Historical Events For January - 26

1988  CIBC buys 65% of Wood Gundy for $190 million, mostly in shares on January - 26.  

1989  AT&T reports first loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988 on this day in history.  

1989  On this day in history test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs West Indies, Sydney  

1989  On this day in history uS computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus  

1989  On this day in history paul Daels, Flemish chairman (IJzerbedevaart committee), dies  

1990  On January - 26 annular eclipse visible over Antarctica &South Atlantic  

1990  FHP "Boy" Trip, Dutch minister, dies on this day in history.  

1991  Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church on January - 26.  

1991  Jan Stenerud becomes first pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame on this day in history.  

1991  Johnny van Doorn, Dutch writer/poet, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

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1992  Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect on this day in history.  

1992  José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor/director (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 80 on January - 26.  

1993  Brian Tobin sworn in as Premier of Newfoundland on this day in history.  

1993  On this day in history jeanne Sauvé dies in hospital; Sauvé served as Canada's first woman Governor General  

1993  West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide on this day in history.  

1993  Axel Von Dem Bussche, German aristocrat, dies on this day in history.  

1995  On this day in history new Jersey Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern  

1995  Bernardo Leighton, Chilian politician (1964-70), dies on January - 26.  

1996  On this day in history "Les Miserables," opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg  

1996  On this day in history david Schultz, wrestler (Oly-Gold-84), killed by John Du Pont  

1997  Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/the Rhine, dies at 83 on January - 26.  

1998  On this day in history 25th American Music Award Spice Girls &Babyface win  

1998  Intel launches 333 MHz Pentium II chip on January - 26.  

1998  President Clinton goes on TV and says "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky." on January - 26.  

1998  On January - 26 president Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people, I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky"  

1998  U.S. President Bill Clinton categorically denies having an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, saying "I did not have sexual relations with that woman ... Miss Lewinsky." on this day in history.  

1998  On this day in history s P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67  

2013  30 people are killed during a violent protest in Port Said, Egypt on January - 26.  

2014  56th Grammy Awards: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Lorde , and Daft Punk win on January - 26.  

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

1541  Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.  

1613  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Wolleb, composer  

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on this day in history.  

1708  On January - 26 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 this day in history.  

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

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.  

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

1567  Death of Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat on January - 26.  

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 January - 26.  

1697  On this day in history death of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)  

1706  On January - 26 guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59  

1744  On January - 26 death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)