TODAY IN HISTORY

JANUARY 19
  1419   Hundred Years War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England            completing his reconquest of              Normandy.

1783		William Pitt becomes the youngest Prime Minister of England at age 24.
1847		New Mexico Governor Charles Bent is slain by Pueblo Indians in Taos.
1861		Georgia secedes from the Union.
1902		The magazine "L'Auto" announces the new Tour de France.
1915		The first German air raids on Great Britain inflict minor casualties. 1920   US Senate votes against membership in League of Nations
1923		The French announce the invention of a new gun that has a firing range of 56 miles.
1931		The Wickersham Committee issues a report asking for revisions in the dry law, but no repeal.
1937		Howard Hughes flies from Los Angeles to New York in seven hours and 22 minutes.
1937		In the Soviet Union, the People's Commissars Council is formed under Molotov.
1945		The Red Army captures Lodz, Krakow, and Tarnow.
1947		The French open a drive on Hue, Indochina.
1949		The Chiang Government moves the capital of China to Canton.
1950		Communist Chinese leader Mao recognizes the Republic of Vietnam. 1955   The first edition of the board game "Scrabble" is released. 1966  Indira Ghandi takes charge as first female Prime Minister of India
1968		Cambodia charges that the United States and South Vietnam have crossed the border and killed three Cambodians.
1981		The United States and Iran sign an accord on a hostage release in Algiers.