Today in History: January 19, Howard Hughes sets coast-to-coast flight record

Today is Sunday, Jan. 19, the 19th time of 2025. There are 346 days near successful the year.

Today successful history:

On Jan. 19, 1937, Howard Hughes acceptable a caller transcontinental aerial velocity grounds successful his H-1 Racer aircraft, flying from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, successful 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.

Also connected this date:

In 1853, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Il Trovatore” premiered successful Rome.

In 1861, Georgia became the 5th authorities to secede from the Union; it would articulation the Confederacy the pursuing month.

In 1942, a German submarine sank the Canadian liner RMS Lady Hawkins disconnected Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, sidesplitting 251 people; 71 survived.

In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower held the archetypal televised statesmanlike property conference.

In 1966, Indira Gandhi was elected to her archetypal word arsenic premier curate of India.

In 1987, H. Guy Hunt became Alabama’s archetypal Republican politician since 1874 arsenic helium was sworn into office, succeeding George C. Wallace.

In 2012, Rupert Murdoch’s media empire apologized and agreed to currency payouts to 37 radical whose telephones had been hacked by its tabloid press.

Today’s birthdays:

• Actor Tippi Hedren is 95.
• Actor-singer Michael Crawford is 83.
• Actor Shelley Fabares (fab-RAY’) is 81.
• Country instrumentalist Dolly Parton is 79.
• Actor Katey Sagal is 71.
• Comedian Paul Rodriguez is 70.
• Basketball manager and commentator Jeff Van Gundy is 63.
• Tennis Hall of Famer Stefan Edberg is 59.
• Actor Shawn Wayans is 54.
• Actor Drea (DRAY-uh’) de Matteo is 53.
• Football Hall of Famer Walter Jones is 51.
• Comedian-impressionist Frank Caliendo is 51.
• Actor Jodie Sweetin is 43.
• U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is 43.
• Film manager Damien Chazelle is 40.
• Olympic gymnastics golden medalist Shawn Johnson is 33.