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What In The History Of World Created On this day: January 19th

January 19th

Famous Events

1883 The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by              Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey

1966 Indira Gandhi elected India’s 4th Prime Minister

 

Famous Birthdays

1736 James Watt, Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer and chemist (steam engine), born in Greenock, Scotland (d. 1819)

1807 Robert E. Lee, American General who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War, born in Stratford Virginia (d. 1870)

Rima Kallingal (1984) is an Indian model and film actress, predominantly appearing in Malayalam cinema. After being named First Runner Up in the Miss Kerala 2008 contest, she went to pursue a career in acting. She made her film debut in 2009 through the film Ritu.

 

Famous Wedding

1872 Physicist Wilhelm Röntgen (26) weds Anna Bertha Ludwig in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. He is the founder of X-ray.

2016 “Ghajini” actress Asin Thottumkal (30) weds Micromax co-founder Rahul Sharma in India

 

 

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