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The26t o Januaris the 26t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 339 days ti come (340 in lowp years).
Events
- 1700- Ayirdquaukhits the present-day Northwast o theUnitit States.
- 1788- The first convicts land at Botany Bay, present-daySydney,Australie.
- 1837-Michiganbecomes the 26t state o theUnitit States.
- 1861-Louisianasecedes frae theUnitit States.
- 1870-Virginierejyns theUnitit States.
- 1871-Roumbecomes the caipital ceety o the Kinrick oItaly.
- 1905- The "CullinanDiamond"is found at the Premier Mine naurPretoria,Sooth Africae.
- 1924-Saunt Petersburgis renamedLeningrad.
- 1930- TheIndianNaitional Congress declares 26 Januar as independence day.
- 1950-Indiebecomes arepublic.
- 1956- Stairt o theWinter Olympic Gemmesin Cortina d'Ampezzo,Italy.
- 1965-Hindibecomes an offeecial leid oIndie.
- 2001- A strongyirdquaukhitsGujarat,Indie,killin 20,000 fowk.
- 2005-Condoleezza RicebecomesUnitit States Secretar o State.
- 2009- TheIcelandicgovrenment an bankin system collapse.
- 2015-Alexis TsiprasbecomesPrime meenisteroGreece.
- 2017-Alexander Van der BellenbecomesPresesoAustrick.
- 2019-Naomi OsakaoJapanwins theAustralian Openweemen's singles teetle aginPetra Kvitova,makkin her the first Asie player wi the Nummer Ane warld rankin.
- 2020- A helicopter crashes in Calabasas,Californie,killin 9 fowk, incluidinbasketbawstarnKobe Bryantan his dochter Gianna.
- 2021-COVID-19 pandemic:The recorditCOVID-19daith toll in theUnitit Kinrickexceeds 100,000.
- 2021-Kaja Kallasbecomes the first female Prime meenister oEstonie.
- 2021-Antony BlinkenbecomesUnitit States Secretar o State.
Births
- 1763-Charles XIV John o Swaden(d.1844)
- 1855-McKinnon Wood,Breetish politeecian (d.1927)
- 1880-Douglas MacArthur,American general (d.1964)
- 1911-Polykarp Kusch,German-American pheesicist (d.1993)
- 1918-Nicolae Ceausescu,PresesoRomanie(d.1989)
- 1924-Alice Babs,Swadish sangster an actress (d.2014)
- 1925-Paul Newman,American actor an businessman (d.2008)
- 1941-Arturo Di Modica,Italian-American artist (d.2021)
- 1946-Michel Delpech,French sangster (d.2016)
- 1950-Jörg Haider,Austrick politeecian (d.2008)
- 1953-Anders Fogh Rasmussen,Dens politeecian
- 1955-Eddie Van Halen,Dutch-American muisicker (Van Halen) (d.2020)
- 1958-Ellen DeGeneres,American comedian, telly host an actress
- 1961-Wayne Gretzky,Canadian ice hockey player
- 1962-John Brown,Scots fitbawer
- 1963-José Mourinho,Portuguese fitbaw manager
- 1973-Brendan Rodgers,Northren Erse fitbaw manager
- 1981-Gustavo Dudamel,Venezuelan violinist, componer an conductor
- 1987-Sebastian Giovinco,Italian fitbawer
- 1990-Peter Sagan,Slovak road bicycle racer
- 1990-Sergio Pérez,Mexican racin driver
Daiths
- 1823−Edward Jenner,Inglish medicinar (b.1749)
- 1850-Francis Jeffrey, Laird Jeffrey,Scots juidge an leeterar creetic (b.1773)
- 1878-Kirkpatrick Macmillan,Scots blacksmith an inventor (b.1812)
- 1908-Alexander Mann,Scots penter (b.1853)
- 1947-John Flett,Scots geologist (b.1869)
- 1979-Nelson Rockefeller,Vice Preses o the Unitit States(b.1908)
- 2005-Jackie Henderson,Scots fitbawer (b.1932)
- 2014-José Emilio Pacheco,Mexican writer (b.1939)
- 2017-Mike Connors,American actor (b.1925)
- 2020-Kobe Bryant,American basketbaw player (b.1978)
Halidays
- Naitional Day oAustralie
- Republic Day (Indie)
- Duarte Day (Dominican Republic)
- Ingineer's Day (Panama)
- Liberation Day (Uganda)
- Warld Customs Day
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