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January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar . There are 339 days remaining (340 in
leap years ).
Contents
1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links
Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France .
1500 - Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil .
1531 - Lisbon , Portugal hit by an earthquake --thousands die.
1564 - The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism .
1565 - Battle of Talikota , fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Islamic sultanates of the Deccan , leads to the subjugation, and eventual destruction of the last Hindu kingdom in India , and the consolidation of Islamic rule over much of the Indian subcontinent .
1589 - Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia .
1699 - Treaty of Carlowitz signed.
1700 - The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America , as evidenced by Japanese records.
1736 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
1788 - The British First Fleet , led by Arthur Phillip , sails into Sydney Harbour to establish Sydney , the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Celebrated as Australia Day .
1802 - The U.S. Congress passes an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol ; eventually this becomes the Library of Congress .
1808 - Rum Rebellion , the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia .
1837 - Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state .
1838 - Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
1841 - The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong , which China had ceded .
1861 - American Civil War : The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union .
1863 - American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign . He is replaced by Joseph Hooker .
1863 - American Civil War: Massachusetts Governor receives permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
1870 - American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union .
1885 - Troops loyal to the Mahdi conquer Khartoum .
1887 - Battle of Dogali : Abyssinian troops defeat Italians .
1905 - The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria , South Africa at the Premier Mine .
1907 - The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III is officially introduced into British Military Service, and remains the oldest military rifle still in official use.
1911 - Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful seaplane .
1911 - Richard Strauss ' opera Der Rosenkavalier receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera .
1920 - Former Ford Motor Co. executive Henry Leland launches The Lincoln Motor Co., which he'd later sell to his former employer.
1930 - The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence)
1934 - The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York City .
1939 - Spanish Civil War : Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona .
1942 - World War II : The first American forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland .
1946 - Félix Gouin becomes Prime Minister of France .
1950 - India promulgates its constitution forming a republic and Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first president Republic Day .
1961 - John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds this appointment.
1962 - Ranger program : Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon . The space probe later missed the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
1965 - Hindi becomes the official language of India .
1966 - The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide , South Australia .
1980 - Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations .
1983 - Lotus 1-2-3 is released.
1986 - Halley's Comet is visible in the night sky as it passes in its 76-year orbit around the sun.
1988 - The musical The Phantom of the Opera opens for the first time on Broadway.
1991 - Mohamed Siad Barre is removed in Somalia, ending centralized government
1992 - Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia is going to stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons .
1993 - Václav Havel elected President of the Czech Republic .
1998 - Lewinsky scandal : On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations " with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky .
2001 - A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar , Venezuela killing 24.
2001 - An earthquake hits Gujarat , India , causing more than 20,000 deaths.
2003 - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers win Super Bowl XXXVII .
2004 - President Hamid Karzai signs the new constitution of Afghanistan .
2004 - A whale explodes in the town of Tainan , Taiwan . A build-up of gas in the decomposing 56-foot long Sperm whale is suspected of causing the explosion .
2005 - Glendale train crash : Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California , near Los Angeles .
2005 - Condoleezza Rice is sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State , becoming the first African American woman to hold the post.
2005 - A helicopter crash in eastern Iraq kills 31 United States soldiers.
2006 - A large fire breaks out on Table Mountain in Cape Town , South Africa .
2006 - Western Union discontinues use of its telegram service.
