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Events on January 19

• 1829 A radically altered and edited version of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's drama Faust: A Tragedy is premiered at the Hof Theatre in Braunschweig by Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann. The title role is played by Eduard Schütz.
• 1919 For the first time, women receive the right to vote and stand for election to the German National Assembly.
• 1955 The first Goggomobil comes off the production line at the Hans Glass Works in Dingolfing.
• 1956 The film comedy Charley's Aunt, based on Brandon Thomas's farce of the same name, is premiered in Cologne, starring Heinz Rühmann.
• 1978 The last VW Beetle built in Europe comes off the production line at the Volkswagen plant in Emden.
• 1983 Klaus Barbie, the former Gestapo chief in Lyon and a wanted Nazi war criminal ("Butcher of Lyon"), is arrested in Bolivia, where he lived under the name Klaus Altmann.
• 1999 The German Federal Labour Court rules in a landmark judgment that a general smoking ban imposed by the employer in the workplace is lawful.
• 2006 The NASA space probe New Horizons sets off aboard an Atlas V carrier rocket from the Cape Canaveral launch site on its journey to the dwarf planet Pluto. It is the first probe of the New Frontiers Program.
• 2007 Cyclone Kyrill sweeps across large parts of Europe overnight. It causes approximately 10 billion US dollars in damage, and 47 people die.
• 2013 The Frenchman Johan Clarey reaches the highest speed ever recorded in the Alpine Ski World Cup, 161.9 km/h, during the Lauberhorn downhill race in Wengen.
• 2024 The SLIM lunar probe of the Japanese space agency JAXA lands on the lunar surface near the Mare Nectaris plain (15:20 UTC).
• 2025 TikTok temporarily suspends operations in the United States.

Born on January 19

• 1883 Hermann Abendroth, German conductor
• 1893 Johannes Dieckmann, German journalist, President of the People's Chamber and Deputy Chairman of the State Council in the GDR
• 1900 Mady Christians, Austrian actress
• 1921 Patricia Highsmith, American writer
• 1930 Tippi Hedren, American actress
• 1931 Ingrid Andree, German actress
• 1970 Steffen Freund, German footballer
• 1970 Christoph Sieber, German cabaret artist
• 1980 Jenson Button, British racing driver
• 1992 Mac Miller, American rapper

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „19. Januar“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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