Historical Events In January - 19

1991  On January - 19 48th Golden Globes Dances with Wolves   

1991  On January - 19 iraqui Presidential Palace attacked as the Gulf War begins   

1991  Jumbo Tsuruta beats Stan Hansen to win All Japan Triple Crown title on January - 19.   

1991  Sergeant Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history don Beddoe, actor (Bullwhip, Loophole, Texas), dies at 87   

1992  A new Bulgarian President is elected in the countries first free elections on January - 19.   

1992  Cerebral Palsy telethon raises 23,500,000 on this day in history.   

1992  IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992 on this day in history.   

1992  Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble on January - 19.   

1992  On January - 19 rowdy Roddy Piper beats Mountie to become WWF Intercontinental Champ   

1993  On January - 19 celebrities ranging from Barbra Streisand to Michael Jackson to a reunited Fleetwood Mac threw a nationally televised pre-inaugural bash for President-elect Clinton.   

1993  On January - 19 israel recognizes PLO   

1993  Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal on January - 19.   

1993  Robert M Gates, ends term as 15th director of CIA on January - 19.   

1993  STS-54 (Endeavour) lands on this day in history.   

1993  Chris Street, basketball player, dies at 20 on this day in history.   

1994  -20ºF (-29ºC) (5 32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland OH on January - 19.   

1994  -36ºF (-38ºC) in New Whiteland IN (state record) on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history jean-Claude Juncker (28) sworn in as premier of Luxembourg   

1995  On January - 19 pope John Paul II beatifies Mother Mary McKillop before crowd of 120,000 at Randwick racecourse in Sydney.   

1995  On January - 19 russian forces captured the presidential palace in the rebel republic of Chechnya.   

1995  On this day in history eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist, dies at 80   

1996  NHL approves move of Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix on this day in history.   

1996  Bernard Baily, comic artist, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1997  Two bombs exploded at a Tulsa, Okla., abortion clinic that had been bombed two weeks earlier on January - 19.   

1997  On January - 19 adriana Caseloti, voice (Snow White), dies at 70   

1998  Rock 'n' roll pioneer Carl Perkins, whose hit song Blue Suede Shoes helped lift Elvis Presley to stardom, dies aged 65 on this day in history.   

1998  On this day in history the CN line bewteen Moncton, NB and Mont-Joli, Que is transferred to the Quebec Railway Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiaries as follows New Brunswick East Coast Railway between Pacific Junction, near Moncton, and Campbellton, NB. Matapedia Railway between Campbellton, NB and Mont-Joli, QC.   

1998  Carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1998  On this day in history the CN line bewteen Moncton, NB and Mont-Joli, Que is transferred to the Quebec Railway Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiaries as follows: New Brunswick East Coast Railway between Pacific Junction, near Moncton, and Campbellton, NB. Matapedia Railway between Campbellton, NB and Mont-Joli, QC.   

1999  On January - 19 nATO warned Yugoslav Pres. Slobodan Milosevic that he must honor the 1998 cease-fire negotiated with the rebels in Kosovo or face air strikes.   

2000  On this day in history film star Hedy Lamarr, 86, found dead in her Florida home   

2001  President Clinton announced he had made a deal with the independent prosecutor that would prevent him from being indicted after he left office on January - 19.   

2003  On this day in history defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the Bush administration might allow Saddam Hussein to seek safe haven in another country as a way to avoid war.   

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0399  On January - 19 birth of pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453)   

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 January - 19.   

1613  Jacques Huyn, composer was born on this day in history.   

1639  Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian was born on January - 19.   

1676  On January - 19 birth of john Weldon, composer   

1679  Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0639  Dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies on January - 19.   

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

1526  Death of Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501) on this day in history.   

1547  Death of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29 on January - 19.   

1549  On this day in history barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies   

1576  Hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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