January 19th (2013) was a Saturday. 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, 2013
» A failed attempt to assassinate Ahmed Dogan, chairman of the Bulgarian political party Movement for Rights and Freedoms, on live television is foiled by security guards.
January 19th Famous Deaths for 2013
» Anatoly Bannik, Ukrainian chess player (b. 1921)
» Mehnaz Begum, Pakistani singer (b. 1958)
» Milt Bolling, American baseball player (b. 1930)
» John Braheny, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
» Abderrahim Goumri, Moroccan runner (b. 1976)
» Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Makuuchi Yokozuna named Yokozuna (b. 1940)
» Hans Massaquoi, German-American journalist and author (b. 1926)
» Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
» Frank Pooler, American conductor and composer (b. 1926)
» A. Rafiq, Indonesian singer and actor (b. 1948)
» Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (b. 1930)
» Ian Wells, English footballer (b. 1964)
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)