January 19

Events

 * 1909 - Thomas A. Edison was issued a patent for an improvement related to Telegraphy (No. 909,877)


 * 1943 - FCC endorses Restricted Radio Operator Permits

Births

 * 1832 - Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist (d. 1875)
 * 1909 - Hans Hotter, German bass-baritone (d. 2003)
 * 1917 - John Raitt, American singer and actor (d. 2005)
 * 1932 - Russ Hamilton, British singer (d. 2008)
 * 1935 - Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer (d. 1978)
 * 1939 - Phil Everly, American musician
 * 1943 - Janis Joplin, American singer (d. 1970)
 * 1947 - Rod Evans, British musician (Deep Purple)
 * 1949 - Robert Palmer, English singer and guitarist (d. 2003)
 * 1951 - Dewey Bunnell, American singer and songwriter (America)
 * 1963 - Caron Wheeler, British singer (Soul II Soul)
 * 1964 - Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer
 * 1966 - Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer
 * 1971 - John Wozniak, American singer and songwriter (Marcy Playground)
 * 1973 - Antero Manninen, Finnish cellist
 * 1975 - Noah Georgeson, American musician and producer
 * 1977 - Nicole, Chilean singer
 * 1977 - Cocco, Ryukyuan singer
 * 1979 - Wiley, English rapper (Grime)
 * 1980 - Kotoko, Japanese Singer
 * 1983 - Hikaru Utada, American-born Japanese singer and songwriter
 * 1985 - Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)