabares

; 1944 – Dan Reeves; 1946 – Dolly Parton♪ ♫

; 1947 – Paula Deen; 1947 – Rod Evans♪ ♫(Deep Purple, Captain Beyond); 1949 – Robert Palmer♪ ♫

(Power Station); 1951 – Martha Davis♪ ♫(The Motels); 1952 – Dewey Bunnell

(America); 1953 – Desi Arnaz, Jr.♪ ♫; 1954 – Katey Sagal (Married...With Children, Futurama, Sons Of Anarchy); 1955 – Paul Rodriguez; 1957 – Roger Ashton-Griffiths ('Mace Terrell' on Game of Thrones); 1958 – Thomas Kinkade

; 1959 – Jeff Pilson

(Dokken, Dio, Foreigner); 1961 – William Ragsdale ('Herman' on Herman's Head); 1966 – Stefan Edberg; 1968 – Whitfield Crane♪ ♫(Ugly Kid Joe); 1969 – Junior Seau; 1971 – Shawn Wayans; 1974 – Frank Caliendo

Deaths

1661 – Thomas Venner; 1853 – Karl Faber; 1968 – Ray Harroun

(won 1st Indy 500); 1975 – Thomas Hart Benton

; 1996 – Don Simpson (co-produced Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, The Rock); 1998 – Carl Perkins♪ ♫(wrote "Blue Suede Shoes"); 2000 – Hedy Lamarr; 2006 – Anthony Franciosa; 2006 – Wilson Pickett♪ ♫; 2007 – Denny Doherty♪ ♫(The Mamas & The Papas); 2008 – Suzanne Pleshette

(The Bob Newhart Show); 2008 – John Stewart♪ ♫("Gold", wrote "Daydream Believer"); 2013 – Stan 'The Man' Musial; 2014 – Ben Starr

01-19-2017, 01:36 PM	#515
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	January 19 Today Texas celebrates Confederate Heroes Day, while much of the southern U.S. (including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi) celebrates today as Robert E. Lee Day. Events 1419 – Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy. 1661 – Thomas Venner is hanged, drawn and quartered in London. 1817 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru. 1829 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance. 1853 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome. 1861 – American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States. 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict. 1915 – Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising. 1915 – World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target. 1917 – Seventy-three people are killed and 400 injured in an explosion in a munitions plant in London. 1920 – The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations. 1937 – Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in seven hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds. 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation. 1953 – Almost 72% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth. 1971 - Tracks from The Beatles' The White Album (including 'Helter Skelter'), were played in the courtroom at the Sharon Tate murder trial to find out if any songs could have influenced Charles Manson and his followers to commit murder. Actress Sharon Tate who was married to film director Roman Polanski, was eight and a half months pregnant when she was murdered in her home, along with four others, by followers of Charles Manson. 1977 – President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose"). 1978 – The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003. 1981 – Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity. 1983 – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. 1983 – The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced. 1986 – The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter unauthorized copying of the software they had written. 1988 - Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe manager Doc McGhee pleaded guilty to importing more than 40,000lb of marijuana into the US from Colombia via a shrimp boat. McGhee received a five-year suspended prison sentence, a fine of $15,000, and was ordered to set up an anti-drugs foundation. 1999 – British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999. 2012 – The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI. 2017 – Plasco Building in Tehran, Iran burns and collapses. Births 1736 – James Watt (Watt steam engine); 1807 – Robert E. Lee; 1809 – Edgar Allan Poe; 1813 – Henry Bessemer (Bessemer steel process); 1839 – Paul Cézanne; 1887 – Alexander Woollcott; 1914 – Lester Flatt(Flatt & Scruggs); 1923 – Jean Stapleton ('Edith' on All In The Family); 1924 – Nicholas Colasanto ('Coach' on Cheers); 1926 – Fritz Weaver (that guy who was in that thing); 1930 – Tippi Hedren (The Birds, Marnie, I Heart Huckabees); 1931 – Robert MacNeil (The MacNeil/Lehrer Report); 1932 – Richard Lester (director Superman movies); 1935 – Johnny O'Keefe♪ ♫; 1936 – Willie "Big Eyes" Smith♪ ♫; 1936 – Fred J. Lincoln; 1939 – Phil Everly♪ ♫(The Everly Bros); 1940 – Mike Reid (EastEnders); 1942 – Michael Crawford♪ ♫; 1943 – Janis Joplin♪ ♫(Big Brother & The Holding Company); 1944 – Shelley Fabares; 1944 – Dan Reeves; 1946 – Dolly Parton♪ ♫; 1947 – Paula Deen; 1947 – Rod Evans♪ ♫(Deep Purple, Captain Beyond); 1949 – Robert Palmer♪ ♫(Power Station); 1951 – Martha Davis♪ ♫(The Motels); 1952 – Dewey Bunnell(America); 1953 – Desi Arnaz, Jr.♪ ♫; 1954 – Katey Sagal (Married...With Children, Futurama, Sons Of Anarchy); 1955 – Paul Rodriguez; 1957 – Roger Ashton-Griffiths ('Mace Terrell' on Game of Thrones); 1958 – Thomas Kinkade; 1959 – Jeff Pilson(Dokken, Dio, Foreigner); 1961 – William Ragsdale ('Herman' on Herman's Head); 1966 – Stefan Edberg; 1968 – Whitfield Crane♪ ♫(Ugly Kid Joe); 1969 – Junior Seau; 1971 – Shawn Wayans; 1974 – Frank Caliendo Deaths 1661 – Thomas Venner; 1853 – Karl Faber; 1968 – Ray Harroun(won 1st Indy 500); 1975 – Thomas Hart Benton; 1996 – Don Simpson (co-produced Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, The Rock); 1998 – Carl Perkins♪ ♫(wrote "Blue Suede Shoes"); 2000 – Hedy Lamarr; 2006 – Anthony Franciosa; 2006 – Wilson Pickett♪ ♫; 2007 – Denny Doherty♪ ♫(The Mamas & The Papas); 2008 – Suzanne Pleshette(The Bob Newhart Show); 2008 – John Stewart♪ ♫("Gold", wrote "Daydream Believer"); 2013 – Stan 'The Man' Musial; 2014 – Ben Starr __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. 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