Today is Monday, January 19, the 19th day of 2015. There are 346 days left in the year.
1793 ― French King Louis XVI sentenced to death
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
1960 ― Eisenhower and Premier Kishi sign U.S.-Japanese Security pact
1972 ― Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra and Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame
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
1997 ― 54th Golden Globes English Patient, Brenda Blethyn and Geoffrey Rush