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History for January 19:
Events:
1770 - Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan.)
1886 - The Aurora Ski Club, first in U.S., is founded in Minnesota.
1903 - First regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England.
1955 - "The Millionaire" TV program premieres.
Birthdays:
1736 - James Watt, made the steam engine workable.
1807 - Robert E Lee, Confederate general
1809 - Edgar Allen Poe, Writer/Poet
1813 - Sir Henry Bessemer, engineer-inventor
1839 - Paul Cezanne, painter.
1859 - Alice Eastwood, Yosemite Calendar
1923 - Jean Stapleton, Actress
1935 - Tippi Hedren, Actress, (The Birds)
1943 - Janis Joplin in Port Arthur, Texas
1944 - Shelly Fabraes in Santa Monica
1946 - Dolly Parton, Singer/Actress
1947 - Ann Compton, TV news reporter
1951 - Linda Hayden