WHAT HAPPENED ON 19. JANUARY
Want to find out what all happened on 19. January

Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snow has fallen. It also fell in the Bahamas. (19. January 1977)

The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003. (19. January 1978)

Iran Hostage Crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity. (19. January 1981)

Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. (19. January 1983)

The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced. (19. January 1983)

The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter piracy of the software they had written. (19. January 1986)

Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries. (19. January 1991)

Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations. (19. January 1993)

After being struck by lightning the crew are forced to ditch Bristow Flight 56C. All 18 aboard are later rescued. (19. January 1995)

The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. (19. January 1996)

Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (19. January 1997)

British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999. (19. January 1999)

The New Horizons probe is launched by NASA on the first mission to Pluto. (19. January 2006)

Turkish Journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast. (19. January 2007)

The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI. (19. January 2012)

A failed attempt to assassinate Ahmed Dogan, chairman of the Bulgarian political party Movement for Rights and Freedoms, on live television is foiled by security guards. (19. January 2013)

A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 soldiers and injures 38 others. (19. January 2014)