Good morning! Today is Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. I know, I know, it’s Monday. You’ll get through it.
1785: First manned balloon flight in Ireland.
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1883: Enlightenment: The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, which Thomas Edison designed, begins service at Roselle, N.J.
1955: Scrabble debuts on the board game market.
1966: Indira Gandhi is elected India’s first female Prime Minister.
1978: Last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW’s plant in Emden.
2011: Joe Lieberman announces his retirement from the Senate at the end of his fourth term.
Birthdays today Include: Inventor James Watt, Robert E. Lee, Edgar Allen Poe, Billiard Player Minnesota Fats, director Richard Lester ( A Hard Day’s Night, Help!), Phil Everly, Janis Joplin, Dolly Parton, Paula Deen, Robert Palmer, The Motels’ Martha Davis,
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