January, 26th in History

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Events

Wednesday 26, 2005:
A helicopter crash in eastern Iraq kills 31 United States soldiers.

Sunday 26, 2003:
Super Bowl xxx: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat the Oakland Raiders, 48-21, earning the Buccaneers their first Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Friday 26, 2001:
An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.

Wednesday 26, 2000:
XHTML 1.0 becomes a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Recommendation.

Monday 26, 1998:
Compaq buys Digital Equipment Corporation.

Sunday 26, 1997:
Super Bowl xxx: The Green Bay Packers defeat the New England Patriots, 35-21.

Friday 26, 1996:
Whitewater scandal: Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies before a grand jury.

Wednesday 26, 1994:
A man fires two blank shots at Charles, Prince of Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Tuesday 26, 1993:
Václav Havel elected President of the Czech Republic.

Sunday 26, 1992:
Super Bowl XXVI: The Washington Redskins defeat the Buffalo Bills, 37-24.

Sunday 26, 1986:
Super Bowl XX: The Chicago Bears defeat the New England Patriots, 46-10.

Wednesday 26, 1983:
Lotus 1-2-3 is released.

Saturday 26, 1980:
Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.

Monday 26, 1970:
Folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel release classic album Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Wednesday 26, 1966:
The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach in Adelaide, South Australia.

Tuesday 26, 1965:
Hindi becomes the official language of India.

Friday 26, 1962:
Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon. The space probe later missed the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).

Thursday 26, 1961:
John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds this appointment.

Thursday 26, 1956:
1956 Winter Olympic Games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Thursday 26, 1950:
India promulgates its constitution forming a republic and Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first president.

Saturday 26, 1946:
Félix Gouin becomes Prime Minister of France.

Monday 26, 1942:
World War II: The first American forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.

Thursday 26, 1939:
Spanish Civil War: Troops loyal to Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.

Friday 26, 1934:
The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York City.

Thursday 26, 1911:
Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful seaplane.

Thursday 26, 1905:
The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier Mine.

Wednesday 26, 1887:
Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat Italians.

Monday 26, 1885:
Troops loyal to the Mahdi conquer Khartoum.

Wednesday 26, 1870:
American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.

Monday 26, 1863:
American Civil War: Massachusetts Governor receives permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.

Saturday 26, 1861:
The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.

Tuesday 26, 1841:
The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China had ceded.

Friday 26, 1838:
Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States

Thursday 26, 1837:
Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.

Tuesday 26, 1808:
Rum Rebellion, the only successful (but temporary) armed takeover of the government in Australia.

Tuesday 26, 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.

Saturday 26, 1788:
The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sail into Sydney Harbour to establish the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Celebrated as Australia Day.

Wednesday 26, 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.

Thursday 26, 1736:
Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.

Tuesday 26, 1700:
The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the coast of the American Northwest, as evidenced by Japanese records.

Monday 26, 1699:
Treaty of Carlowitz signed.

Monday 26, 1531:
Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake--thousands die.

Friday 26, 1500:
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to discover Brazil.

Tuesday 26, 1340:
King Edward III of England is declared King of France.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/26-january/on-this-day.html


People born on January 26

1981:
Nancy Hancock, British comedian and painter (b: January 26, 1981) (Biography of Nick Hancock (other))

1977:
Vince Carter, American basketball player (b: January 26, 1977) (Biography of Vince Carter)

1976:
James May, British writer (b: January 26, 1976) (Biography of James May)

1970:
Kirk Franklin, American singer (b: January 26, 1970) (Biography of Kirk Franklin)

1963:
José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager (b: January 26, 1963) (Biography of José Mourinho)
Andrew Ridgeley, English musician (b: January 26, 1963) (Biography of Andrew Ridgeley)

1961:
Wayne Gretzky, Canadian hockey player, coach, and team owner (b: January 26, 1961) (Biography of Wayne Gretzky)

1958:
Anita Baker, American singer (b: January 26, 1958) (Biography of Anita Baker)
Ellen DeGeneres, American actress, comedienne, and talk show host (b: January 26, 1958) (Biography of Ellen DeGeneres)

1955:
Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-born musician (b: January 26, 1955) (Biography of Eddie Van Halen)

1953:
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark (b: January 26, 1953) (Biography of Anders Fogh Rasmussen)
Lucinda Williams, American singer (b: January 26, 1953) (Biography of Lucinda Williams)

1946:
Gene Siskel, American film critic (b: January 26, 1946 ; d: February 20, 1999) (Biography of Gene Siskel)

