Today is Tuesday, January 19, the 19th day of 2010. There are 346 days left in the year.

On this date

In 1809, author, poet and critic Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston.

In 1853, Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premiered in Rome.

In 1955, a presidential news conference was filmed for television for the first time, with the permission of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Thought for Today

"Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid." — Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress (1914-2000).