Thursday, January 19, 2023

History for January 19

History for January 19 - On-This-Day.com
Robert E. Lee 1807 - Confederate General during U.S. Civil War
  • 1793 - King Louis XVI was tried by the French Convention, found guilty of treason and sentenced to the guillotine.
  • 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.
  • 1915 - More than 20 people were killed when German zeppelins bombed England for the first time. The bombs were dropped on Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn.
  • 1977 - U.S. President Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino (the "Tokyo Rose").

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