Page 5: Historical Events In January - 26

1913  On January - 26 jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro   

1913  On this day in history jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter (Love & Marriage)   

1914  On January - 26 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike   

1914  Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index on this day in history.   

1914  On January - 26 kaye Webb, English writer/publisher (Puffin Club)   

1915  Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado established on January - 26.   

1915  Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo established on this day in history.   

1915  William Hopper, NYC, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason) on January - 26.   

1916  Lothar Jensch, composer on January - 26.   

1918  President Hoover calls for "wheatless" &"meatless" days for war effort on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history pres Hoover calls for "wheatless" & "meatless" days for war effort   

1918  Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian president (1967-90) on this day in history.   

1919  K C Ibrahim, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests India v WI 1948-49) on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history amadeo Modigliani's mistress jumps out of a window   

1920  Derek Bond, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Nicholas Nickelby) on January - 26.   

1920  On January - 26 matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered   

1921  On this day in history soccer team GVAV of Groningen Neth forms   

1921  Akio Morita, Kasugaya Japan, CEO (Sony) on January - 26.   

1922  Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Pastoral Symphony," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1922  Michael Bentine, England, author/comedian (Reluctant Jester) on January - 26.   

1922  Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1923  Anne Jeffreys, NC, actress (Dick Tracy, Topper, General Hospital) on January - 26.   

1924  On January - 26 parliament approves the Red Ensign as Canada's official flag for government buildings at home and abroad   

1924  On January - 26 charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal   

1924  On this day in history warren Frank Benson, composer   

1925  The birth of Paul Newman, American Actor and Oscar winner on this day in history.   

1925  On January - 26 david Jenkins, Bishop (Durham)   

1926  Television first demonstrated (John L Baird, London) on this day in history.   

1926  Television 1st demonstrated (J L Baird, London) on this day in history.   

1926  Charles Tidbury, former chairman (Whitbread & Company) on this day in history.   

1926  John Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University on January - 26.   

1927  Maxwell Anderson's "Saturday's Children," premieres in NYC on January - 26.   

1928  The birth of Eartha Kitt, American singer/actress on January - 26.   

1928  The birth of Roger Vadim, French director on January - 26.   

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1497  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)   

1541  On January - 26 birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)   

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  On January - 26 birth of henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

1708  On this day in history birth of william Hayes, composer   

1714  On this day in history birth of jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)   

1715  On this day in history birth of claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher   

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on January - 26.   

0946  On this day in history death of eadgyth, German Queen   

1109  On January - 26 albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies   

1567  On January - 26 death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

1630  On January - 26 death of henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)   

1636  Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on this day in history.   

1697  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on January - 26.   

1706  Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on January - 26.   

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on this day in history.