Beginning on January 19...

Everyone has a beginning on some date, right? Here are a few who made their appearance on January 19:

• 1736 - Scottish engineer James Watt, inventor of the steam engine
• 1807 - Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee
• 1809 - American short story writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe
• 1839 - Paul Cezanne, painter
• 1903 - The Tour de France
• 1917 - Actor-singer John Raitt (Bonnie's dad)
• 1923 - Actress Jean (Murray) Stapleton, Beloved as Edith Bunker
• 1939 - Singer Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers with brother, Don
• 1943 - Singer Janis Joplin
• 1946 - Country singer Dolly Parton born
• 1957 (I think) - my friend, Randy Moser