On this day: January 19th

On this day: January 19th

There are many and several events on this day in history. Read and discover what happened on this day: On this day: January 19th

Events On this day: January 19th

1492: Supplies to build Portuguese trading post Castelo de São Jorge da Mina (Elmina Castle) arrive on the Gold Coast (now Ghana), first European building south of the Sahara
1493: France cedes Roussillon & Cerdagne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona
1511: Italian city Mirandola surrenders to the French
1547: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is executed in the Tower of London for treason
1607: San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; the oldest church in the Philippines

1829: Goethe’s “Faust” (Part 1) is premiered. The work is considered one of the greatest works of German literature.
1915: Georges Claude patents his neon discharge tube. Neon lighting soon became popular for outdoor advertising.
1937: Howard Hughes sets a new cross-country air record.
1953: Lucy gives birth on “I Love Lucy”.
1955: The Scrabble board game is invented.
1966: Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India.
1983: Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. Barbie was known as the “Butcher of Lyon”.
2007: Turkish journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated. The murderer was a 17-year-old Turkish nationalist who disagreed with Dink’s view on the Turkish denial of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

1865: Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (French politician, philosopher, and economist)
1874: August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (German poet)
1990: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Indian mystic, guru, educator)
2007: Hrant Dink (Turkish/Armenian journalist)
2015: Adam Yahiye Gadahn (American terrorist)

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