Page 5: Historical Events In January - 26

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

1913  On January - 26 jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter (Love & Marriage)   

1914  On this day in history 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike   

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

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

1915  On this day in history rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado established   

1915  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 January - 26.   

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

1920  Derek Bond, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Nicholas Nickelby) on this day in history.   

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

1921  Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Neth forms on January - 26.   

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

1922  Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75 on January - 26.   

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

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

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  On January - 26 david Jenkins, Bishop (Durham)   

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

1926  On January - 26 television 1st demonstrated (J L Baird, London)   

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

1926  On January - 26 john Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University   

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

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  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1541  Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) was born on January - 26.   

1613  On January - 26 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  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  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1744  Death of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) on January - 26.