January 19 1419 – Hundred Years’ War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy. 1607 – San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines. 1861 – American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession […]
Archives for January 19, 2017
The Anti-Trump Camp
A protest encampment similar in style to — but smaller in scale than — the Occupy Wall Street movement that transfixed Lower Manhattan in 2011 has claimed several hundred square feet of sidewalk space outside of the Goldman Sachs headquarters building, at northwest corner of Vesey and West Streets. The protestors arrived on Tuesday night, […]