January 19th (1997) was a Sunday. It's the 18th day of the year (19th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 347 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 19th January, 1997
» Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
January 19th Famous Deaths for 1997
» Adriana Caselotti, American actress (b. 1916)
» James Dickey, American poet and author (b. 1923)
January 19th Holidays in History
» Birthday of Edgar Allan Poe (commemorated by the Poe Toaster at his grave in Baltimore)
» Christian Feast Day:
» Bishop Henry called Henry of Uppsala
» Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum
» St. Mark of Ephesus e.g Mark of Ephesus
» Pontianus of Spoleto
» Wulfstan (Bishop of Worcester) named Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester
» January 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Confederate Memorial Day known as Confederate Heroes Day (Texas), and its related observance:
» Robert E. Lee Day (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia (U.S. state) e.g Georgia and Mississippi)
» Theophany / Epiphany (feast) e.g Epiphany (Eastern Orthodoxy called Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy), and its related observances:
» Timkat, or 20 during Leap Year (Ethiopian Orthodox)