January 19

Today in History
• 379 - Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire
• 1419 - French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War
• 1793 - French King Louis XVI sentenced to death
• 1825 - Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans
• 1840 - Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (U.S. claim)
• 1861 - Georgia becomes 5th state to secede
• 1903 - 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between U.S. and England
• 1915 - Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Get to Know Your Customers Day
• Good Memory Day
• Gun Appreciation Day
• National Popcorn Day
• National Tin Can Day
• Robert E. Lee Day
• Women’s Healthy Weight Day
• World Quark Day

Birthdays
• 399 - Pulcheria, Byzantine empress and regent of the Eastern Roman Empire
• 570 - Mohammed, Islamic prophet, Koran
• 1200 - Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto
• 1544 - Francis II, King of France and husband of Mary, Queen of Scots
• 1736 - James Watt, Scotland, inventor, steam engine
• 1807 - Robert Edward Lee, Stratford, Virginia, General-in-Chief, Confederacy
• 1809 - Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author, Pit and the Pendulum
• 1813 - Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)