The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations. The United States Senate voted against joining the League of Nations primarily because of…
Tag: 19 January
19 January 1920
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was founded in 1920, emerging from the social and political turbulence…
19 January 1901
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, stricken with paralysis. She dies three days later at the age of 81. Queen Victoria, who reigned as…
19 January 1983
Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Barbie’]
19 January 1661
Thomas Venner is “hanged, drawn and quartered” in London, UK. On this day in history, 1661, Thomas Venner was hanged, drawn, and quartered. Venner was…
19 January 1942
The Japanese conquest of Burma during World War II begins. The BIA formed a provisional government in some areas of the country in the spring…
19 January 1977
Tokyo Rose is pardoned by President Gerald Ford. On this day in 1977, President Gerald Ford pardoned “Tokyo Rose,” who had broadcast pop tunes during…