Page 5: Historical Events In January - 26

1913  On this day in history jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro   

1913  On January - 26 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 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  Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo established on January - 26.   

1915  On this day in history william Hopper, NYC, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason)   

1916  On this day in history lothar Jensch, composer   

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 January - 26.   

1919  K C Ibrahim, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests India v WI 1948-49) on January - 26.   

1920  Amadeo Modigliani's mistress jumps out of a window on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history derek Bond, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Nicholas Nickelby)   

1920  Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered on January - 26.   

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

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

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 January - 26 luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75   

1923  Anne Jeffreys, NC, actress (Dick Tracy, Topper, General Hospital) on this day in history.   

1924  Parliament approves the Red Ensign as Canada's official flag for government buildings at home and abroad on this day in history.   

1924  Charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal on this day in history.   

1924  Warren Frank Benson, composer on this day in history.   

1925  On January - 26 the birth of Paul Newman, American Actor and Oscar winner   

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

1926  On this day in history television first demonstrated (John L Baird, London)   

1926  On this day in history television 1st demonstrated (J L Baird, London)   

1926  On this day in history charles Tidbury, former chairman (Whitbread & Company)   

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

1927  On this day in history maxwell Anderson's "Saturday's Children," premieres in NYC   

1928  The birth of Eartha Kitt, American singer/actress on this day in history.   

1928  On January - 26 the birth of Roger Vadim, French director   

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1497  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on January - 26.   

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

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

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on January - 26.   

1708  William Hayes, composer was born on January - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen   

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1636  On January - 26 death of jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)   

1697  On this day in history 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.