Daily Facts about January 19

2023

Confederate Memorial Day is observed in some U.S. states to commemorate the soldiers who served in the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.

2006

NASA launches the New Horizons spacecraft, initiating a mission to explore Pluto and the Kuiper Belt in our solar system.

1955

A legendary impromptu recording session known as "The Million Dollar Quartet" occurs at Sun Studio in Memphis, featuring Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.

1809

Edgar Allan Poe, the renowned American writer famous for his macabre and Gothic stories, is born in Boston, Massachusetts.