Births 1497 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557 )
1541 - Florent Chrestien , French writer (d. 1596 )
1714 - Jean-Baptiste Pigalle , French sculptor (d. 1785 )
1716 - George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville , British soldier and politician (d. 1785 )
1722 - Alexander Carlyle , Scottish church leader (d. 1805 )
1763 - Charles XIV John of Sweden , Napoleonic general (d. 1844 )
1781 - Achim von Arnim , German poet (d. 1831 )
1813 - Juan Pablo Duarte , Dominican founding father (d. 1876 )
1826 - Julia Dent Grant , First Lady of the United States (d. 1902 )
1842 - François Coppée , French poet and novelist (d. 1908 )
1852 - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà), explorer (d. 1905 )
1857 - the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875 )
1868 - Juventino Rosas , Mexican composer (d. 1894 )
1880 - Douglas MacArthur , American general and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964 )
1887 - François Faber , Luxembourgish cyclist (d. 1915 )
1887 - Marc Mitscher , American Navy Admiral (d. 1947 )
1891 - Frank Costello , Italian-born gangster (d. 1973 )
1891 - Wilder Penfield , American-born Canadian neurosurgeon (d. 1976 )
1892 - Zara Cully , American actress (d. 1978 )
1900 - Karl Ristenpart , German conductor (d. 1967 )
1901 - Stuart Symington , American politician (d. 1988 )
1902 - Menno ter Braak , Dutch author and polemicist (d. 1940 )
1904 - Ancel Keys , American scientist (d. 2004 )
1904 - Seán MacBride , Irish statesman, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988 )
1905 - Charles Lane , American actor
1905 - Maria von Trapp , Austrian-born singer (d. 1987 )
1908 - Stéphane Grappelli , French jazz violinist (d. 1997 )
1908 - Jill Esmond , English actess (d. 1990 )
1911 - Polykarp Kusch , German-born physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1993 )
1913 - James Van Heusen , American songwriter (d. 1990 )
1914 - Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (d. 2006 )
1915 - William Hopper , American actor (d. 1970 )
1918 - Nicolae Ceauşescu , Romanian dictator (d. 1989 )
1918 - Philip José Farmer , American writer
1921 - Akio Morita , Japanese businessman (d. 1999 )
1921 - Eddie Barclay , French producer (Barclay Records ) (d. 2005 )
1922 - Michael Bentine , British comedian (d. 1996 )
1923 - Anne Jeffreys , American actress
1924 - Rauf Denktash , Cypriot politician
1924 - Annette Strauss , philanthropist and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1998 )
1924 - Alice Babs , Swedish singer
1925 - Joan Leslie , American actress
1925 - Paul Newman , American actor
1925 - Claude Ryan , Quebec newspaper director (Le Devoir ) and politician, leader of the Parti libéral du Québec (d. 2004 )
1926 - Farman Fatehpuri , Pakistani scholar, writer and linguist
1927 - José Azcona del Hoyo , President of Honduras (d. 2005 )
1927 - Bob Nieman , baseball player (d. 1985 )
1928 - Roger Vadim , French film director and actor (d. 2000 )
1928 - George H. Ross , American attorney and TV reality show star (The Apprentice 1929 - Jules Feiffer , American cartoonist and writer
1929 - Gordon Solie , American wrestling commentator (d. 2000 )
1931 - Mary Murphy , American film actress
1932 - Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd , Jamaican record producer
1933 - Ercole Baldini , Italian cyclist
1934 - Roger Landry , Quebec businessman and newspaper publisher (La Presse )
1935 - Bob Uecker , baseball player, broadcaster, and actor
1937 - Joseph Saidu Momoh , Sierra Leone political leader (d. 2003 )
1941 - Scott Glenn , American actor
1941 - Henry Jaglom , English director
1943 - César Gutiérrez , Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (d. 2005 )
1943 - Jean Knight , American singer
1944 - Angela Davis , American feminist and activist
1945 - Jacqueline du Pré , English cellist (d. 1987 )
1946 - Gene Siskel , American film critic (d. 1999 )
1947 - Michel Sardou , French singer
1947 - Patrick Dewaere , French actor (d. 1982 )
1949 - Jonathan Carroll , American author
1949 - David Strathairn , American actor
1950 - Janet Lupo , American model
1953 - Anders Fogh Rasmussen , Prime Minister of Denmark
1953 - Lucinda Williams , American singer
1955 - Eddie Van Halen , Dutch-born musician
1958 - Anita Baker , American singer
1958 - Ellen DeGeneres , American actress, comedian, and talk show host
1958 - Salvador Sánchez , Mexican boxer
1960 - Charlie Gillingham , American musician (Counting Crows )
1961 - Wayne Gretzky , Canadian hockey player, coach, and team owner
1962 - Oscar Ruggeri , Argentine footballer
1963 - José Mourinho , Portuguese football manager
