HISTORY
19 January 2025: This day in history

379: Theodosius installed as co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire by Emperor Gratian, charged with repelling the Goths

1812: After a ten-day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and Third Divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo during the Peninsular War

1883: The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey

1966: Indira Gandhi is elected India’s first female Prime Minister

2013: Calcium deposits are discovered on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity Rover

Source:  Onthisday.com

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