World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins. Date: January 19, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, fewer than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation. Date: January 19, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals. Date: January 19, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)

Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth. Date: January 19, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)

Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 crashes near Ankara Esenboğa Airport in Turkey, killing all 42 aboard. Date: January 19, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)

Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty Date: January 19, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)

Indira Gandhi becomes India's first female prime minister. Date: January 19, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)

Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest. Date: January 19, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this…

President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose"). Date: January 19, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)

The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003. Date: January 19, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)