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).

Table of contents

1 Events

2 Births

3 Deaths

4 Holidays and observances

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.
1700 - The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the coast of the American Northwest, as evidenced by Japanese records.
1736 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
1785 - Benjamin Franklin writes a letter to his daughter expressing disappointment over the selection of the eagle as the symbol of the United States; he wanted the turkey.
1788 - The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, land at Botany Bay just outside present-day Sydney to establish the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Celebrated as Australia Day.
1802 - The United States Congress passes an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol; eventually this becomes the Library of Congress.
1837 - Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
1841 - The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China had ceded.
1863 - American Civil War: Massachusetts Governor receives permission from Secretary of War to raise amilitia 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.
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.
1946 - F�lix Gouin becomes Prime Minister of France.
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.
1986 - Super Bowl XX: The Chicago Bears defeat the New England Patriots, 46-10.
1992 - Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia is going to stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
1992 - Super Bowl XXVI: The Washington Redskins defeat the Buffalo Bills, 37-24.
1993 - V�clav 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.
1997 - The Green Bay Packers defeat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI, with a score of 35-21.
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.
2003 - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers win their first Super Bowl title by defeating the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII, 48-21.

Births

1763 - Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, future king Charles XIV of Sweden-Norway (d. 1841)
1781 - Achim von Arnim, poet (d. 1831)
1826 - Louis Favre, engineer Gotthard tunnel (d. 1879)
1826 - Julia Dent Grant, First Lady of the United States (d. 1902)
1831 - Mary Mapes Dodged, writer (d. 1907)
1880 - Douglas MacArthur, general (d. 1964)
1901 - Stuart Symington, politician (d. 1988)
1904 - Ancel Keys, scientist
1905 - Charles Lane, actor
1905 - Bernhard Minetti, actor
1905 - Maria von Trapp, singer (d. 1987)
1908 - St�phane Grappelli, musician, composer (d. 1997)
1918 - Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romanian dictator (d. 1989)
1918 - Philip Jos� Farmer, science fiction writer
1923 - Anne Jeffreys, actress
1924 - Annette Strauss, philanthropist, former mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1998)
1925 - Paul Newman, actor
1926 - Ralph Brance, baseball star
1928 - Eartha Kitt, singer and actress
1928 - Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (d. 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 (d. 1987)
1946 - Gene Siskel, film critic (d. 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 (b. 1807)
1942 - Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (b. 1868)
1946 - Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Westrobothnia, second in line to the Swedish throne (b. 1906)
1962 - Lucky Luciano, mobster (b. 1897)
1972 - Mahalia Jackson, gospel music singer (b. 1911)
1973 - Edward G. Robinson, actor (b. 1893)
1979 - Nelson Rockefeller, Governor of New York, Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)
1983 - Paul 'Bear' Bryant, football coach
1990 - Lewis Mumford, historian (b. 1895)
1992 - Jos� Ferrer, actor (b. 1912)
1993 - Jeanne Sauv�, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1922)
2000 - Don Budge, tennis player (b. 1915)
2000 - A.E. van Vogt, science fiction author (b. 1912)
2003 - Valeriy Brumel, Soviet athlete (b. 1942)
2003 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b. 1931)

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

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