Today is Saturday, January 19, the 19th day of 2013. There are 346 days left in the year.
1825 ― Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans
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
1918 ― Soviets disallows a Constitution Assembly
1920 ― U.S. Senate votes against membership in League of Nations
1937 ― Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajoie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1938 ― GM began mass production of diesel engines
1942 ― Japanese forces invade Burma
1997 ― 54th Golden Globes English Patient, Brenda Blethyn and Geoffrey Rush