Top Historical Events That Happened on January 26

1956  7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.   

1956  Buddy Holly's inaugural formal recording session   

1956  Porkkala military base returned to Finland by USSR.   

1957  Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms   

1957  India annexes Kashmir   

1957  Bernanos and Poulenc's opera "Dialogue des Carmelites," premieres.   

1958  In this year, H Laskow adopts in place of Moshe Dayan as Israeli minister of Defense   

1958  Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It"   

1959  Italy government of Fanfani steps down   

1961  "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley peaks to #1.   

1961  Morris Nichols, cricketer (41 wkts in 14 Tests for Eng 1930-39), dies   

1962  Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "Twist" is impure and bans it from all Catholic schools.   

1962  Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard.   

1962  US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22000-mile (37000-km).   

1962  Charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies at 65   

1963  "Milk and Honey" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 543 performances.   

1963  John Sigvard Olsen, comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at 70   

1965  South Vietnam military coup under General Nguyen Khanh.   

1965  Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered   

1967  Albert Remy, actor (Blows), dies at 55   

1968  Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die.   

1971  Charles Manson convicted of murder.   

1971  Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes.   

1972  Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10160m fall without parachute.   

1973  Actor Edward G. Robinson dies at age 79   

1973  Belgium government of Leburton forms   

1973  Edward G Robinson, [Goldenberg], actor (Little Caesar), dies at 79.   

1974  S v Vegesack, writer, dies at 85   

1975  Lubov Orlova, actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at 72   

1976  Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals   

1976  Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon   

1977  Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai and Marine Tcherkasova are inaugural to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki   

1977  Margaret Hayes, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 61   

1978  International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit.   

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1497  Emperor go-nara of japan: Emperor go-nara of japan (d. 1557)   

1541  Florent chrestien: French writer   

1613  Johann jakob wolleb: Composer   

1667  Henricus zwaardecroon: Gov-gen of neth-indies   

1708  William hayes: Composer   

1714  Jean b pigalle: French sculptor (child with bird cage)   

1715  Claude helvetius: Paris france, philosopher   

1716  George sackville germain: 1st viscount sackville   

0946  Death of Eadgyth: German queen   

1109  Albericus of côteaux: French saint,   

1567  Nicholas wotton: English diplomat   

1630  Henry briggs: English mathematician (b. 1556)   

1636  Death of Jean hotman: Marquis de villers-st-paul, french diplomat (b. 1552)   

1697  Georg mohr: Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

1706  Guillaume poitevin: Composer,   

1744  Ludwig andreas graf khevenhüller: Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)