page_title: 1919 in the United States
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 1919 in the United States / Births / January
caption_attribution_description: English: Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers, posed and ready to swing Español: Jackie Robinson (1919-1972), beisbolista de los Brooklyn Dodgers. Polski: Jackie Robinson (1919–1972), baseballista Brooklyn Dodgers, pierwszy Afroamerykanin, który zagrał w amerykańskiej Major League Baseball. Português: Jackie Robinson, o primeiro afro-americano a ingressar na Liga Principal de Beisebol dos Estados Unidos.
context_page_description: Events from the year 1919 in the United States.
context_section_description: January 1 – J. D. Salinger, author notable for the novel Catcher in the Rye (died 2010)
  January 2 – Charles Willeford, writer (died 1988)
  January 3
  Zara Cisco Brough, Nipmuc Chief (died 1988)
  Dorothy Morrison, actress (died 2017)
  January 4 – Lester L. Wolff, politician
  January 7 – Steve Belichick, American football player, coach and scout (died 2005)
  January 10 – Amzie Strickland, actress (died 2006)
  January 13 – Robert Stack, actor (The Untouchables) (died 2003)
  January 14 – Andy Rooney, journalist (60 Minutes) (died 2011)
  January 23 – Ernie Kovacs, American comedian (d. 1962)
  January 24 – Leon Kirchner, American composer (d. 2009)
  January 25
  Edwin Newman, journalist and writer (NBC Nightly News) (died 2010)
  Eula Beal, contralto (died 2008)
  January 27 – Ross Bagdasarian Sr., actor, pianist, singer, songwriter, record producer and creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks (died 1972)
  January 28 – Gabby Gabreski, American fighter ace (d. 2002)
  January 30
  John C. Elliott, politician and 39th Governor of American Samoa (1952) (died 2001)
  Fred Korematsu, Japanese-American civil rights activist (d. 2005)
  January 31 – Jackie Robinson, African-American baseball player (d. 1972)
caption: Jackie Robinson
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