TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – JAN 19
379 Theodosius installed as co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire
1523 In Switzerland, Ulrich Zwingli publishes his 67 Articles, the first manifesto of the Zurich Reformation which attacks the authority of the Pope.
1808 Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law
1812 Peninsular War: After a ten day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo
1840 Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)
1847 New Mexico Governor Charles Bent is slain by Pueblo Indians in Taos.
1861 Georgia secedes from the Union.
1883 The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey
1903 New bicycle race “Tour de France” announced
1915 The electric neon sign was patented in the United States by George Claude of Paris, France.
1923 The French announce the invention of a new gun that has a firing range of 56 miles.
1929 Acadia National Park, Maine established
1931 The Wickersham Committee issues a report asking for revisions in the dry law, but no repeal.
1953 Lucy Ricardo gave birth to baby Ricky on I Love Lucy. More people tuned in to watch the show than the inauguration of President Eisenhower.
1968 Cambodia charges that the United States and South Vietnam have crossed the border and killed three Cambodians.
1977 President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D’Aquino (Tokyo Rose)
1981 The United States and Iran sign an accord on a hostage release in Algiers.
1983 The New Catholic code expands women’s rights in the Church.
1993 Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal
1997 Yasser Arafat returned to Hebron for the first time in 30 years, as Israel hands over control of the West Bank city to Palestinians.
2001 President Clinton admitted he made false statements under oath about Monica Lewinsky.
2013 Calcium deposits are discovered on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity Rover
** history.net, onthisday.com, infoplease.com, timeanddate.com, thepeoplehistory.com, on-this-day.com **
