January 19 in history
Events on January 19
Notable events that happened on January 19 in past years.
- 2025
Bytedance and sister companies are banned from the United States for "security concerns".
Wikipedia article: ByteDance - 2007
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's Istanbul office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast.
Wikipedia article: Hrant Dink - 1997
Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
Wikipedia article: Yasser Arafat - 1991
Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.
Wikipedia article: Gulf War - 1981
Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
Wikipedia article: Iran hostage crisis - 1966
Indira Gandhi becomes India's first female prime minister.
Wikipedia article: Indira Gandhi - 1946
General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
Wikipedia article: Douglas MacArthur - 1937
Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in seven hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
Wikipedia article: Howard Hughes - 1915
Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
Wikipedia article: Georges Claude - 1883
The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
Wikipedia article: Thomas Edison - 1853
Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
Wikipedia article: Giuseppe Verdi - 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.
Wikipedia article: José de San Martín - 1764
Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
Wikipedia article: Bolle Willum Luxdorph - 1511
The Italian Duchy of Mirandola surrenders to the Pope.
- 379
Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
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