History for January 19

History for January 19 - On-This-Day.com
James Watt 1736, Robert E. Lee 1807 - Confederate General during U.S. Civil War 
Today in U.S. Civil War History, Edgar Allen Poe 1809 - Poet 


Tippi (Natalie) Hedren 1931, Janis Joplin 1943, Dolly Parton 1946 - Singer 


1825 - Ezra Daggett and Thomas Kensett of New York City patented a canning process to preserve salmon, oysters and lobsters. 


1915 - George Claude, of Paris, France, patented the neon discharge tube for use in advertising signs. 


1942 - The Japanese invaded Burma (later Myanmar). 


1949 - The salary of the President of the United States was increased from $75,000 to $100,000 with an additional $50,000 expense allowance for each year in office. 


1953 - Sixty-eight percent of all TV sets in the U.S. were tuned to CBS-TV, as Lucy Ricardo, of "I Love Lucy," gave birth to a baby boy. 


1966 - Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India. 


1977 - U.S. President Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino (the "Tokyo Rose"). 


1996 - U.S. first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury. The investigation was concerning the discovery of billing records related to the Whitewater real estate investment venture.