Right this moment is Monday, Jan. 19, the nineteenth day of 2026. There are 346 days left within the yr.
Right this moment in historical past:
On Jan. 19, 1966, Indira Gandhi was elected to her first time period as prime minister of India.
Additionally on this date:
In 1853, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Il trovatore” premiered in Rome.
In 1861, Georgia turned the fifth state to secede from the Union; it will be part of the Confederacy the next month.
In 1937, Howard Hughes set a brand new transcontinental velocity file in his H-1 Racer plane, flying from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, in seven hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
In 1942, a German submarine sank the Canadian liner RMS Girl Hawkins off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, killing 251 individuals; 71 survived.
In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower held the primary televised presidential press convention.
In 1987, H. Man Hunt turned Alabama’s first Republican governor since 1874 as he was sworn into workplace, succeeding Democrat George C. Wallace.
In 2012, Rupert Murdoch’s media empire apologized and agreed to money payouts to 37 individuals whose telephones had been hacked by its tabloid press.
In 2024, Japan turned the fifth nation to achieve the moon when its unmanned spacecraft touched down on the lunar floor with a pinpoint touchdown. The milestone put Japan in a membership beforehand occupied by the USA, the Soviet Union, India and China.
Right this moment’s birthdays:
- Actor Tippi Hedren is 96.
- Actor-singer Michael Crawford is 84.
- Actor Shelley Fabares (fab-RAY’) is 82.
- Nation musician Dolly Parton is 80.
- Actor Katey Sagal is 72.
- Comic Paul Rodriguez is 71.
- Basketball coach and commentator Jeff Van Gundy is 64.
- Tennis Corridor of Famer Stefan Edberg is 60.
- Actor Shawn Wayans is 55.
- Actor Drea (DRAY-uh’) de Matteo is 54.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Walter Jones is 52.
- Comic-impressionist Frank Caliendo is 52.
- Actor Jodie Sweetin is 44.
- Movie director Damien Chazelle is 41.
- Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Shawn Johnson is 34.
- Race automobile driver Bianca Bustamante is 21.
- Actor Jackson Dollinger is nineteen.