January 19 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for January 19
In the headlines today:

1996	Pro-Chechen hijackers aboard the ferry Avrasya surrender, ending four days of threats to blow up the boat and its 200 passengers on the Black Sea.
1993	The Czech Republic and Slovakia are admitted to the United Nations.
1990	Arthur J. Goldberg, former Supreme Court justice, and US Ambassador to the United Nations, is found dead in his Washington, DC, apartment at age 81.
1983	Former Nazi SS chief Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
1983	Namibia again comes under the direct rule of South Africa after 5 years of self-government.
1981	Iran agrees in principle to the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months.
1977		On his last day as US president, Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino, better known as Tokyo Rose, for her acts of treason during WWII. (photo credit: NARA)
1966	Indira Gandhi is elected prime minister of India.
1955		Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the first US president to have a presidential news conference taped for later TV broadcast. (photo credit: Times Books)
1937	Future billionaire Howard Hughes sets a record for transcontinental air flight, making the trip from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes.
1927	Empress Charlotte, wife of Mexico's ill-fated Emperor Maximilian, dies.
1915	The Germans perform the first aerial bombing of Britain, from a pair of Zeppelin dirigibles during WWI.
1907	Variety magazine publishes film reviews for the first time.
1861	Georgia joins the Confederacy during the US Civil War.