Today in History - History - January 26th

1891Oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," premieres in NYC

2014Stanislas Wawrinka defeats Rafael Nadal to win the Australian Tennis Open

1956Hank Greenberg & Joe Cronin are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1913Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for playing as a professional

1980175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro

1960Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on 23rd ballot

1975Edward Albee's "Seascape," premieres in NYC

1961"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley peaks to #1

199165th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats J Novotna (57 63 61)

1862Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive, General George McClellan ignores order

1880Douglas MacArthur, Little Rock Ark, US General (WW II), (d. 1964)

1961Wayne Gretzky, Brantford Ont, NHL great scorer (Oiler, King, Rangers)

1925Paul Newman, Cleve, racer/popcorn mogul/actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler)

1955Eddie Van Halen, Nijmegan Neth, rock guitarist (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)

2005Professional golfer Arnold Palmer (75) weds Kathleen Gawthrop in an intimate ceremony at a cottage on the beach at Turtle Bay Resort

1905General officer John J. Pershing (44) weds Helen Frances

1925Politician Seán MacBride (21) weds Catalina Bulfin in Dublin, Ireland

1944Actor Ralph Richardson (41) weds actress Meriel Forbes (30)

1949Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65

1962Charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies of a heart attack at 65