TODAY in HISTORY

Today i s Tuesday, January 15, the 15th day of 2019. There are 350 days left in the year.

1759 — British Museum opens in Montague House, London

1762 — Fraunces Tavern opens in New York City

1785 — Mozart’s string quartet opus 10 premieres

1851 — General Arista replaces Mexican President Herrera

1861 — Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis

1863 — First U.S. newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal

1882 — First U.S. ski club forms 1895 — Tchaikovsky’s iconic ballet "Swan Lake" premieres in St. Petersburg

1905 — Coen de Koning becomes world champion all-round skater

1915 — Japan claims economic control of China

1919 — Pianist and statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes first premier of Poland