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What happend on 26. January in History
In our data base we found 317 events happened on 26. January:
• 946: Eadgyth, German Queen (b. 910) [category: Deaths]
• 1497: Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) [category: Births]
• 1500: Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil. [category: Events]
• 1531: Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake--thousands die. [category: Events]
• 1541: Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) [category: Births]
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• 1564: The Council of Trent issues its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. [category: Events]
• 1564: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War. [category: Events]
• 1565: Battle of Talikota, fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Islamic sultanates of the Deccan, leads to the subjugation, and eventual destruction of the last Hindu kingdom in India, and the consolidation of Islamic rule over much of the Indian subcontinent. [category: Events]
• 1567: Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat [category: Deaths]
• 1589: Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. [category: Events]
• 1595: Antonio Maria Abbatini, Italian composer (d. 1679) [category: Births]
• 1630: Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556) [category: Deaths]
• 1636: Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) [category: Deaths]
• 1697: Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) [category: Deaths]
• 1699: Treaty of Carlowitz is signed. [category: Events]
• 1700: The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake takes place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records. [category: Events]
• 1708: William Hayes, English composer, organist, singer and conductor (d. 1777) [category: Births]
• 1714: Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (d. 1785) [category: Births]
• 1716: George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician (d. 1785) [category: Births]
• 1722: Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (d. 1805) [category: Births]
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• 1736: Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. [category: Events]
• 1744: Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) [category: Deaths]
• 1750: Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686) [category: Deaths]
• 1761: Jens Zetlitz, Norwegian priest and poet (d. 1821) [category: Births]
• 1763: Charles XIV John of Sweden, Napoleonic general (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1781: Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet (d. 1831) [category: Births]
• 1788: The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Commemorated as Australia Day [category: Events]
• 1795: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (b. 1732) [category: Deaths]
• 1799: Gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1808: Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia. [category: Events]
• 1813: Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican founding father (d. 1876) [category: Births]
• 1823: Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749) [category: Deaths]
• 1824: Théodore Géricault, French painter (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1826: Julia Dent-Grant, First Lady of the United States (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1831: Sangolli Rayanna, freedom fighter from Karnataka, India (b. 1798) [category: Deaths]
• 1832: George Shiras Jr., U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1837: Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state. [category: Events]
• 1838: Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States [category: Events]
• 1841: The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China later formally cedes. [category: Events]
• 1842: François Coppée, French poet and novelist (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1852: Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà), explorer (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1855: Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) [category: Deaths]
• 1855: Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory. [category: Events]
• 1856: First Battle of Seattle. Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers. [category: Events]
• 1861: American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union. [category: Events]
• 1863: American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker. [category: Events]
• 1863: American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent. [category: Events]
• 1864: József Pusztai, Slovene writer, poet and journalist in Hungary (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1866: John Cady, American golfer (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1869: Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1870: Victor de Broglie, French statesman and diplomat (b. 1785) [category: Deaths]
• 1870: American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union. [category: Events]
• 1878: Dave Nourse, South African cricketer (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1880: Douglas MacArthur, American general and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1882: André Rischmann, French rugby player (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1885: Michael Considine, Australian politician (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1885: Charles George 'Chinese' Gordon, British general (b. 1833) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Edward Davy, English inventor (b. 1806) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon. [category: Events]
• 1886: David Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807) [category: Deaths]
• 1887: François Faber, Luxembourgian cyclist (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1887: Marc Mitscher, American admiral (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1891: August Froehlich, German Roman Catholic priest, member of the resistance against Nazism and martyr (d.1942) [category: Births]
• 1891: Frank Costello, Italian-born American gangster (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1891: Wilder Penfield, American-born Canadian neurosurgeon (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1891: Nikolaus August Otto, German inventor (b. 1833) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: Bessie Coleman, American pioneer aviator (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1892: Zara Cully, American actress (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1893: Giuseppe Genco Russo, Sicilian mafioso (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1893: Abner Doubleday, American military figure, and credited inventor of baseball (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1902: Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1904: Ancel Keys, American scientist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1904: Seán MacBride, Irish statesman, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1904: Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1905: Charles Lane, American actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1905: Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1905: The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.62135 kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa. [category: Events]
• 1907: Dimitrios Holevas, Greek Orthodox priest, member of the Greek Resistance movement (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1908: Jill Esmond, English actress (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1908: Rupprecht Geiger, German painter (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1908: Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (Quintette du Hot Club de France) (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1910: Jean Image, Hungarian-born French animator (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1911: Norbert Schultze, German composer and songwriter (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1911: Polykarp Kusch, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1911: Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane. [category: Events]
• 1911: Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera. [category: Events]
