Today is Monday, January 19, the 19th day of 2009. There are 346 days left in the year.
379 _ Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire
1793 _ French King Louis XVI sentenced to death
1829 _ Johann von Goethe's ``Faust, Part 1" premieres
1853 _ Verdi's opera ``Il Trovatore" premieres, in Rome
1903 _ New bicycle race ``Tour de France" announced
1937 _ Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajoie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1938 _ GM began mass production of diesel engines
1977 _ World's largest crowd _ 12.7 million-for Indian religious festival
1981 _ U.S. and Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages
1993 _ Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal