Holidays and Observances
- Birthday of Edgar Allan Poe (commemorated by the Poe Toaster at his grave in Baltimore)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Henry of Uppsala
- Maris, Martha, Abachum and Audifax
- Mark of Ephesus
- Pontianus
- Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester
- January 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Confederate Heroes Day (Texas)
- Robert E. Lee Day (Florida on 19 January) and (Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Georgia on or around 19 January)
- Feast of Sultán (Sovereignty), first day of the 17th month of the Bahá'í calendar (Bahá'í Faith)
- Theophany / Epiphany (Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy), and its related observances:
- Timkat, or 20 during Leap Year (Ethiopian Orthodox)
- Vodici or Baptism of Jesus (Republic of Macedonia)
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