January 26

Important event in history that happen in 26 January, janari, januari, Януари, Leden, jaanuar, जनवरी, gennaio, siječanj, janvāris, sausis, január, Enero, styczeń, janvier, ianuarie, Январь, јануар, tammikuu, มกราคม, Ocak, Січень, tháng một, Ιανουάριος, Jan.

66 - 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1340 - English king Edward III proclaimed king of France
1500 - Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
1531 - Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die
1564 - The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
1589 - Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
1654 - Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife
1666 - France declares war on England & Munster
1689 - Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr
1697 - Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night
1699 - Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey
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 - Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne
1736 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
1748 - England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty
1784 - Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol
1788 - Capt Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Botany Bay, New South Wales
1789 - John Odell signs contract for £336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx)
1790 - Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna
1797 - Russia, Prussia & Austria sign treaty
1802 - Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library
1808 - Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.
1833 - Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan
1837 - Michigan admitted as 26th US state
1838 - Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol
1838 - Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
1841 - Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain
1850 - 1st German-language daily newspaper in US published, NYC
1861 - Louisiana becomes 6th state to secede
1862 - Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive McClellan ignores order
1863 - 54th Regiment (Black) infantry forms
1863 - War Dept authorizes Mass governor to recruit black troops
1863 - American Civil War: Massachusetts Governor receives permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
1870 - Virginia rejoins US
1871 - British Rugby Union forms
1871 - US income tax repealed
1875 - Electric dental drill is patented by George F Green
1881 - Union of Baptists Communities forms in Foxholl
1882 - France govt of Gambetta falls
1884 - 1st Dutch Wagner version of Elizabeth aria
1885 - Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum
1886 - Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor
1887 - Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians
1891 - Oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," premieres in NYC
1897 - Battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army
1900 - Henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer," premieres in Stuttgart
1905 - Arnold Schoenberg's "Pelleas und Melissande," premieres in Vienna
1905 - Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea
1905 - World's largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found
1907 - 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed
1907 - J M Synge's "Playboy of Western World" opens; police are called
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.
1910 - Heavy rains cause floods in Paris
1911 - Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego
1911 - Richard Strauss's opera "Die Rosenkavalier" premieres, Dresden
1913 - Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro
1914 - 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike
1914 - Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index
1915 - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo established
1918 - Pres Hoover calls for "wheatless" & "meatless" days for war effort
1920 - Amadeo Modigliani's mistress jumps out of a window
1920 - Former Ford Motor Co. executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
1921 - Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Neth forms
1921 - Toronto St Pat Corb Denneny scores 6 goals vs Hamilton Tigers
1922 - Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Pastoral Symphony," premieres in London
1924 - Charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal
1926 - Television 1st demonstrated (J L Baird, London)
1927 - Maxwell Anderson's "Saturday's Children," premieres in NYC
1929 - Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence
1930 - Cleveland's Terminal Tower opens (52 stories)
1931 - Hungary-Austria sign peace treaty
1931 - Lynn Riggs' "Green Grow the Lilacs," premieres in NYC
1932 - British submarine M-2 sinks in Channel (60 dead)
1932 - KUT-AM in Austin Texas changes call letters to KNOW
1934 - Bradman scores 128 NSW v Victoria, 96 mins, 17 fours 4 sixes
1934 - Nazi Germany & Poland sign non-attack treaty for 10 years
1934 - The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
1934 - German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
1939 - Federal Hall National Monument established
1939 - Filming begins on "Gone With the Wind"
1939 - Franco conquers Barcelona
1940 - Nazi's forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains
1942 - 1st US force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland
1942 - Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German marshal Rommel
1945 - Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp
1947 - KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die
1948 - Executive Order 9981, end segregation in US Armed Forces signed
1949 - WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1950 - India becomes a republic ceaseing to be a British dominion
1951 - Mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1954 - Ground breaking begins on Disneyland
1956 - 7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1956 - Buddy Holly's 1st formal recording session
1956 - Hank Greenberg & Joe Cronin are elected to Hall of Fame
1956 - Porkkala military base returned to Finland by USSR
1957 - Bernanos & Poulenc's opera "Dialogue des Carmelites," premieres
1957 - Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms
1957 - India annexes Kashmir
1957 - Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as Pres of Milwaukee Braves
1958 - H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan on as Israeli minister of Defense
1958 - Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It"
1958 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Lake Worth Open Golf Invitational
1958 - Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed.