• 1913: Jimmy Van Heusen, American songwriter (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1914: Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1915: William Hopper, American actor (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1915: The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress. [category: Events]
• 1918: Nicolae Ceauşescu, 1st President of Romania (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1918: Philip José Farmer, American writer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1918: Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war. [category: Events]
• 1919: Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager for Tottenham Hotspur. (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1919: Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1920: Hans Holzer, American paranormal researcher (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1920: Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer. [category: Events]
• 1921: Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1921: Eddie Barclay, French producer (Barclay Records) (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1922: Michael Bentine, British comedian (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1922: Seán Flanagan, Irish Gaelic footballer and politician (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1923: Anne Jeffreys, American actress [category: Births]
• 1924: Alice Babs, Swedish singer [category: Births]
• 1924: Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1924: Rauf Denktaş, Cypriot politician (d.2011) [category: Births]
• 1924: Saint Petersburg, Russia, is renamed Leningrad. [category: Events]
• 1925: Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper editor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1925: Joan Leslie, American actress [category: Births]
• 1925: Paul Newman, American actor, philanthropist, race car driver and race team owner (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1926: Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani scholar [category: Births]
• 1926: John Flannagan, American educator [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Bob Nieman, American baseball player (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1927: José Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1928: Paul Marcotte, American politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1928: Roger Vadim, French actor and director (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1929: Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1929: Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and writer [category: Births]
• 1930: Napoleón Abueva, Filipino sculptor [category: Births]
• 1930: The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) which occurred 20 years later. [category: Events]
• 1931: Mary Murphy, American film actress [category: Births]
• 1932: Coxsone Dodd, Jamaican record producer [category: Births]
• 1932: George Clements, American civil rights activist and Roman Catholic priest [category: Births]
• 1932: William Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Ercole Baldini, Italian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1933: Alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Roger Landry, Canadian businessman and newspaper publisher [category: Births]
• 1934: German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed. [category: Events]
• 1934: The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City. [category: Events]
• 1935: Bob Uecker, American baseball player and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1935: Corrado Augias, Italian journalist, writer and TV personality [category: Births]
• 1936: Sal Buscema, American comic book artist [category: Births]
• 1937: Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leone political leader (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1939: Spanish Civil War – Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona. [category: Events]
• 1941: Henry Jaglom, English director [category: Births]
• 1941: Scott Glenn, American actor [category: Births]
• 1942: Souad Hosni, Egyptian actress (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1942: Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1943: Austin "Jack" Warner, Trinidadian FIFA Vice-President and CONCACAF President [category: Births]
• 1943: César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1943: Jean Knight, American singer [category: Births]
• 1943: Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Angela Davis, American feminist and activist [category: Births]
• 1944: Jerry Sandusky, Former Penn State football coach; convicted child-sex offender [category: Births]
• 1945: Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: The Red Army begins encircling the German Fourth Army near Heiligenbeil in East Prussia, which will end in destruction of the 4th Army two months later. [category: Events]
• 1946: Gene Siskel, American film critic (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1946: Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Michel Sardou, French singer [category: Births]
• 1947: Patrick Dewaere, French actor (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1947: Grace Moore, American soprano (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: John Lomax, American musicologist and folklorist (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: David Strathairn, American actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Jonathan Carroll, American author [category: Births]
• 1949: The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976). [category: Events]
• 1950: Janet Lupo, American model [category: Births]
• 1950: Jörg Haider, Austrian far-right politician (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1951: Walt Willey, American actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Khorloogiin Choibalsan, leader of Mongolia (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. [category: Events]
• 1953: Alik L. Alik, vice-president of the Federate States of Micronesie [category: Births]
• 1953: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of NATO [category: Births]
• 1953: Lucinda Williams, American singer [category: Births]
• 1953: Athanase David, Canadian politician and businessman (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1955: Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American musician (Van Halen) [category: Births]
• 1958: Anita Baker, American singer [category: Births]
• 1958: Ellen DeGeneres, American actress and comedian [category: Births]
• 1958: Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer [category: Births]
• 1958: Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsizes off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed. [category: Events]
• 1960: Charlie Gillingham, American musician (Counting Crows) [category: Births]
• 1960: Road Warrior Animal, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1960: Danny Heater sets a worldwide high school basketball scoring record when he records 135 points for Burnsville High School (West Virginia) [category: Events]
• 1961: Li Cunxin, Chinese-Australian ballet dancer [category: Births]
• 1961: Tom Keifer, American musician (Cinderella) [category: Births]
• 1961: Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1961: Stan Nichols, English cricketer (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds this appointment. [category: Events]
• 1962: Oscar Ruggeri, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1962: Lucky Luciano, American mobster (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Ranger program: Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km). [category: Events]
• 1963: Andrew Ridgeley, English musician (Wham!) [category: Births]
• 1963: Gisela Valcarcel, Peruvian Hostess [category: Births]
• 1963: José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager [category: Births]
• 1963: Riddell Akua, Nauruan politician [category: Births]
• 1963: H. S. Lloyd, British dog breeder (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Paul Johansson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Peter Braunstein, American journalist, writer, and playwright [category: Births]
• 1965: Natalia Yurchenko, Soviet gymnast [category: Births]
• 1965: Thomas Östros, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1965: Hindi becomes the official language of India. [category: Events]
• 1966: The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia. [category: Events]
• 1967: Bryan Callen, American actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Col Needham, English businessman, co-founded Internet Movie Database [category: Births]