1945:
Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (b: January 26, 1945 ; d: October 19, 1987) (Biography of Jacqueline Du Pre)

1944:
Angela Davis, American feminist and activist (b: January 26, 1944) (Biography of Angela Davis)

1943:
César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (b: January 26, 1943 ; d: January 22, 2005) (Biography of César Gutiérrez)
Jean Knight, American singer (b: January 26, 1943) (Biography of Jean Knight)

1941:
Henry Jaglom, English director (b: January 26, 1941) (Biography of Henry Jaglom)
Scott Glenn, American actor (b: January 26, 1941) (Biography of Scott Glenn)

1937:
Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leone political leader (b: January 26, 1937) (Biography of Joseph Saidu Momoh)

1935:
Bob Uecker, baseball player, broadcaster, and actor (b: January 26, 1935) (Biography of Bob Uecker)

1932:
Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, Jamaican record producer (b: January 26, 1932) (Biography of Coxsone Dodd)

1929:
Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and writer (b: January 26, 1929) (Biography of Jules Feiffer)

1928:
Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (b: January 26, 1928 ; d: February 11, 2000) (Biography of Roger Vadim)

1925:
Paul Newman, American actor (b: January 26, 1925) (Biography of Paul Newman)
Joan Leslie, American actress (b: January 26, 1925) (Biography of Joan Leslie)

1924:
Annette Strauss, philanthropist and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (b: January 26, 1924 ; d: December 14, 1998) (Biography of Annette Strauss)
Rauf Denktash, Cypriot politician (b: January 26, 1924) (Biography of Rauf Denktash)

1923:
Anne Jeffreys, American actress (b: January 26, 1923) (Biography of Anne Jeffreys)

1922:
Michael Bentine, British comedian (b: January 26, 1922 ; d: November 26, 1996) (Biography of Michael Bentine)

1921:
Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (b: January 26, 1921 ; d: October 3, 1999) (Biography of Akio Morita)

1918:
Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romanian dictator (b: January 26, 1918) (Biography of Nicolae Ceauşescu)
Philip José Farmer, American writer (b: January 26, 1918) (Biography of Philip José Farmer)

1915:
William Hopper, American actor (b: January 26, 1915 ; d: March 6, 1970) (Biography of William Hopper)

1913:
James Van Heusen, American songwriter (b: January 26, 1913) (Biography of James Van Heusen)

1911:
Polykarp Kusch, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: January 26, 1911 ; d: March 20, 1993) (Biography of Polykarp Kusch)

1908:
Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (b: January 26, 1908 ; d: December 1, 1997) (Biography of Stéphane Grappelli)

1905:
Charles Lane, American actor (b: January 26, 1905) (Biography of Charles Lane)
Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (b: January 26, 1905 ; d: March 28, 1987) (Biography of Maria von Trapp)

1904:
Ancel Keys, American scientist (b: January 26, 1904) (Biography of Ancel Keys)

1902:
Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (b: January 26, 1902 ; d: May 15, 1940) (Biography of Menno ter Braak)

1901:
Stuart Symington, American politician (b: January 26, 1901) (Biography of Stuart Symington)

1900:
Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (b: January 26, 1900) (Biography of Karl Ristenpart)

1892:
Zara Cully, American actress (b: January 26, 1892 ; d: February 28, 1978) (Biography of Zara Cully)

1891:
Frank Costello, Italian-born gangster (b: January 26, 1891 ; d: February 18, 1973) (Biography of Frank Costello)

1880:
Douglas MacArthur, American general (b: January 26, 1880) (Biography of Douglas MacArthur)

1781:
Achim von Arnim, German poet (b: January 26, 1781 ; d: January 21, 1831) (Biography of Achim von Arnim)
Julia Dent Grant, First Lady of the United States (b: January 26, 1781) (Biography of Julia Dent Grant)

1763:
King Charles XIV of Sweden, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, Napoleonic general (b: January 26, 1763 ; d: March 8, 1844) (Biography of Charles XIV of Sweden)

1541:
Florent Chrestien, French writer (b: January 26, 1541 ; d: October 3, 1596) (Biography of Florent Chrestien)

1497:
Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b: January 26, 1497 ; d: September 27, 1557) (Biography of Emperor Go-Nara of Japan)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/26-january/births.html

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People who died on January 26

2004:
Fred Haas (d: January 26, 2004) (Biography of Fred Haas)

2003:
Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (b: January 15, 1914 ; d: January 26, 2003) (Biography of Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton)
Valeriy Brumel (d: January 26, 2003) (Biography of Valeriy Brumel)
George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b: September 22, 1931 ; d: January 26, 2003) (Biography of George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie)

2001:
Al McGuire (d: January 26, 2001) (Biography of Al McGuire)

2000:
A. E. van Vogt, Canadian writer (b: April 26, 1912 ; d: January 26, 2000) (Biography of A. E. van Vogt)
Don Budge, American tennis player (b: June 13, 1915 ; d: January 26, 2000) (Biography of Don Budge)
Kathleen Hale (d: January 26, 2000) (Biography of Kathleen Hale)

1998:
Shinichi Suzuki (d: January 26, 1998) (Biography of Shinichi Suzuki)

1997:
Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b: January 5, 1904 ; d: January 26, 1997) (Biography of Jeane Dixon)

1996:
Dave Schultz (d: January 26, 1996) (Biography of Dave Schultz)
Harold Brodkey (d: January 26, 1996) (Biography of Harold Brodkey)

1993:
Jeanne Sauvé (d: January 26, 1993) (Biography of Jeanne Sauvé)
Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (b: February 18, 1905 ; d: January 26, 1993) (Biography of Jan Gies)

1992:
José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (b: January 8, 1912 ; d: January 26, 1992) (Biography of José Ferrer)

1990:
Lewis Mumford, American historian (b: October 19, 1895 ; d: January 26, 1990) (Biography of Lewis Mumford)

1983:
Paul "Bear" Bryant, American football coach (b: September 11, 1913 ; d: January 26, 1983) (Biography of Bear Bryant)

1979:
Nelson Rockefeller (d: January 26, 1979) (Biography of Nelson Rockefeller)

1973:
Edward G. Robinson, American actor (b: December 12, 1893 ; d: January 26, 1973) (Biography of Edward G. Robinson)

1968:
Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher and aviation promoter (b: November 25, 1883 ; d: January 26, 1968) (Biography of Merrill C. Meigs)
Yvor Winters (d: January 26, 1968) (Biography of Yvor Winters)

1962:
Lucky Luciano, American gangster (b: November 11, 1897 ; d: January 26, 1962) (Biography of Lucky Luciano)

1961:
Stan Nichols, English cricketer (b: October 6, 1900 ; d: January 26, 1961) (Biography of Stan Nichols)

1952:
Horloogiyn Choybalsan (d: January 26, 1952) (Biography of Horloogiyn Choybalsan)

1947:
Grace Moore, American soprano (plane crash) (b: December 5, 1898 ; d: January 26, 1947) (Biography of Grace Moore)
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Westrobothnia, second in line to the Swedish throne (b: April 22, 1906 ; d: January 26, 1947) (Biography of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Westrobothnia)

1943:
Harry H. Laughlin (d: January 26, 1943) (Biography of Harry H. Laughlin)

1942:
Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (b: November 8, 1868 ; d: January 26, 1942) (Biography of Felix Hausdorff)

1886:
David Rice Atchison, American politician (b: August 11, 1807 ; d: January 26, 1886) (Biography of David Rice Atchison)

1885:
Edward Davy, English physician, chemist, and inventor (b: June 16, 1806 ; d: January 26, 1885) (Biography of Edward Davy)
Charles George 'Chinese' Gordon, British soldier and administrator (b: January 28, 1833 ; d: January 26, 1885) (Biography of Charles George Gordon)

1855:
Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b: May 22, 1808 ; d: January 26, 1855) (Biography of Gérard de Nerval)

1824:
Théodore Géricault, French writer (b: September 26, 1791 ; d: January 26, 1824) (Biography of Théodore Géricault)

1823:
Edward Jenner, English medical researcher (b: May 17, 1749 ; d: January 26, 1823) (Biography of Edward Jenner)

1750:
Albert Schultens (d: January 26, 1750) (Biography of Albert Schultens)

1744:
Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshall (b: November 30, 1683 ; d: January 26, 1744) (Biography of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller)

1697:
Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b: April 1, 1640 ; d: January 26, 1697) (Biography of Georg Mohr)

1636:
Jean Hotman Marquis de Villers-St-Paul (d: January 26, 1636) (Biography of Jean Hotman Marquis de Villers-St-Paul)

1630:
Henry Briggs (d: January 26, 1630) (Biography of Henry Briggs)

1567:
Nicholas Wotton (d: January 26, 1567) (Biography of Nicholas Wotton)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/26-january/deaths.html