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Ivanovic, who beat Venus Williams in the final at Auckland, New Zealand earlier this month. "I just went out there swinging."
• Williams hadn't lost a match since August, and had a phenomenal record of 78-4 in 2013. She came into the fourth round on the second-longest winning streak of her career and was playing her 70th match at Melbourne Park, a record in the Open era. Williams set the mark for most match wins (61) ever at the Australian Open with her third-round victory.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Sunday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2014. There are 346 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Jan. 19, 1807, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was born in Westmoreland County, Va.
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• On this date:
• In 1764, John Wilkes was expelled from the British Parliament for seditious libel and obscenity (the former charge was for criticizing a speech delivered by King George III; the latter, for penning a pornographic parody of Alexander Pope's "Essay on Man").
• In 1853, Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premiered in Rome.
• In 1861, Georgia became the fifth state to secede from the Union.
• In 1937, millionaire Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record by flying his monoplane from Los Angeles to Newark, N.J., in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
• In 1942, during World War II, Japan invaded Burma (Myanmar).
• In 1944, the federal government relinquished control of the nation's railroads to their owners following settlement of a wage dispute.
• In 1955, a presidential news conference was filmed for television for the first time, with the permission of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
• In 1966, Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India.
• In 1970, President Richard M. Nixon nominated G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court; however, the nomination was defeated because of controversy over Carswell's past racial views.
• In 1977, in one of his last acts of office, President Gerald R. Ford pardoned Iva (Continued on page 26)
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