📜 This Day in History

January 19

• 1419Hundred Years' War: The siege of Rouen ended with English troops capturing the city from Norman French forces.
• 1909A 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).
• 1920The American Civil Liberties Union was founded by the directors of the National Civil Liberties Bureau.
• 1977Iva Toguri, convicted of treason for broadcasting Japanese propaganda, was granted a full pardon by U.S. president Gerald Ford.
• 2006In the deadliest aviation accident in Slovak history, an Antonov An-24 operated by the Slovak Air Force crashed in northern Hungary, killing 42 of the 43 people on board.
• 2012The Hong Kong–based file-sharing website Megaupload was shut down by the FBI.

Born on this day

• 1736James Watt, Scottish chemist and engineer (died 1819)
• 1798Auguste Comte, French economist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1857)
• 1809Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (died 1849)
• 1839Paul Cézanne, French painter (died 1906)