1963 - Andrew Ridgeley , English musician
1964 - Paul Johansson , American actor
1965 - Natalia Yurchenko , Soviet gymnast
1968 - Ravi Teja , Tollywood film actor
1970 - Kirk Franklin , American singer
1971 - Dorian Gregory , American actor
1971 - Bryan Callen , American actor
1976 - Frankie Rayder , American model
1977 - Vince Carter , American basketball player
1977 - Justin Gimelstob , American tennis player
1978 - Corina Morariu , American tennis player
1978 - Kelly Stables , American actress
1979 - Sara Rue , American actress
1984 - Luo Xuejuan , Chinese swimmer
1986 - Matt Heafy , Japanese-born musician (Trivium )
1986 - Gerald Green , American basketball player
1986 - Shantelle Taylor , Canadian professional wrestler
1987 - Vladimir Garin , Russian actor (d. 2003 )
1989 - Emily Hughes , American figure skater
1993 - Cameron Bright , Canadian actor
1995 - Kyle Chavarria , American actress
Deaths 1567 - Nicholas Wotton , English diplomat
1630 - Henry Briggs , English mathematician (b. 1556 )
1636 - Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul , French diplomat (b. 1552 )
1697 - Georg Mohr , Danish mathematician (b. 1640 )
1744 - Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller , Austrian field marshal (b. 1683 )
1750 - Albert Schultens , Dutch philologist (b. 1686 )
1795 - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach , German composer (b. 1732 )
1799 - Gabriel Christie , British general (b. 1722 )
1823 - Edward Jenner , English physician (b. 1749 )
1824 - Théodore Géricault , French painter (b. 1791 )
1855 - Gérard de Nerval , French writer (b. 1808 )
1869 - Duncan Gordon Boyes , English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846 )
1870 - Victor, 3rd duc de Broglie , French statesman and diplomat (b. 1785 )
1885 - Edward Davy , English inventor (b. 1806 )
1885 - Charles George Gordon , British general (b. 1833 )
1886 - David Rice Atchison , American politician (b. 1807 )
1891 - Nikolaus August Otto , German inventor (b. 1833 )
1893 - Abner Doubleday , credited inventor of baseball (b. 1819 )
1904 - Whitaker Wright , English mining tycoon (b. 1846 )
1926 - John Flannagan , 2nd president of St. Ambrose University
1932 - William Wrigley Jr. , American industrialist (b. 1861 )
1933 - Alva Belmont , American socialite (b. 1853 )
1942 - Felix Hausdorff , German mathematician (b. 1868 )
1943 - Harry H. Laughlin , American eugenicist (b. 1880 )
1943 - Nikolai Vavilov , Russian botanist (b. 1887 )
1946 - Adriaan van Maanen , Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1884 )
1947 - Grace Moore , American soprano (b. 1898 )
1947 - Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Westrobothnia , (b. 1906 )
1952 - Horloogiyn Choybalsan , leader of Mongolia (b. 1895 )
1953 - Athanase David , French Canadian politician and businessman (b. 1882 )
1961 - Stan Nichols , English cricketer (b. 1900 )
1962 - Lucky Luciano , American mobster (b. 1897 )
1968 - Merrill C. Meigs , American newspaper publisher (b. 1883 )
1968 - Yvor Winters , American poet (b. 1900 )
1973 - Edward G. Robinson , American actor (b. 1893 )
1979 - Nelson Rockefeller , 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908 )
1984 - Paul "Bear" Bryant , American football coach (b. 1913 )
1990 - Lewis Mumford , American historian (b. 1895 )
1992 - José Ferrer , Puerto Rican actor (b. 1912 )
1993 - Jan Gies , Dutch resistance leader (b. 1905 )
1993 - Jeanne Sauvé , Governor-General of Canada (b. 1922 )
1996 - Harold Brodkey , American author (b. 1930 )
1996 - Dave Schultz , American wrestler (b. 1959 )
1997 - Jeane Dixon , American astrologer (b. 1904 )
1998 - Shinichi Suzuki , Japanese music teacher (b. 1898 )
2000 - Don Budge , American tennis player (b. 1915 )
2000 - Kathleen Hale , British author (b. 1898 )
2000 - A. E. van Vogt , Canadian-born author (b. 1912 )
2001 - Al McGuire , American basketball coach (b. 1928 )
2001 - Jessica Michalik , Australian victim of Big Day Out (b. 1985 )
2003 - Valeriy Brumel , Soviet Olympic athlete (b. 1942 )
2003 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton , English historian (b. 1917 )
2003 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie , British politician (b. 1931 )
2004 - Miklós Fehér , Hungarian footballer (b. 1979 )
2004 - Fred Haas , American golfer (b. 1916 )
2006 - Khan Abdul Wali Khan , Pakistani opposition leader and Pashtun nationalist (b. 1917 )
2006 - Carol Lambrino , son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (b. 1920 )
2007 - Hans J. Wegner , Danish furniture designer (b. 1914 )
2007 - Gump Worsley , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929 )
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