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| 1523 | In Switzerland, Ulrich Zwingli publishes his 67 Articles, the first manifesto of the Zurich Reformation which attacks the authority of the Pope. | |
| 1783 | William Pitt becomes the youngest Prime Minister of England at age 24. | |
| 1847 | New Mexico Governor Charles Bent is slain by Pueblo Indians in Taos. | |
| 1861 | Georgia secedes from the Union. | |
| 1902 | The magazine “L’Auto” announces the new Tour de France. | |
| 1915 | The first German air raids on Great Britain inflict minor casualties. | |
| 1923 | The French announce the invention of a new gun that has a firing range of 56 miles. | |
| 1931 | The Wickersham Committee issues a report asking for revisions in the dry law, but no repeal. | |
| 1937 | Howard Hughes flies from Los Angeles to New York in seven hours and 22 minutes. | |
| 1937 | In the Soviet Union, the People’s Commissars Council is formed under Molotov. | |
| 1945 | The Red Army captures Lodz, Krakow, and Tarnow. | |
| 1947 | The French open a drive on Hue, Indochina. | |
| 1949 | The Chiang Government moves the capital of China to Canton. | |
| 1950 | Communist Chinese leader Mao recognizes the Republic of Vietnam. | |
| 1968 | Cambodia charges that the United States and South Vietnam have crossed the border and killed three Cambodians. | |
| 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. | |
| Born on January 19 | ||
| 1736 | James Watt, Scottish inventor. | |
| 1807 | Robert E. Lee, Confederate general during the American Civil War. | |
| 1809 | Edgar Allan Poe, American author and poet (“Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Raven,” “Annabel Lee.”) | |
| 1839 | Paul Cézanne, French post-Impressionist painter (Card Players, L’Oeuvre). | |
| 1919 | John H. Johnson, editor and publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines. | |
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