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Historical events & facts — January 19
What happened on January 19?
On January 19, 1809, writer Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston — the father of modern horror and detective fiction. His works — The Raven, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Fall of the House of Usher — founded entire literary genres and exerted an enormous influence on writers such as Baudelaire, Lovecraft and Conan Doyle. He died mysteriously in 1849 aged 40.
On January 19, 1983, Apple unveiled the Lisa, the first commercial personal computer with a graphical user interface and mouse, anticipating the era of user-friendly computing. Although the Lisa failed commercially — it cost $10,000 — its technological innovations were incorporated into the Macintosh launched the following year, which did revolutionise personal computing.
On January 19, 1991, the Soviet army forcibly seized the Lithuanian Interior Ministry building in Vilnius, killing a police officer, in the context of Moscow's attempts to halt Lithuanian independence. The Soviet actions generated unanimous international condemnation and accelerated the process of recognising the independence of the Baltic states.
Notable birthdays — January 19
Famous people born on January 19
John Fitzwilliam Stairs
John Fitzwilliam Stairs, also known as John Fitz William Stairs was an entrepreneur and statesman, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a member of the prominent Stairs family of merchants and shippers founded by William Machin Stairs (1789–1865) that included the Victorian era explorer, William Grant Stairs.
Arthur Morris
Arthur Robert Morris was an Australian cricketer who played 46 Test matches between 1946 and 1955. An opener, Morris is regarded as one of Australia's greatest left-handed batsmen. He is best known for his key role in Don Bradman's Invincibles side, which made an undefeated tour of England in 1948. He was the leading scorer in the Tests on the tour, with three centuries.
Harry Lonsdale
Harold K. Lonsdale was an American scientist, businessman, and politician. A Democrat, he ran for United States Senate in the U.S. state of Oregon three times, losing twice in the primaries and once as the Democratic candidate, losing in the 1990 general election to incumbent Republican Mark Hatfield. In 2011 Lonsdale sponsored a research challenge to determine the origin of life on Earth.
Thom Mayne
Thom Mayne is an American architect. He is based in Los Angeles. In 1972, Mayne helped found the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), where he is a trustee and the coordinator of the Design of Cities postgraduate program. Since then he has held teaching positions at SCI-Arc, the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Jon Matlack
Jonathan Trumpbour Matlack is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from 1971 through 1983 for the New York Mets and the Texas Rangers.
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