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

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

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

1914  Kaye Webb, English writer/publisher (Puffin Club) on January - 26.   

1915  On January - 26 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 January - 26.   

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 January - 26.   

1918  Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian president (1967-90) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1922  Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Pastoral Symphony," premieres in London on January - 26.   

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

1922  On January - 26 luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75   

1923  On January - 26 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  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  David Jenkins, Bishop (Durham) on January - 26.   

1926  Television first demonstrated (John L Baird, London) on this day in history.   

1926  Television 1st demonstrated (J L Baird, London) on this day in history.   

1926  On January - 26 charles Tidbury, former chairman (Whitbread & Company)   

1926  On this day in history john Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University   

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

1928  The birth of Eartha Kitt, American singer/actress on January - 26.   

1928  On this day in history the birth of Roger Vadim, French director   

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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 January - 26.   

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

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  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  On this day in history birth of george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville   

0946  On January - 26 death of eadgyth, German Queen   

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

1567  On this day in history death of nicholas Wotton, English diplomat   

1630  On this day in history death of henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)   

1636  Death of Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552) on January - 26.   

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

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

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