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January 26 Gregorian calendar . There are 339 days remaining until the end of the year (340 in leap years ).
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. Commemorated as Australia Day 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 later formally ceded .1855 - Point No Point Treaty signed in Washington Territory .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 .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 Company which he later sold to his former employer.1930 - The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) which occurred 20 years later.1934 - The Apollo Theater reopens 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 United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland .1950 - India promulgates its constitution forming a republic and Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first president Republic Day .1952 - Black Saturday in Egypt : riots burn Cairo 's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.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 .1988 - Andrew Lloyd Webber 's The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre in New York.1991 - Mohamed Siad Barre is removed in Somalia, ending centralized government1992 - Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia is going to stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons .1998 - Lewinsky scandal : On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations " with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky .2000 - Rap-metal band Rage Against the Machine plays in front of Wall Street, prompting an early closing of trading due to the crowds.2001 - An earthquake hits Gujarat , India , causing more than 20,000 deaths.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 Sperm whale is suspected of causing the explosion .
2005 - Glendale train crash : Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale , 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.
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 , 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 )1832 - George Shiras Jr. , U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1924 )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 , Luxembourgian 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 )1893 - Giuseppe Genco Russo , Sicilian mafioso (d. 1976 )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 (d. 2007 )1905 - Maria von Trapp , Austrian-born singer (d. 1987 )
1908 - Stéphane Grappelli , French jazz violinist (d. 1997 )1908 - Jill Esmond , English actress (d. 1990 )
1910 - Jean Image , Hungarian-born French animator (d. 1989 )1911 - Polykarp Kusch , German-born physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1993 )1913 - Jimmy 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 actress1924 - Rauf Denktash , Cypriot politician1924 - Annette Strauss , American philanthropist and politician (d. 1998 )
1924 - Alice Babs , Swedish singer
1925 - Joan Leslie , American actress1925 - Paul Newman , American actor, philanthropist, race car driver and race team owner
1925 - Claude Ryan , Quebec newspaper editor (d. 2004 )
1926 - Farman Fatehpuri , Pakistani scholar1927 - José Azcona del Hoyo , President of Honduras (d. 2005 )1927 - Bob Nieman , American 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
1929 - Jules Feiffer , American cartoonist and writer1929 - Gordon Solie , American wrestling commentator (d. 2000 )
1931 - Mary Murphy , American film actress1932 - Coxsone Dodd , Jamaican record producer1933 - Ercole Baldini , Italian cyclist1934 - Roger Landry , Quebec businessman and newspaper publisher1935 - Bob Uecker , American baseball player and broadcaster1937 - Joseph Saidu Momoh , Sierra Leone political leader (d. 2003 )1941 - Scott Glenn , American actor1941 - Henry Jaglom , English director
1943 - César Gutiérrez , Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2005 )1943 - Jean Knight , American singer
1943 - Austin "Jack" Warner ,Trinidadian FIFA Vice-President and CONCACAF President1944 - Angela Davis , American feminist and activist1945 - Jacqueline du Pré , English cellist (d. 1987 )1946 - Gene Siskel , American film critic (d. 1999 )1947 - Michel Sardou , French singer1947 - Patrick Dewaere , French actor (d. 1982 )
1949 - Jonathan Carroll , American author1949 - David Strathairn , American actor
1950 - Janet Lupo , American model1953 - Anders Fogh Rasmussen , Prime Minister of Denmark 1953 - Lucinda Williams , American singer
1955 - Eddie Van Halen , Dutch musician1958 - Anita Baker , American singer1958 - Ellen DeGeneres , American actress and comedian
1958 - Salvador Sánchez , Mexican boxer
1960 - Road Warrior Hawk , wrestler (d. 2003 )1960 - Charlie Gillingham , American musician (Counting Crows )
1961 - Wayne Gretzky , Canadian ice hockey player1962 - Oscar Ruggeri , Argentine footballer1963 - José Mourinho , Portuguese football manager1963 - Andrew Ridgeley , English musician
1964 - Paul Johansson , American actor1965 - Natalia Yurchenko , Soviet gymnast1965 - Thomas Östros , Swedish politician
1968 - Ravi Teja , Tollywood film actor1970 - Kirk Franklin , American singer1971 Bryan Callen , American actor1971 - Dorian Gregory , American actor
1974 - Shannon Hale , American author1976 - Frankie Rayder , American model1976 - Willie Adler , American guitar player
1977 - Vince Carter , American basketball player1977 - Justin Gimelstob , American tennis player
1978 - Corina Morariu , American tennis player1978 - Kelly Stables , American actress
1979 - Sara Rue , American actress1981 - Juan Jose Haedo , Argentinian Cyclist1984 - Layla Kayleigh , British television personality1984 - Iain Turner , Scottish footballer
1984 - Luo Xuejuan , Chinese swimmer
1986 - Gerald Green , American basketball player1986 - Matt Heafy , American musician (Trivium )
1986 - Shantelle Taylor , Canadian professional wrestler
1987 - Vladimir Garin , Russian actor (d. 2003 )1988 - Mia Rose , American singer1989 - Emily Hughes , American figure skater1993 - Cameron Bright , Canadian actorDeaths [ ] 946 - Eadgyth , German Queen1567 - Nicholas Wotton , English diplomat1630 - Henry Briggs , English mathematician (b. 1556 )1636 - Jean Hotman , 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 , 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 , (b. 1906 )
1952 - Khorloogiin Choibalsan , 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 )1976 - João Branco Núncio , Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901 )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 )1990 - Bob Gerard , British racing driver (b. 1914 )
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 )2003 - Valeriy Brumel , Soviet Olympic athlete (b. 1942 )2003 - Hugh Trevor-Roper , English historian (b. 1917 )
2003 - George Younger , 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 ) Holidays and observances [ ] External links [ ]
147 Familypedia people were born on January 26
141 Familypedia people died on January 26
99 Familypedia people were first married on January 26