Thursday, January 19, 2017

History for January 19

History for January 19 - On-This-Day.com:

James Watt 1736, Robert E. Lee 1807 - Confederate General during U.S. Civil War, Edgar Allen Poe 1809 - Poet, 
                       

Paul Cezanne 1839 - Artist, Janis Joplin 1943, Dolly Parton 1946 - Singer
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1793 - King Louis XVI was tried by the French Convention, found guilty of treason and sentenced to the guillotine.


1915 - George Claude, of Paris, France, patented the neon discharge tube for use in advertising signs.


1915 - More than 20 people were killed when German zeppelins bombed England for the first time. The bombs were dropped on Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn.


1953 - Sixty-eight percent of all TV sets in the U.S. were tuned to CBS-TV, as Lucy Ricardo, of "I Love Lucy," gave birth to a baby boy.


1966 - Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India.


1981 - The U.S. and Iran signed an agreement paving the way for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months and for arrangements to unfreeze Iranian assets and to resolve all claims against Iran.


1996 - U.S. first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury. The investigation was concerning the discovery of billing records related to the Whitewater real estate investment venture.


2013 - In Scottsdale, AZ, the original Batmobile for the TV series "Batman" sold at auction for $4.6 million. It was the first of six Batmobiles produced for the show.

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