This day in History - January 19

374 Historic Events for January 19
1945 Birth Charles Amirkhanian, composer
1945 Birth Rod Evans, rocker (Deep Purple-Come Taste the Band)
1946 Birth Dolly Rebecca Parton, Sevierville Tn, country singer (Dolly, 9 to 5)
1946 Birth Julian Barnes, England, writer (Before She Met Me)
1946 Birth Alexandr Vladimirovich Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut
1947 Event SS Himera runs aground at Athens, kills 392
1947 Birth Alessandro Haber, actor (China is Near)
1947 Birth Ann Compton, news reporter (ABC TV)
1948 Birth Harvey Hinsley, rocker
1949 Birth Robert Palmer, Batley England, singer (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
1950 Event Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Canada CF-100 military plane
1951 Birth Linda Hayden, Middlesex England, actress (Blood on Satan's Claw)
1951 Death Constantin Nottara, composer, dies at 60
1951 Death Wilhelm Sch„fer, German writer (Mein Leben), dies at 82
1952 Event PGA approves allowing black participants
1952 Birth Dewey Bunell, Yorkshire England, rock guitarist (America-Daisy Jane)
1952 Event NFL takes control of NY Yanks
1953 Event Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary
1953 Birth Desi Arnaz Jr, LA Calif, actor (Craig-Here's Lucy, Fakeout, Joyride)
1954 Death Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Maltese Falcon), dies at 74
1954 Birth Katey Sagal, LA Calif, actress (Peg Bundy-Married with Children)
1954 Birth Steve DeBerg, NFL quarterback (Broncos, Chiefs, Bucs, 49ers)
1955 Event "Millionaire" TV program premieres on CBS
1955 Birth Simon Rattle, England, orchestra conductor (Birmingham Symph Orch)
1955 Event 1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower)