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Events on the 26th of January in history

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26 Jan 0066 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
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26 Jan 1340 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France
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26 Jan 1500 Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
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26 Jan 1531 Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake—thousands die.
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26 Jan 1531 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die
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26 Jan 1564 The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War.
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26 Jan 1564 The Council of Trent issues its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
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26 Jan 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.
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26 Jan 1589 Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
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26 Jan 1654 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife
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26 Jan 1666 France declares war on England & M
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26 Jan 1689 Jean Racine's "Esther" premieres in Saint-Cyr
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26 Jan 1697 Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night
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26 Jan 1699 Treaty of Karlowitz is signed.
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26 Jan 1699 Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey
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26 Jan 1700 The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
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26 Jan 1736 Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
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26 Jan 1736 Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne
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26 Jan 1748 England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty
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26 Jan 1784 Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over the eagle as America's symbol
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26 Jan 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Botany Bay, New South Wales
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26 Jan 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.
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26 Jan 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay New South Wales as a penal colony
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26 Jan 1789 John Odell signs contract for
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26 Jan 1790 Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna
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26 Jan 1797 Russia, Prussia & Austria sign treaty
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26 Jan 1802 Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library
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26 Jan 1808 Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.
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26 Jan 1833 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia" premieres in Milan
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26 Jan 1837 Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
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26 Jan 1838 Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
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26 Jan 1838 Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol
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26 Jan 1841 The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China later formally cedes.
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26 Jan 1841 Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain
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26 Jan 1850 1st German-language daily newspaper in US published, New York City NY
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26 Jan 1855 Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory.
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26 Jan 1856 First Battle of Seattle. Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers.
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26 Jan 1861 American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
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26 Jan 1861 Louisiana becomes 6th state to secede
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26 Jan 1862 Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive McClellan ignores order
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26 Jan 1863 American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
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26 Jan 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.
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26 Jan 1863 War Department authorizes Massachusetts Governor to recruit black troops
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26 Jan 1863 54th Regiment (Black) infantry forms
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26 Jan 1870 American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.
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26 Jan 1870 Virginia rejoins the US
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26 Jan 1871 US income tax repealed
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26 Jan 1871 British Rugby Union forms
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26 Jan 1875 Electric dental drill is patented by George F Green
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26 Jan 1881 Union of Baptists Communities forms in Foxholl
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26 Jan 1882 France government of Gambetta falls
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26 Jan 1884 1st Dutch Wagner version of Elizabeth aria
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26 Jan 1885 Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum
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26 Jan 1885 Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
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26 Jan 1886 Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor
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26 Jan 1887 Battle of Dogali Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians
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26 Jan 1891 Oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua" premieres in New York City NY
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26 Jan 1897 Battle at Bida Gold Coast British troops beat Nupe's army
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26 Jan 1900 Henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer" premieres in Stuttgart
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26 Jan 1905 The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350 kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
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26 Jan 1905 Arnold Sch
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26 Jan 1905 Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea
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26 Jan 1905 World's largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa
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26 Jan 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.
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26 Jan 1907 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed
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26 Jan 1907 J M Synge's "Playboy of the Western World" opens; police are called
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26 Jan 1910 Heavy rains cause floods in Paris
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26 Jan 1911 Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
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26 Jan 1911 Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
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26 Jan 1911 Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego CA
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26 Jan 1911 Richard Strauss's opera "Die Rosenkavalier" premieres, Dresden
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26 Jan 1913 Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro
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26 Jan 1914 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike
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26 Jan 1914 Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index
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26 Jan 1915 The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
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26 Jan 1915 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado established
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26 Jan 1918 President Hoover calls for "wheatless" and "meatless" days for war effort
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26 Jan 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.
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26 Jan 1918 US food administrator Hoover calls for "wheatless" & "meatless" days for war effort
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26 Jan 1920 Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
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26 Jan 1920 Amadeo Modigliani's mistress jumps out of a window
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26 Jan 1921 Toronto St Pat Corb Denneny scores 6 goals vs Hamilton Tigers
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26 Jan 1921 Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Netherlands forms
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26 Jan 1922 Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Pastoral Symphony" premieres in London
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26 Jan 1924 Saint Petersburg, Russia, is renamed Leningrad.
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26 Jan 1924 Charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal
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26 Jan 1926 Television 1st demonstrated (John L Baird, London)
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26 Jan 1927 Maxwell Anderson's "Saturday's Children" premieres in New York City NY
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26 Jan 1929 Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence
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26 Jan 1930 The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
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26 Jan 1930 Cleveland's Terminal Tower opens (52 stories)
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26 Jan 1931 Hungary-Austria sign peace treaty
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26 Jan 1931 Lynn Riggs' "Green Grow the Lilacs" premieres in New York City NY
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26 Jan 1932 KUT-AM in Austin Texas changes call letters to KNOW
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26 Jan 1932 British submarine M-2 sinks in Channel (60 dead)
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26 Jan 1934 German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
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26 Jan 1934 The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
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26 Jan 1934 Bradman scores 128 New South Wales vs Victoria, 96 minutes, 17 fours 4 sixes
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26 Jan 1934 Nazi Germany & Poland sign non-attack treaty for 10 years
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26 Jan 1939 Filming begins on "Gone With the Wind"
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26 Jan 1939 Spanish Civil War – Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
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26 Jan 1939 Federal Hall National Monument established
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26 Jan 1939 Filming begins on "Gone With the Wind"
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26 Jan 1939 Franco conquers Barcelona
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26 Jan 1940 Nazis forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains
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26 Jan 1942 World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.
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26 Jan 1942 1st US force in Europe during WWII goes ashore in Northern Ireland
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26 Jan 1942 Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German marshal Rommel
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26 Jan 1945 World War II: Audie Murphy in action for which he will be awarded the Medal of Honor.
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26 Jan 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.
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26 Jan 1945 Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp
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26 Jan 1947 KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die
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26 Jan 1948 Executive Order 9981, end segregation in US Armed Forces signed
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26 Jan 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).
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26 Jan 1949 WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
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26 Jan 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.
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26 Jan 1950 India becomes a republic ceasing to be a British dominion
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26 Jan 1951 Mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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26 Jan 1952 Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
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26 Jan 1954 Ground breaking begins on Disneyland
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26 Jan 1956 7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
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26 Jan 1956 Porkkala military base returned to Finland by USSR
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26 Jan 1956 Buddy Holly's 1st formal recording session
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26 Jan 1956 Hank Greenberg & Joe Cronin are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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26 Jan 1957 Bernanos & Poulenc's opera "Dialogue des Carmelites" premieres
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26 Jan 1957 Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms
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26 Jan 1957 India annexes Kashmir
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26 Jan 1957 Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as president of Milwaukee Braves
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26 Jan 1958 H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan on as Israeli Minister of Defense
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26 Jan 1958 Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It"
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26 Jan 1958 Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsizes off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed.
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26 Jan 1958 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Lake Worth Open Golf Invitational
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26 Jan 1959 Italy government of Fanfani resigns
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26 Jan 1959 KOKH TV channel 25 in Oklahoma City OK, (IND/PBS) begins broadcasting
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26 Jan 1960 High-school basketball sensation Danny Heater scores 135 points
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26 Jan 1960 Danny Heater sets a worldwide high school basketball scoring record when he records 135 points for Burnsville High School (West Virginia)
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26 Jan 1960 Danny Heater scores 135 points in basketball game (Boys' High School)
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26 Jan 1960 Oakland enters the AFL
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26 Jan 1960 Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on the 23rd ballot
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26 Jan 1961 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley peaks to #1
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26 Jan 1961 1st woman "personal Physician to President"-JG Travell
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26 Jan 1961 John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds the appointment of Physician to the President.
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26 Jan 1962 "Twist" is impure and bans it from all Catholic schools
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26 Jan 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).
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26 Jan 1962 US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mile (37,000-km)
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26 Jan 1962 Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "Twist" is impure & bans it from all Catholic schools
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26 Jan 1962 Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard
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26 Jan 1962 David Diamond's 7th Symphony, premieres in Philadelphia
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26 Jan 1963 "Milk & Honey" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 543 performances
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26 Jan 1963 "Milk & Honey" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 543 performances
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26 Jan 1963 Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone
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26 Jan 1965 Hindi becomes the official language of India.
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26 Jan 1965 South Vietnam military coup under General Nguyen Khanh
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26 Jan 1966 The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia.
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26 Jan 1966 Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2 06.2)
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26 Jan 1967 USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
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26 Jan 1968 Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die
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26 Jan 1969 "Red, White, and Maddox" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 41 performances
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26 Jan 1969 "Red, White, & Maddox" opens at Cort Theater New York City NY for 41 performances
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26 Jan 1970 Pendleton, Ford & Cryer's "Last Sweet Days of Isaac" premieres in New York City NY
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26 Jan 1971 Charles Manson convicted of murder
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26 Jan 1971 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes
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26 Jan 1972 Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute
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26 Jan 1973 Belgium government of Leburton forms
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26 Jan 1975 Edward Albee's "Seascape" premieres in New York City NY
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26 Jan 1976 6th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 23-20
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26 Jan 1976 Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon
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26 Jan 1976 Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon
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26 Jan 1976 6th NFL Pro Bowl NFC beats AFC 23-20
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26 Jan 1976 Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals
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26 Jan 1976 David Mamet's "American Buffalo" premieres in New York City NY
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26 Jan 1977 Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai & Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki
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26 Jan 1978 Frank Herbert completes his novel "Destination: Void"
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26 Jan 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).
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26 Jan 1978 International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit
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26 Jan 1978 Mario Soares forms Portuguese government
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26 Jan 1978 Strikers riot in Tunisia, killing about 40
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26 Jan 1979 "The Dukes of Hazzard" premieres on CBS's vast wasteland
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26 Jan 1979 Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Netherlands
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26 Jan 1980 Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
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26 Jan 1980 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro!
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26 Jan 1980 Islanders & Whalers play a NHL penalty-free game
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26 Jan 1980 Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4
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26 Jan 1981 Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval
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26 Jan 1982 Islanders score 4 goals within 1 38, 5 within 2 37 vs Penguins
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26 Jan 1982 Mauno Koivisto elected President of Finland
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26 Jan 1983 Dutch/British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California
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26 Jan 1984 US navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters and a blimp able to lift 26 tons - Lakehurst, New Jersey
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26 Jan 1984 Nordiques' Michel Goulet scored on 9th penalty shot against Islanders
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26 Jan 1985 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season
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26 Jan 1985 42th Golden Globes Amadeus wins
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26 Jan 1986 The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.
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26 Jan 1986 Hein Vergeer becomes European skating champ
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26 Jan 1986 Super Bowl XX Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots, 46-10 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Richard Dent, Chicago, Defensive End
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26 Jan 1986 Val Skinner wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
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26 Jan 1986 Yoweri Museveni's rebel army conquerors Kampala Uganda
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26 Jan 1987 14th American Music Award Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie & Alabama
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26 Jan 1987 Hart Foundation beat British Bulldogs for WWF tag team title
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26 Jan 1988 "Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 4,000+ performances
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26 Jan 1988 Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor
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26 Jan 1988 "Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater New York City NY for 4,000+ performances
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26 Jan 1989 "Black & Blue" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 829 performances
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26 Jan 1989 AT&T reports 1st loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988
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26 Jan 1989 Madison Square Garden announces 2-year $100 M renovation plan
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26 Jan 1989 US computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus
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26 Jan 1989 "Black & Blue" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City NY for 829 performances
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26 Jan 1989 Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the SCG
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26 Jan 1989 Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs West Indies, Sydney
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26 Jan 1990 Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica & South Atlantic
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26 Jan 1990 Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as assistant GM (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office)
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26 Jan 1991 "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 497 performances
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26 Jan 1991 Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.
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26 Jan 1991 "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater New York City NY after 497 performances
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26 Jan 1991 65th Australian Womens Tennis Monica Seles beats J Novotna (57 63 61)
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26 Jan 1991 Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church
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26 Jan 1991 Houston guard Vernon Maxwell is 4th NBAer to score 30 points in a quarter
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26 Jan 1991 Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame
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26 Jan 1991 New York Lotto pays $90 million to nine winner (#s are 5-15-30-35-46-50)
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26 Jan 1992 "Little Hotel on the Side" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 41 performances
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26 Jan 1992 Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
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26 Jan 1992 "Little Hotel on the Side" opens at Belasco Theater New York City NY for 41 performances
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26 Jan 1992 80th Australian Mens Tennis Jim Courier beats Stefan Edberg (63 36 64 62)
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26 Jan 1992 Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect
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26 Jan 1992 Super Bowl XXVI Washington Redskins beat Buffalo Bills, 37-24 in Minnesota; Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien, Washington, Quarterback
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26 Jan 1993 West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide
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26 Jan 1995 New Jersey Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern
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26 Jan 1996 "Les Miserables, " opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg
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26 Jan 1997 "Ideal Husband" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 308 performances
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26 Jan 1997 Super Bowl XXXI: Green Bay Packers beat NE Patriots, 35-21 in Pasadena
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26 Jan 1997 "Ideal Husband" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City NY after 308 performances
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26 Jan 1997 85th Australian Mens Tennis Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (62 63 63)
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26 Jan 1997 Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant
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26 Jan 1997 Super Bowl XXXI Green Bay Packers beat New England Patriots, 35-21 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Desmond Howard, Green Bay, Kick Returner
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26 Jan 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"
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26 Jan 1998 Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
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26 Jan 1998 25th American Music Award Spice Girls & Babyface win
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26 Jan 1998 Intel launches 333 MHz Pentium II chip
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26 Jan 2001 An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.
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26 Jan 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.
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26 Jan 2004 President Hamid Karzai signs the new constitution of Afghanistan.
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26 Jan 2005 Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles.
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26 Jan 2009 Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.
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26 Jan 2015 The Church of England ordains Libby Lane as its first female bishop.
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26 Jan 2015 A plane crash at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain kills 11 people and injures 21 others.
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26 Jan 2015 A giant snow storm hits much of the Northeastern United States.
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