19th of January

Today is 19th of January

19th for me is a special day in general for a certain specific and very personal reason, but apparently 19th of January has made a difference throughout the years...

1978
End of the line for the Volkswagen 'Beetle' with the last of the 16 million produced since 1938.
1966
In India, Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister following in the footsteps of her father Jawaharlal Nehru.
1942
World War II: Japanese troops invade Burma.
1915
Britain's first air-raid casualties when German Zeppelin airship bombs Great Yarmouth in Norfolk during World War I.
1853
The premiere of Italian composer Guiseppe Verdi's 'll Trovatore' in Rome.
1848
Gold discovered in California.
1840
American explorer Charles Wilkes discovers the coast of Antarctica.
1793
French King Louis XVI goes on trial and is sentenced to be executed.
1966
Swedish tennis player Stefan Edberg.
1943
Texas rock singer Janis Joplin.
1942
British actor Michael Crawford.
1809
American writer Edgar Alan Poe.
1796
Scottish inventor James Watt.

Quote of the day:

"One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say."

Will Durant (1885 - 1981)