On This Day: 19 Jan

TV Century 21 (City Magazines Ltd. / AP Films) #01 (23 Jan 1965)

First Appearances:

Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in TV Century 21 (City Magazines Ltd. / AP Films) #01 (23 Jan 1965).
Sgt. Jim Garnet (Sergeant "Heavy") in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #435 (22 Jan 1983).

Births:

Tom Hood (1835)

Deaths:

Herbert Allingham (1936); Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth, 1st Baronet (1937); Harry Hanan (1982); Richard E. Jennings (1997); Mike Docherty (2016)

Notable Events:

Lady Penelope made her debut in TV Century 21 in 1965. She wouldn't appear on television until 30 Sep that year, in the Thunderbirds episode Trapped in the Sky.
Neverwhere stage play began a run at Progress Theatre, Reading, in 2012.
The Sunday Post gave away a free comic celebrating Robert Burns in 2014, featuring The Broons.

On This Day: 14 Dec

2000 A.D. (Rebellion) Prog 2006 (2005).
The X-Files Special Edition (Manga Publishing Ltd.) magazine (1995).

St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold Original Soundtrack (2009)

First Appearances:

Sgt. Bob Grant (Guerilla Grant) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #482 (17 Dec 1983).

Births:

Alfred Edmeades Bestall (1892); Jack Prout (1900); Ruth Adam (1907); Harry Hanan (1916); Anthony Masters (1940)

Deaths:

Dick Ericson (1988)

Notable Events:

Douglas Bader crashed at Woodley Airfield, while attempting low-flying manouvers, in 1931. His surgeon, J. Leonard Joyce, would amputate his legs (one above, and one below the knee) in the emergency surgery required to save his life.
Judge Dredd made an appearance at the Strange Days Comic Shop, 9A The Parade, Northgate, Croydon, in 1991.
Girl Chat newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1992.
John Brown questioned in 1989 by Anti–Terrorist Branch about a Top Tip printed in Viz #38.