Page 10: Historical Events In January - 19

2004  U.S. military authorities denied Afghan claims that a U.S. helicopter attack killed 11 civilians, including four children, saying instead that five Taliban fighters were the only fatalities on this day in history.   

2007  Israel released $100 million in frozen assets to President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority in order to bolster the president's position. [2] on this day in history.   

2012  On this day in history fBI shuts down Megaupload.com for alleged copyright infringement, hacker group Anonymous responds by attacking government and entertainment industry websites   

2013  4 climbers are killed by an avalanche in Glen Coe, Scotland on January - 19.   

2014  On January - 19 denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks win their playoff matches to reach Super Bowl XLVIII   

2017  On January - 19 adama Barrow sworn in as President of Gambia in Dahkar as Senegalese troops enter Gambia to persuade former President Yahya Jammeh to leave   

2017  High-rise building collapses in Tehran, killing 20 firefighters on January - 19.   

2019  A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Tongoy, Coquimbo Region in Chile, causing two deaths and as many as 200,000 people left without power. Despite its moderate magnitude, since it was an intraplate earthquake, it caused some serious damage in La Serena and nearby cities on this day in history.   

2021  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says China is committing genocide in its repression of Uighurs and other Muslim people on this day in history.   

2023  New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern announces she is stepping down as Prime Minister after five and a half years [1] on January - 19.   

2024  Actor Alec Baldwin indicted by a grand jury on involuntary manslaughter charges over the 2021 fatal shooting on a movie set [1] on this day in history.   

2024  Japan becomes the fifth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, with its SLIM mission 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  Jacques Huyn, composer was born on January - 19.   

1639  On January - 19 birth of noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian   

1676  John Weldon, composer was born on January - 19.   

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 this day in history 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  On January - 19 death of henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29   

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 this day in history.   

1625  Erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.