Historical Events In January - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1887 On January - 26 battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians
1887 On January - 26 enrique E Ecker, Curacao, bacteriologist
1891 On January - 26 oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," premieres in NYC
1891 On January - 26 ilya G Ehrenburg, Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw)
1891 Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies on January - 26.
1893 On this day in history bessie Coleman, 1st black airplane pilot
1893 On January - 26 abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday
1895 On this day in history arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies
1897 On January - 26 battle at Bida Gold Coast British troops beat Nupe's army
1897 On January - 26 battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army
1899 Wyllis Cooper, Pekin Ill, TV narrator (Volume One) on January - 26.
1900 On January - 26 henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer," premieres in Stuttgart
1901 Ervin Major, composer on this day in history.
1902 Laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer on January - 26.
1904 Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail) on this day in history.
1904 On January - 26 john P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64
1905 Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea on January - 26.
1905 The world's largest diamond iss found near Pretoria, South Africa on January - 26.
1905 On January - 26 world's largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa
1905 On this day in history arnold Schoenberg's "Pelleas und Melissande," premieres in Vienna
1905 On this day in history charles Lane, SF Calif, actor (Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show)
1907 On this day in history j M Synge's "Playboy of the Western World" opens; police are called
1907 The first federal corrupt election practices law passed on this day in history.
1907 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed on this day in history.
1907 Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orch leader (Don McNeill TV Club) on January - 26.
1908 On this day in history the birth of Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist
1908 Stephane Grappelli, British (?) jazz/violinist on January - 26.
1910 Heavy rains cause floods in Paris on this day in history.
1910 On January - 26 elmar Klos, Czech director (Adrift)
1911 Glenn Curtiss pilots first successful hydroplane, San Diego CA on this day in history.
1911 On January - 26 glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego
1911 Norbert Schultze, composer on January - 26.
1911 Charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1912 Cora Baird, NYC, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) on January - 26.
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