On this day: 19 January

Selected events and births on 19 January, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1795 – The Batavian Republic was established the day after William V fled the Dutch Republic as a result of the Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam. Read more: Batavian Republic William V, Prince of Orange Dutch Republic
• 1909 – A deed was recorded for David Hanbury to sell Island No. 2 in northern California to his brother John for $10 ($358.33 in .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}2025). Read more: Deed Island No. 2 Northern California
• 1920 – The American Civil Liberties Union was founded by the directors of the National Civil Liberties Bureau. Read more: American Civil Liberties Union National Civil Liberties Bureau
• 1996 – A tank barge and a tug grounded on a beach in Rhode Island, causing a spill of an estimated 828,000 U.S. gallons (3.13 million litres) of home heating oil. Read more: Barge Tugboat Rhode Island
• 2007 – A four-man team, using only skis and kites, completed a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility, the first people to get there since 1967, and the first to do so on foot. Read more: Snowkiting Pole of Inaccessibility research station
• 2012 – The Hong Kong–based file-sharing website Megaupload was shut down by the FBI. Read more: File sharing Megaupload Federal Bureau of Investigation

Born on this day

• 1944 – Thom Mayne, American architect and academic, designed the San Francisco Federal Building and Phare Tower Read more: Thom Mayne San Francisco Federal Building Phare Tower
• 1948 – Frank McKenna, Canadian politician and diplomat, 27th Premier of New Brunswick Read more: Frank McKenna Premier of New Brunswick
• 1957 – Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rican public servant and politician, 22nd Secretary of State of Puerto Rico Read more: Kenneth McClintock Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
• 1963 – John Bercow, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons Read more: John Bercow Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
• 1968 – David Bartlett, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of Tasmania Read more: David Bartlett Premier of Tasmania
• 1994 – Matthias Ginter, German footballer Read more: Matthias Ginter
• 1994 – Alfie Mawson, English footballer Read more: Alfie Mawson
• 1996 – Jakub Jankto, Czech footballer Read more: Jakub Jankto
• 1998 – Emre Guler, Australian rugby league player Read more: Emre Guler
• 1999 – Jonathan Taylor, American football player Read more: Jonathan Taylor
• 1999 – Donyell Malen, Dutch footballer Read more: Donyell Malen
• 2003 – Felix Afena-Gyan, Ghanaian footballer Read more: Felix Afena-Gyan

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / January 19 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.