Historical Events In January - 26
Friday, 29 March 2024
1887 On January - 26 battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians
1887 On this day in history enrique E Ecker, Curacao, bacteriologist
1891 On January - 26 oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," premieres in NYC
1891 Ilya G Ehrenburg, Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw) on this day in history.
1891 Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies on January - 26.
1893 On January - 26 bessie Coleman, 1st black airplane pilot
1893 Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday on this day in history.
1895 Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies on January - 26.
1897 Battle at Bida Gold Coast British troops beat Nupe's army on this day in history.
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 Henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer," premieres in Stuttgart on this day in history.
1901 Ervin Major, composer on January - 26.
1902 On this day in history laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer
1904 Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail) on this day in history.
1904 On this day in history john P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64
1905 Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea on this day in history.
1905 The world's largest diamond iss found near Pretoria, South Africa on this day in history.
1905 On January - 26 world's largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa
1905 Arnold Schoenberg's "Pelleas und Melissande," premieres in Vienna on January - 26.
1905 Charles Lane, SF Calif, actor (Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show) on January - 26.
1907 J M Synge's "Playboy of the Western World" opens; police are called on January - 26.
1907 On this day in history the first federal corrupt election practices law passed
1907 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed on January - 26.
1907 Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orch leader (Don McNeill TV Club) on January - 26.
1908 The birth of Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist on January - 26.
1908 On this day in history stephane Grappelli, British (?) jazz/violinist
1910 Heavy rains cause floods in Paris on January - 26.
1910 On January - 26 elmar Klos, Czech director (Adrift)
1911 On this day in history glenn Curtiss pilots first successful hydroplane, San Diego CA
1911 Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego on January - 26.
1911 Norbert Schultze, composer on January - 26.
1911 On January - 26 charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67
1912 Cora Baird, NYC, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) on this day in history.
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