Today is Thursday, Jan.?19, the 19th day of 2012. There are 347?days left in the year.
Highlights in History
• On Jan. 19, 1862, Union forces defeated the Confederates in the Civil War Battle of Mill Springs in southeastern Kentucky.
• In 1807, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was born in Westmoreland County, Va.
• In 1853, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Il Trovatore premiered in Rome.
• In 1861, Georgia became the fifth state to secede from the Union.
• In 1937, millionaire Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record by flying his monoplane from Los Angeles to Newark, N.J., in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
• In 1942, during World War II, Japan invaded Burma (Myanmar).
• In 1955, a presidential news conference was filmed for television for the first time, with the permission of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
• In 1960, the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States was signed by both countries in Washington.
• In 1966, Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India.
• In 1981, the United States and Iran signed an accord paving the way for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months.
• Ten years ago: Israeli troops set off a powerful explosion that gutted the official Palestinian broadcasting building.
• Five years ago: Denny Doherty, a member of the 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas & the Papas, died near Toronto at age 66.
• One year ago: Chinese President Hu Jintao, visiting the White House, declared “a lot still needs to be done” to improve his country’s record on human rights.
Thought for Today
“Love without passion is dreary; passion without love is horrific.” — Abraham Cowley, British poet (1618-67)
Source: Associated Press