Interesting things that happened January 19th:

Birthdays on this date:

• + Muhammad, prophet
• In 1736 James Watt, made the steam engine workable
• In 1807 Robert Edward Lee, General-in-Chief of all C.S. Armies
• In 1809 Edgar Allen Poe, writer
• In 1813 Sir Henry Bessemer, engineer, inventor
• In 1839 Paul Cezanne, painter
• In 1923 Jean Stapleton (in New York City), actor (All in the Family)
• In 1935 Tippi Hedren (in Minnesota), actor (The Birds)
• In 1942 Michael Crawford, singer, actor (Phantom of the Opera, Barnum)
• In 1943 Janis Joplin (in Port Arthur, TX), singer
• In 1944 Shelley Fabraes (in Santa Monica, CA), actor (The Donna Reed Show, Coach), singer
• In 1946 Dolly Parton (in Sevierville, Tennessee), singer, actor (9 to 5)
• In 1947 Ann Compton, TV news reporter
• In 1949 Robert Palmer, singer
• In 1953 Linda Hayden (in Stanmore, Middlesex, England), actor (Satan's Skin)
  + Desi Arnaz, Jr., actor (Automan, The Mambo Kings), musician
• In 1962 Chris Sabo, baseball player (Reds, 1988-93,96, et al)
• In 1966 Stefan Edberg (in Vastenik, Sweden), tennis player

Events worth noting:

• In 1770 Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)
• In 1840 Captain Charles Wilkes sights Antarctica and claims it for the U.S.
• In 1861 Georgia becomes the fifth state to secede.
• In 1886 The Aurora Ski Club, first in U.S., is founded in Minnesota.
• In 1903 First regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US and England.
• In 1937 Howard Hughes sets transcontinental air record, flying his monoplane from L.A. to Newark in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
• In 1938 GM began mass production of diesel engines.
• In 1955 "The Millionaire" TV program premiers.
• In 1975 China adopted the new constitution under Mao Tse Tsung.
• In 1977 Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) is pardoned from her treason charge by U.S. President Gerald R. Ford.

And remember ...

• National Oatmeal Month
• International Get Over It Month