1959 - Italy govt of Fanfani resigns
1959 - KOKH TV channel 25 in Oklahoma City, OK (IND/PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 - High-school basketball sensation Danny Heater scores 135 points
1960 - Oakland enters AFL
1960 - Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on 23rd ballot
1961 - "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley peaks to #1
1961 - 1st woman "personal physician to president"-JG Travell
1962 - Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's
1962 - Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard
1962 - David Diamond's 7th Symphony, premieres in Philadelphia
1962 - US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mi (37,000-km)
1962 - "Twist" is impure & bans it from all Catholic schools
1963 - "Milk & Honey" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 543 perfs
1963 - Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone
1965 - South Vietnam milt coup under general Nguyen Khanh
1966 - Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:06.2)
1966 - The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia.
1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
1968 - Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die
1969 - "Red, White, & Maddox" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 41 performances
1970 - Pendleton, Ford & Cryer's "Last Sweet Days of Isaac," premieres in NYC
1971 - Charles Manson convicted of murder
1971 - Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes
1972 - Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute
1973 - Belgium govt of Leburton forms
1975 - Edward Albee's "Seascape," premieres in NYC
1976 - 6th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 23-20
1976 - Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals
1976 - David Mamet's "American Buffalo," premieres in NYC
1976 - Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon
1976 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 23-20
1977 - Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai & Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki
1978 - Frank Herbert completes his novel "Destination: Void"
1978 - International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit
1978 - Mario Soares forms Portuguese govt
1978 - Strikers riot in Tunisia, killing about 40
1979 - "Dukes of Hazzard" premieres on CBS's vast wasteland
1979 - Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Neth
1980 - 175,000 pay to hear FRANK SINATRA sing in Rio de Janeiro!
1980 - Islanders & Whalers play a NHL penalty-free game
1980 - Israel & Egypt establish diplomatic relations
1980 - Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4½ minutes
1981 - Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 v Australia at Adelaide Oval
1982 - Islanders score 4 goals within 1:38, 5 within 2:37 vs Penguins
1982 - Mauno Koivisto elected president of Finland
1983 - Dutch/British infrared satellite IRAS launched from Calif
1984 - Nordiques' Michel Goulet scored on 9th penalty shot against Islanders
1984 - US navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters & a blimp able to lift 26 tons-Lakehurst, NJ
1985 - 42th Golden Globes: Amadeus wins
1985 - Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season
1986 - Hein Vergeer becomes European skating champ
1986 - Val Skinner wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
1986 - Yoweri Museveni's rebel army conquerors Kampala Uganda
1986 - Superbowl XX: Chicago Bears beat NE Patriots, 46-10 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Richard Dent, Chicago, DE
1987 - 14th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie & Alabama
1987 - Hart Foundation beat British Bulldogs for WWF tag team title
1988 - "Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 4,000+ perfs
1988 - Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor
1989 - "Black & Blue" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 829 performances
1989 - AT&T reports 1st loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988
1989 - Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the SCG
1989 - Madison Sq Garden announces 2-year $100 M renovation plan
1989 - Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia v West Indies, Sydney
1989 - US computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus
1990 - Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica & South Atlantic
1990 - Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asst GM (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office)
1991 - "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 497 performances
1991 - 65th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats J Novotna (57 63 61)
1991 - Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church
1991 - Houston guard Vernon Maxwell is 4th NBAer to score 30 pts in a quarter
1991 - Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame
1991 - NY Lotto pays $90 million to nine winner (#s are 5-15-30-35-46-50)
1992 - "Little Hotel on the Side" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 41 perfs
1992 - 80th Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats S Edberg (63 36 64 62)
1992 - Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect
1992 - Superbowl XXVI: Wash Red Skins beat Buffalo Bills, 37-24 in Minn Superbowl MVP: Mark Rypien, Washington, QB
1993 - West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide
1995 - NJ Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern
1996 - "Les Miserables," opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg
1997 - "Ideal Husband" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 308 performances
1997 - 85th Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (62 63 63)
1997 - Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant
1997 - Superbowl XXXI: Green Bay Packers beat NE Patriots, 35-21 in Pasadena
1998 - 25th American Music Award: Spice Girls & Babyface win
1998 - Intel launches 333 MHz Pentium II chip
1998 - Pres Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky"
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 - Condoleezza Rice is sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State, becoming the first African American woman to hold the post.
2005 - Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles.
2006 - Western Union discontinues use of its telegram service.