January 19
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Art and culture
- 1764 - John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
- 1829 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust Part 1 premieres.
- 1853 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore premieres in Rome.
- 1893 - Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin.
Births
- 1809 - Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet (d. 1849)
- 1839 - Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)
- 1863 - Werner Sombart, German sociologist (d. 1941)
- 1921 - Patricia Highsmith, American author (d. 1995)
- 1932 - Richard Lester, British director
- 1943 - Janis Joplin, American singer (d. 1970)
- 1946 - Julian Barnes, English author
- 1946 - Dolly Parton, American singer and actress
- 1949 - Robert Palmer, English singer and guitarist (d. 2003)
- 1954 - Cindy Sherman, American artist
Deaths
- 1729 - William Congreve, English playwright (b. 1670)
- 1865 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)
- 1869 - Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
- 1874 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (b. 1798)
- 1878 - Henri Victor Regnault French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
- 1905 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (b. 1817)
- 1929 - Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873)
- 1939 - Cliff Heathcote, baseball player (b. 1898)
- 1948 - Tony Garnier, French architect (b. 1869)
- 1954 - Theodor Kaluza, German scientist (b. 1885)
- 1957 - József Dudás, Romanian/Hungarian resistance fighter (b. 1912)
- 1964 - Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
- 1968 - Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b. 1879)
- 1969 - Jan Palach, Czech student and political activist (suicide) (b. 1948)
- 1971 - Harry Shields, American musician (b. 1899)
- 1972 - Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
- 1973 - Max Adrian, Northern Irish actor (b. 1903)
- 1975 - Thomas Hart Benton, American painter (b. 1889)
- 1980 - William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1898)
- 1982 - Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)
- 1984 - Max Bentley, National Hockey League player (b. 1920)
- 1990 - Rajneesh, Indian religious leader (b. 1931)
- 1990 - Semprini, English musician (b. 1908)
- 1990 - Herbert Wehner, German politician (b. 1906)
- 1991 - John Russell, American actor (b. 1921)
- 1991 - Marcel Chaput, Quebec politician (b. 1918)
- 1995 - Gene MacLellan, Canadian composer and singer (b. 1938)
- 1996 - Don Simpson, American film producer (b. 1943)
- 1997 - James Dickey, American writer (b. 1923)
- 1997 - Adriana Caselotti, American actress (b 1916)
- 1998 - Carl Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1932)
- 1999 - Ivan Francescato, Italian Rugby Union star (b. 1967)
- 2000 - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)
- 2000 - Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born actress (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Dario Vittori, Argentinean actor (b. 1921)
- 2003 - Françoise Giroud, French writer and journalist (b. 1916)
- 2004 - Harry E. Claiborne, American judge (suicide) (b. 1917)
- 2004 - David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955)
- 2005 - Bill Andersen, New Zealand communist and trade union leader (b. 1924)
- 2005 - K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974)
- 2006 - Wilson Pickett, soul singer (b. 1941)
- 2006 - Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1933)
- 2006 - Anthony Franciosa, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2006 - Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1921)
- 2007 - Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, American professional wrestler (b. 1961)
- 2007 - Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer and composer (b. 1969)
- 2007 - Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor (b. 1954)
- 2007 - Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas and the Papas) (b. 1940)
- 2007 - James Alenson, Lincoln-Sudbury student, stabbed to death by John Odgren (b. 1992)
Notes
Edgar Allan Poe
Brion Gysin
Paul Cézanne
Cindy Sherman
Sophie Taeuber
List of Belgian painters
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Julian Barnes
Jean Delville
Patricia Highsmith
Janis Joplin
Pan’s Labyrinth
Richard Lester
James Dickey
Robert Palmer (singer)
Gustav Meyrink
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Hedy Lamarr
Eugène Brieux
Werner Sombart
Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann
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