January 26

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on January 26. From 1900 until now. January 26 is under the sign of Aquarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Ellen DeGeneres (1958), Paul Newman (1925) and Michel Sardou (1947). Several movies were released around January 26 over the years, such as Modern Times in 1936 directed by Charles Chaplin and Taxi Driver in 1976 directed by Martin Scorsese.
But much more happened on January 26 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Roman Empire - third day of the Sementivae in honor of Ceres and Terra.
Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church: Timothy and Titus
Saint Paula
Polycarp
Saint Alberic
Margaret of Hungary
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Uganda - Liberation Day.
India - Republic Day - One of only three state holidays in India, celebrated with pomp and a military parade in New Delhi.
International Customs Day.
Australia - Australia Day.
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Events

2019 Nairobi Latema Road blast: An explosive device goes off outside a cinema in a busy part of Kenya’s capital, injuring two people. The area was also the place of an attack earlier this month. (Washington Post)
2018 Syrian Civil War: President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says the Afrin offensive, as announced, is now to turn east, towards Manbij and the border with Iraq. (Reuters)
2017 Libyan Civil War (2014–present): Forces of the Libyan National Army claim to have captured one of the last remaining strongholds of Benghazi from Ansar al-Sharia. (Al Jazeera)
2016 A suicide bomb attack on a Syrian Army (SAA) checkpoint in the city of Homs kills at least 22 people, including around a dozen soldiers. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack. (AFP via Daily Mail) (Reuters Canada)
2015 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: Kurdish fighters recapture at least 90% of Kobanî, Syria. (CNN)
2014 Taliban insurgency: A suicide bomber attacks an army bus in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing two soldiers and two civilians. (BBC)
2013 War in North-West Pakistan:: At least 24 militants are killed in clashes between the Tehrik-e-Taliban and Ansarul Islam in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan. (AP via News Limited)
2012 Tuareg Rebellion (2011–present): Tuareg rebels capture the fourth Malian town in a week. (Al Jazeera)
2011 Three muslim rebels are killed following a clash with government security forces in the Southern Philippines. (China Xinjiang)
2010 Dutch auto group Spyker signs a deal to buy Sweden's Saab from General Motors for US$74 million in cash and $326 million in deferred shares.
2009 The world's largest drug company, Pfizer of New York, announces it will acquire rival Wyeth for US$68 billion.
2008 In South Carolina, USA, the Democratic caucuses choose Barack Obama as candidate for the presidential election on November. The Republican caucuses choose John McCain.
2007 War in Somalia: Attackers fire four mortar shells at an Ethiopian military camp close to Mogadishu. (Aljazeera)
2006 Islamist party Hamas' landslide victory in Palestinian elections ends four decades of rule by the Fatah party. Hamas secures 76 seats in the 132-member legislature through parliamentary elections. Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei announces he will resign and Fatah declares it will not join a Hamas-led coalition, although Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plans to continue negotiations with Israel through the Palestine Liberation Organization.(BBC) (Haaretz)
2005 Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles.
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.
2001 An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.
2000 At the Desert Inn casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cynthia Jay-Brennan wins $34,959,458.56 on a Megabucks slot machine, the world's largest payout. She had entered a total of $27.
1998 President Clinton says I want to say one thing to the American people I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky
1997 Ideal Husband closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 308 performances
1996 Les Miserables, opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg
1995 New Jersey Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern
1993 West Indies defeats Australia by one run in fourth Test at Adelaide.
1992 Little Hotel on the Side opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 41 performances
1991 Few Good Men closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 497 performances
1990 Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica and South Atlantic.
1989 Black & Blue opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 829 performances
1988 Phantom of the Opera opens at Majestic Theater in New York City, New York for 4,000+ performances.
1987 Hart Foundation beats British Bulldogs for WWF tag team title.
1986 Super Bowl XX: Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots, 46-10 in New Orleans, Louisiana; Most Valuable Player: Richard Dent, Defensive End.
1985 42th Golden Globes: Amadeus wins.
1984 US navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters and a blimp able to lift 26 tons in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
1983 Dutch / British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California
1982 Islanders score 4 goals within 1:38, 5 within 2:37 vs. Penguins
1981 Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 versus Australia at Adelaide Oval.
1980 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1979 Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht, Netherlands.
1978 Frank Herbert completes his novel Destination: Void
1977 Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai and Marine Tcherkasova are first to perform a quadruple twist lift, in Helsinki, Finland.
1976 6th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 23-20
1975 Immaculata University defeats the University of Maryland 80-48 in the first nationally televised women's basketball game in the United States. quotWomen Cagers Make TV Debutquot, ''Ocala (FL) Star-Bannerquot, January 27, 1975, p2B
1974 Bülent Ecevit, of CHP forms the new government of Turkey (37th government, partner MSP )
1973 Belgium government of Leburton forms.
1972 Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute.
1971 Charles Manson convicted of murder
1970 Mick Jagger is fined £200 for possession of cannabis.
1969 Red, White, and Maddox opens at Cort Theater NYC for 41 performances
1968 Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die
1967 The Parliament of the United Kingdom decides to nationalize 90% of the British steel industry.
1966 Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:06.2).
1965 South Vietnam military coup under General Nguyen Khanh.
1964 The annual telecasts of ''The Wizard of Oz'' resume after being temporarily discontinued in 1963. The reason for the film's not being shown that year is not made public, but it is possible that it was because of the recent assassination of President John F. Kennedy. If the then-established pattern of Christmas-season showings of the film had continued in 1963, the movie would have had to be shown in early December, only two weeks after the President's death.
1963 Milk & Honey closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 543 performances
1962 Twist is impure and bans it from all Catholic schools
1961 1st woman personal Physician to President-JG Travell
1960 High-school basketball sensation Danny Heater scores 135 points
1959 KOKH TV channel 25 in Oklahoma City, OK (IND / PBS) begins broadcasting
1958 H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan on as Israeli Minister of Defense
1957 India annexes Kashmir.
1956 Hank Greenberg and Joe Cronin are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1954 Ground breaking begins on Disneyland
1952 Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
1951 Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1950 The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
1949 WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1948 Executive Order 9981, end segregation in US Armed Forces signed
1947 KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die.
1945 Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp
1942 1st US force in Europe during WWII go ashore in Northern Ireland
1940 Brisbane, Australia swelters through its hottest day ever, 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 Fahrenheit).
1939 Filming begins on Gone With the Wind
1937 The U.S. state of Michigan celebrates its Centennial Anniversary of statehood.
1934 Nazi Germany and Poland sign non-attack treaty for 10 years
1932 British submarine M-2 sinks in Channel (60 dead)
1931 Hungary-Austria sign peace treaty
1930 Cleveland's Terminal Tower opens (52 stories).
1928 The volcanic island Anak Krakatau appears.
1926 Television first demonstrated (John L Baird, London England).
1924 Charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes first Winter Olympics gold medal.
1922 Italian forces occupy Misrata in Libya. The reconquest of Libya begins.
1921 Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Netherlands forms.
1920 Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
1918 President Hoover calls for wheatless and meatless days for war effort
1917 The sea defences at the English village of Hallsands are breached, leading to all but one of the houses becoming uninhabitable.
1915 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado established.
1914 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike.
1913 Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro.
1911 Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
1910 Heavy rains cause floods in Paris.
1907 The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III is officially introduced into British Military Service, and remains the second oldest military rifle still in official use.
1905 Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea.
1900 The Labor League Conference opens in Sydney, Australia, with plans to form a Federal Labor Party. This is spelled quotLaborquot even in Australia.
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