Notable Historical Events on January 26th
January 26th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
66 |
5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet |
1340 |
English king Edward III proclaimed king of France |
1482 |
"Pentateuch" (Jewish Bible) 1st printed as a book in Bolongna, Italy |
1500 |
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot in 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 Treaty of Carlowitz with Ottoman Empire |
1700 |
The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records. |
1736 |
Stanislaw I of Poland abdicates his throne. |
1748 |
Britain, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty |
1784 |
Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol |
1788 |
Captain Arthur Phillip and British colonists hoist the English flag at Sydney Cove, New South Wales, now celebrated as Australia Day |
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 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 secedes from the Union (US Civil War) |
1862 |
Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive, General George McClellan ignores order |
1863 |
American Civil War: Massachusetts Governor receives permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent (54th Massachusetts Regiment) |
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 government 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 in South Africa |
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. |
1907 |
In Austria, universal and direct suffrage (limited to males over 24) is introduced, a reform long demanded by the socialists and others |
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 playing as a professional |
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 |
Herbert Hoover, US Food Administrator, 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 |
1st public demonstration of television by John Logie Baird in his laboratory in 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 |
Nazis 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, ceasing 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 |
Hank Greenberg & Joe Cronin are elected to Baseball 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 government 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 |
1967 |
Chicago Blizzard strikes with a record 23 inches of snow fall causing 800 buses and 50,000 automobiles to be abandoned |
1968 |
Israeli submarine Dakar sinks in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die |
1969 |
"Red, White, & Maddox" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 41 performances |
1969 |
Minister of Health and Social Services William Morgan resigns from the Northern Ireland government |
1970 |
Pendleton, Ford & Cryer's "Last Sweet Days of Isaac," premieres in NYC |
1971 |
Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts law against limitation of war crimes |
1972 |
Air stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute |
1973 |
Belgium government 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 starts 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 government |
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 |
Super Bowl XX: Chicago Bears beat NE Patriots, 46-10 in New Orleans Super Bowl 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 |
Australian 200th anniversary parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbour |
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 |
Super Bowl XXVI: Wash Red Skins beat Buffalo Bills, 37-24 in Minn Super Bowl 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 |
Super Bowl XXXI: Green Bay Packers beat NE Patriots, 35-21 in New Orleans |
1998 |
25th American Music Award: Spice Girls & Babyface win |
1998 |
Intel launches 333 MHz Pentium II chip |
1998 |
President Bill 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. |
2003 |
Super Bowl XXXVII: Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Oakland Raiders, 48-21 at the Qualcomm Stadium MVP: Dexter Jackson, Tampa Bay, S |
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. |
2010 |
After 6 consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, the UK economy officially finally comes out of recession with a GDP growth of 0.1% |
2013 |
30 people are killed during a violent protest in Port Said, Egypt |
2013 |
10 people are killed and 20 are injured by a suicide bombing in Kunduz, Afghanistan |
2013 |
The United States Sentencing Commission is hacked by Anonymous in response to the suicide of Aaron Swartz |
2013 |
Miloš Zeman wins the Czech Republic's presidential election |
2013 |
Victoria Azarenka defeats Li Na to win the women's singles at the 2013 Australian Open |
2014 |
56th Grammy Awards: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Lorde, and Daft Punk win |
2014 |
21 people are killed after a tourist boat capsizes off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
2014 |
Stanislas Wawrinka defeats Rafael Nadal to win the Australian Tennis Open |
2016 |
After Setting iPhone Record, Apple Forecasts Rare Sales Drop |
2016 |
Oregon protest leader Ammon Bundy, others arrested; 1 killed |
2017 |
Mexican president 'regrets and disapproves' Trump push for wall |
2017 |
President Donald Trump says he believes torture works |
2018 |
Vince McMahon: XFL to return in 2020 without gimmicks |
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