Historical Events In January - 26

1913  Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro on January - 26.   

1913  Jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter (Love & Marriage) on January - 26.   

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

1914  Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index on January - 26.   

1914  On this day in history kaye Webb, English writer/publisher (Puffin Club)   

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

1915  On January - 26 rocky Mountain National Park, Colo established   

1915  William Hopper, NYC, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason) on this day in history.   

1916  Lothar Jensch, composer on January - 26.   

1918  President Hoover calls for "wheatless" &"meatless" days for war effort on January - 26.   

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

1918  On January - 26 nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian president (1967-90)   

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

1920  On January - 26 amadeo Modigliani's mistress jumps out of a window   

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

1920  On this day in history matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered   

1921  Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Neth forms on this day in history.   

1921  On January - 26 akio Morita, Kasugaya Japan, CEO (Sony)   

1922  On this day in history ralph Vaughan Williams' "Pastoral Symphony," premieres in London   

1922  On this day in history michael Bentine, England, author/comedian (Reluctant Jester)   

1922  On this day in history luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75   

1923  On this day in history anne Jeffreys, NC, actress (Dick Tracy, Topper, General Hospital)   

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

1924  On this day in history charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal   

1924  Warren Frank Benson, composer on January - 26.   

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

1925  David Jenkins, Bishop (Durham) on this day in history.   

1926  On January - 26 television first demonstrated (John L Baird, London)   

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 this day in history.   

1927  Maxwell Anderson's "Saturday's Children," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1928  On January - 26 the birth of Eartha Kitt, American singer/actress   

1928  The birth of Roger Vadim, French director on this day in history.   

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1497  On January - 26 birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)   

1541  On this day in history 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  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) was born on January - 26.   

1715  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher was born on January - 26.   

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on this day in history.   

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen   

1109  On this day in history albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies   

1567  Death of Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on this day in history.   

1630  Death of Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556) on January - 26.   

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

1697  On January - 26 death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

1706  Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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