19TH
JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST CANUTE IV OF DENMARK; SAINTS
ABACHUM & AUDIFAX; ST FILLAN OR FOELAN; ST ALBERT OF CASHEL; ST CHARLES OF
SEZZE; ST GERMANICUS; SAINTS MARIUS & MARTHA; ST MESSALINA; ST HENRY OF UPPSALA;
ST NATHALAN; & ST WULFSTAN." |
| 19TH |
973 |
"POPE BENEDICTUS VI" IS ELECTED. |
| 19TH |
1793 |
KING LOUIS XVI WAS TRIED BY THE FRENCH,
FOUND GUILTY OF TREASON & SENTENCED TO THE GUILLOTINE. |
| 19TH |
1853 |
"NAPOLEON III" MARRIES "EUGENIE de
MONTIJO." |
| 19TH |
1900 |
SYDNEY’S FIRST CASE OF THE PLAGUE
IS DISCOVERED; 103 DEATHS OCCUR IN SYDNEY OVER THE NEXT 8 MONTHS. |
| 19TH |
1903 |
A NEW BICYCLE RACE "TOUR de FRANCE" IS ANNOUNCED. |
| 19TH |
1907 |
THE GOVERNMENT KETCH PILOT SINKS
WITH THE LOSS OF 8 LIVES DURING A SEVERE CYCLONE AT COOKTOWN, QLD. |
| 19TH |
1915 |
MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE DIED WHEN GERMAN ZEPPELINS FIRST DROPPED
BOMBS ON ENGLAND AT GREAT YARMOUTH & KING’S LYNN. |
| 19TH |
1915 |
NEON TUBE SIGN PATENTED BY GEORGE
CLAUDE. |
| 19TH |
1917 |
SILVERTOWN ESSEX AMMUNITION FACTORY EXPLODES, KILLING 300. |
| 19TH |
1933 |
THE "AUSTRALIAN CRICKET
BOARD", WARNS "MARYLEBONE CRICKET CLUB" AGAINST BODYLINE BOWLING FOLLOWING
INJURIES TO BATSMEN DURING THE THIRD TEST IN ADELAIDE. |
| 19TH |
1942 |
THE JAPANESE INVADED BURMA. |
| 19TH |
1955 |
THE BOARD GAME, "SCRABBLE"
DEBUTS. |
| 19TH |
1956 |
THE SAVINGS BANKS; "BANK OF NSW" & "ANZ
BANK" OPEN TO END THE MONOPOLY OF THE "COMMONWEALTH SAVINGS BANK." |
| 19TH |
1966 |
"SIR ROBERT MENZIES," RETIRES
AFTER MORE THAN 16 YEARS AS AUSTRALIA’S PRIME MINISTER. |
| 19TH |
1966 |
"INDIRA GANDI" BECOMES PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA. |
| 19TH |
1969 |
CZECH STUDENT "JAN PALACH"
SETS HIMSELF ALIGHT IN PRAGUE’S WENCELAS SQUARE, IN PROTEST AT THE 1968 RUSSIAN
INVASION. |
| 19TH |
1976 |
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIER, "DON DUNSTAN,"
LIGHTHEARTEDLY ADDRESSED THE CROWD FROM THE BALCONY OF THE PIER HOTEL AT GLENELG AMID
FEARS A TIDAL WAVE WAS GOING TO HIT THE COAST AS PREDICTED BY A HOUSE PAINTER, "JOHN
NASH."
WHY WAS HE ON THE FIRST FLOOR BALCONY & NOT ON THE GROUND? |
| 19TH |
1977 |
A CROWD OF 12.7 MILLION ATTEND AN
INDIAN RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL. |
| 19TH |
1993 |
IBM ANNOUNCE A $4.97 BILLION LOSS FOR 1992, THE LARGEST
CORPORATE LOSS IN U.S. HISTORY. |
| 19TH |
1995 |
RUSSIAN FORCES OVERWHELM THE RESISTANCE
FORCES OF CHECHNYA. |
| 19TH |
1998 |
THE FIRST "TOUR DOWN UNDER" CYCLE RACE OPENED IN
ADELAIDE, WITH 40,000 SPECTATORS WATCHING ON. |
| 19TH |
2000 |
AFTER ALMOST 35 YEARS OF STRICT
SILENCE, "HUMPHREY B. BEAR" BREAKS HIS SILENCE & CHATS TO AUSTRALIAN
CHILDREN ON THE INTERNET. |
| 19TH |
2000 |
PORTUGESE DRIVERS, "CARLOS SOUSA" & "JOAO
LUZ" WERE CRITICALLY INJURED IN A FOUR CAR PILE-UP DURING THE ‘DAKAR
RALLY’, IN LIBYA.
SIX OTHER DRIVERS WERE INJURED WHEN THEY JUMPED THEIR CARS AT HIGH SPEED OVER A DUNE &
CRASHED ONTO THE OTHER CARS ON THE OTHER SIDE. |
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