Actress Jean Stapleton is 86.

Actress Tippi Hedren is 79.

Singer Phil Everly is 70.

Actor-singer Michael Crawford is 67.

Actress Shelley Fabares is 65.

Country singer Dolly Parton is 63.

TV chef Paula Deen is 62.

Actor Desi Arnaz Jr. is 56.

Actress Katey Sagal is 52.

Singer Trey Lorenz is 40.

Actress Drea de Matteo is 37.

Actress Marsha Thomason is 33.

Actress Jodie Sweetin is 27.

Actor Logan Lerman is 17.

On Jan. 19, 1853, Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premiered in Rome.

In 1861, Georgia seceded from the Union.

In 1937, Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record by flying his monoplane from Los Angeles to Newark, N.J., in seven hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.

In 1944, the federal government relinquished control of the nation's railroads.

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

In 1966, Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India.