January 26
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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).
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Events
- 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France.
- 1500 - Vicente Y��ez Pinz�n become the first European to discover Brazil.
- 1531 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die.
- 1699 - Treaty of Carlowitz signed.
- 1736 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
- 1788 - Australia Day: First Fleet from Botany Bay led by Arthur Phillip land in what would become Sydney, Australia. They would establish the first permanent European settlement on the continent.
- 1837 - Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
- 1841 - The United Kingdom occupies Hong Kong.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Louisiana secedes from the Union.
- 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.
- 1911 - Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful seaplane.
- 1934 - The Apollo Theatre opens in Harlem, New York City.
- 1939 - Spanish Civil War: Troops loyal to Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
- 1942 - World War II: The first American forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.
- 1948 - President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, ending segregation in the United States Armed Forces.
- 1950 - India promulgates its constitution forming a republic and Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first president.
- 1956 - 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- 1961 - John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds this appointment.
- 1962 - Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon. The space probe later missed the moon by 22,000 miles.
- 1965 - Hindi becomes the official language of India.
- 1980 - Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
- 1983 - Lotus 1-2-3 is released.
- 1992 - Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia is going to stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
- 1993 - Vaclav Havel elected President of the Czech Republic.
- 1994 - A man fires two blank shots at Charles, Prince of Wales in Sydney, Australia.
- 1996 - Whitewater scandal: Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies before a grand jury.
- 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: On American television, Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
- 1998 - Compaq buys Digital Equipment Corporation.
- 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.
Births
- 1781 - Achim von Arnim, poet (+ 1831)
- 1826 - Louis Favre, engineer Gotthard tunnel (+ 1879)
- 1826 - Julia Dent Grant, First Lady
- 1831 - Mary Mapes Dodged, writer (+ 1907)
- 1880 - Douglas MacArthur, general (+ 1964)
- 1901 - Stuart Symington, politician (+ 1988)
- 1904 - Ancel Keys, scientist
- 1905 - Bernhard Minetti, actor
- 1905 - Maria von Trapp, singer (+ 1987)
- 1908 - [[St�phane Grappelli]], musician, composer (+ 1997)
- 1918 - Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romanian dictator (+ 1989)
- 1918 - Philip Jose Farmer, science fiction writer
- 1923 - Anne Jeffreys, actress
- 1925 - Paul Newman, actor
- 1926 - Ralph Brance, baseball star
- 1928 - Eartha Kitt, singer and actress
- 1928 - Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (+ 2000)
- 1929 - Jules Feiffer, cartoonist, writer
- 1932 - Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, Jamaican record producer
- 1941 - Henry Jaglom, director
- 1941 - Scott Glenn, actor
- 1944 - Angela Davis, feminist and activist
- 1945 - Jacqueline du Pr�, cello player (+ 1987)
- 1946 - Gene Siskel, film critic (+ 1999)
- 1953 - Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
- 1955 - Eddie Van Halen, musician
- 1958 - Ellen DeGeneres, actress, comedienne
- 1961 - Wayne Gretzky, ice hockey player
- 1963 - Andrew Ridgeley, musician
Deaths
- 1886 - David Rice Atchison, American politician
- 1973 - Edward G. Robinson, actor
- 1979 - Nelson Rockefeller, Governor of New York, Vice President of the United States
- 1972 - Mahalia Jackson, gospel music singer
- 1992 - [[Jos� Ferrer]], actor
- 1993 - [[Jeanne Sauv�]], Governor-General of Canada
- 2000 - A.E. van Vogt, science fiction author
- 2000 - Don Budge, tennis player
- 2003 - Valeriy Brumel, Soviet athlete
Holidays and observances
- Roman Empire - third day of the Sementivae in honor of Ceres and Terra
- Australia - Australia Day
- Catholicism - Feast day of Ss. Timothy and Titus.
- India - Republic Day
See Also:
January 25 - January 27 - December 26 - February 26 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "January 26" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_26 November 24, 2003