• 1967: Pradip Somasundaran, Indian singer [category: Births]
• 1968: Ravi Teja, Tollywood film actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Yvor Winters, American poet (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: George Dikeoulakos, Greek basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1969: Michael O'Hearn, American bodybuilder [category: Births]
• 1970: Kirk Franklin, American gospel singer (One Nation Crew) [category: Births]
• 1970: Tracy Middendorf, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Dorian Gregory, American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Peter Peschel, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Mayu Shinjo, Japanese manga artist [category: Births]
• 1973: Melvil Poupaud, French actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Edward G. Robinson, American actor (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Jay C. Higginbotham, American musician (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Rokia Traoré, Malian singer [category: Births]
• 1974: Shannon Hale, American author [category: Births]
• 1975: Frankie Rayder, American model [category: Births]
• 1976: Hitomi, Japanese singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1976: Willie Adler, American guitar player (Lamb of God) [category: Births]
• 1976: João Branco Núncio, Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1977: Tye Tribbett, American Singer [category: Births]
• 1977: Vince Carter, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Filopimin Finos, Greek film producer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Corina Morariu, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1978: Estéban Germán, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Kelly Stables, American actress [category: Births]
• 1978: The Great Blizzard of 1978, a rare severe blizzard with the lowest non-tropical atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the US until October 2010, strikes the Ohio – Great Lakes region with heavy snow and winds up to 100 mph (161 km/h). [category: Events]
• 1979: Sara Rue, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Nelson Rockefeller, American politician - 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Brian Fallon, American musician (The Gaslight Anthem) [category: Births]
• 1980: Sanae Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations. [category: Events]
• 1981: Colin O'Donoghue, Irish actor and musician [category: Births]
• 1981: Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan Composer/Conductor [category: Births]
• 1981: José de Jesús Corona, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Juan Jose Haedo, Argentinian Cyclist [category: Births]
• 1982: Brahim Takioullah, Moroccan Guinness World Records holder for the "World's largest feet" [category: Births]
• 1982: Reggie Hodges, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Petri Oravainen, Finnish footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Ryan Rowland-Smith, Australian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Su Hwan Lee, South Korean kickboxer [category: Births]
• 1983: Paul "Bear" Bryant, American football coach (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Iain Turner, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Layla Kayleigh, British television personality [category: Births]
• 1984: Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer [category: Births]
• 1984: Wu Qian, Chinese classical pianist [category: Births]
• 1986: Gerald Green, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Jaejoong, South Korean singer (JYJ and TVXQ) [category: Births]
• 1986: Matt Heafy, American musician (Trivium and Capharnaum) [category: Births]
• 1986: Shantelle Malawski, Canadian professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1986: Thiago Pereira, Brazilian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1987: Marlon Mario Brandao da Silveira, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Mia Rose, English/Portuguese singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Sebastian Giovinco, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Vladimir Garin, Russian actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1988: Yukiyo Mine, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Emily Hughes, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1989: Marshon Brooks, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1989: Torrey Smith, American football player [category: Births]
• 1990: Christopher Massey, American actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Sergio Pérez, Mexican racing driver [category: Births]
• 1990: Bob Gerard, English Grand Prix driver (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Lewis Mumford, American historian (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi. [category: Events]
• 1992: José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons. [category: Events]
• 1993: Cameron Bright, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1993: Peter Čerešňák, Slovak ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1993: Jan Gies, Dutch resistance leader (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian politician (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Robert Jacobsen, Danish artist (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Tyger Drew-Honey, British actor [category: Births]
• 1996: Dave Schultz, American wrestler (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Frank Howard, American college football player and coach (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg, (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Harold Brodkey, American author (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Henry Lewis, American musician and conductor (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Stevie Plunder, Australian musician (The Whitlams) (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese music teacher (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. [category: Events]
• 2000: A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-born author (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Don Budge, American tennis player (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Kathleen Hale, British author (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Al McGuire, American basketball coach (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths. [category: Events]
• 2003: George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Valeriy Brumel, Soviet track-and-field athlete (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2004: President Hamid Karzai signs the new constitution of Afghanistan. [category: Events]
• 2005: Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles. [category: Events]
• 2006: Carol Lambrino, Romanian royal (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani politician and statesman (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Len Carlson, Canadian actor (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Hans J. Wegner, Danish furniture designer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Paul the Octopus, English octopus (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 2008: Christian Brando, American actor; son of Marlon Brando (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Viktor Schreckengost, American industrial designer (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina. [category: Events]
• 2010: Louis Auchincloss, American lawyer and writer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Charlie Louvin, American musician (The Louvin Brothers) (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Gladys Horton, American musician and singer (The Marvelettes) (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Colin Tarrant, British actor (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ian Abercrombie, British actor (Wizards of Waverly Place) (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• _: Alberic [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Australia Day (Australia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Duarte Day (Dominican Republic) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Liberation Day (Uganda) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Margaret of Hungary [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Paula [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Republic Day (India) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Timothy and Titus [category: Holidays and observances]