Today in history: On Jan. 19, 1419, in the Hundred Years War, Rouen surrendered to Englands King Henry V, completing the kings conquest of Normandy. In 1547, Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey, was executed in the Tower of London for treason. In 1770, during Americas Revolutionary War, the Battle of Golden Hill occurred in lower Manhattan, N.Y. In 1861, during the Civil War, Mississippis troops captured Ft. Massachusetts and Ship island; and Georgia seceded from the Union. In 1862, the Battle of Mill Springs, Ky., occurred. In 1865, Union forces captured Ft. Anderson, in North Carolina. In 1920, The U.S. Senate voted against Americas membership in the League of Nations. In 1927, British troops were sent to China. In 1929, the Arcadia National Park was established in Maine. In 1938, General motors began the mass production of diesel engines. In 1941, during World War II, British forces began an offensive in Eritrea; and British troops occupied Sudan. In 1942, Japanese ground forces invaded Burma. In 1943, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff decided to conduct the invasion of Sicily. In 1945, Soviet troops occupied Krakow, in Poland. In 1950, the first flight of Avro Canadas CF-100 military plane was made. In 1955, the first edition of the board game Scrabble was released; and The Millionaire premiered on CBS. In 1937, Howard Hughes set a world record for a trans-continental air flight. In 1961, the first episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show was filmed. In 1966, Indira Ghandi took charge as the first female prime minister of India. In 1969, Czech student Jan Palach set himself on fire in response to the Soviet Unions invasion of his country. In 1977, U.S. President Gerald R. Ford pardoned Iva Toguri Tokyo Rose DAquino; and snow fell in Miami, Fla. In 1983, Klaus Barbie, the SS chief of Lyon, in German-occupied France during World War II, was captured in Bolivia. In 1997, Yasser Arafat returned to Hebron after more than 30 years. In 2002, in the famous NFL Tuck Rule game - the Raiders lost to Tom Brady and the Pats because of the obscure rule. In 2006, a terrorist blew himself up in Tel Aviv, Israel, injuring 20 others. And in 2012, the FBI shut down the website megaupload for alleged copyright infringement, and the hacker group Anonymous retaliated by attacking government and entertainment industry websites.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:21:43 +0000
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