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1714 Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) 1715 Claude Helvetius, France, philosopher 1763 Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44) 1804 Eugne "Marie Joseph" Sue, France, novelist (Wandering Jew) 1814 Rufus King, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1876 1816 Lloyd Tilghman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 1819 Abner Doubleday, US, inventor (baseball) 1826 Julia Dent Grant, 1st lady (1862-76) 1831 Mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates) 1852 Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa) 1871 Warner Fabian, [Samuel H Adams], US journalist/writer (Average Jones) 1877 Kees van Dongen, Netherland, French painter 1880 Douglas MacArthur, US, general (WW II), he did return! 1884 Edward Sapir, US, linguist/antropologist (indians) 1884 Roy Chapman Andrews, US, scientist/explorer 1887 Enrique E Ecker, Cura‡ao, bacteriologist 1891 Ilja G Ehrenburg, Russian poet/writer (Storm) 1893 Bessie Coleman, 1st black airplane pilot 1899 Wyllis Cooper, Pekin Ill, TV narrator (Volume One) 19-- Allison Hossack, actress (Olivia-Another World) 19-- Claudia Lonow, NYC, actress (Diana-Knots Landing) 19-- Kathryn Leigh Scott, Robbinsdale Mn, actress (Big Shamus) 19-- Richard Hill, Harlan Kentucky, actor (Al Gordean-Today's FBI) 19-- Tom Keifer, rock guitarist/vocalist (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station) 19-- Tracy Middendorf, Miami Fla, actress (Carrie-Days of Our Life) 19-- Walt Willey, Ottawa Ill, actor (Jackson Montgomery-All My Children) 19-- Zara Cully, Worcester Mass, actress (Olivia-The Jeffersons) 1904 Sean MacBride, Ireland, statesman/Amnesty Intl co-founder (Nobel '74) 1905 Charles Lane, SF Calif, actor (Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show) 1905 Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music" 1907 Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orch leader (Don McNeill TV Club) 1907 Henry Cotton, English golfer (British Open 1934, 1937, 1948) 1911 Polykarp Kusch, US, atomic physcist (Nobel 1955) 1912 Cora Baird, NYC, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) 1913 Jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter (Love & Marriage) 1913 William Prince, Nichols NY, actor (City in Fear, Cyrano de Bergerac) 1915 William Hopper, NYC, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason) 1918 Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian president (1967-90) 1920 Derek Bond, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Nicholas Nickelby) 1921 Akio Morita, Kasugaya Japan, CEO (Sony) 1923 Anne Jeffreys, NC, actress (Dick Tracy, Topper, General Hospital) 1925 Joan Leslie, actress (Sgt York, High Sierra, Yankee Doodle Dandy) 1925 Paul Newman, Cleve, racer/popcorn mogul/actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler) 1927 Jos‚ Simon Azcona Hoyo, president of Honduras (1986-90) 1927 William Redfield, NYC, actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop, Marriage) 1928 Eartha Kitt, SC, singer/actress (Catwoman-Batman) 1928 Gene Snyder, (Rep-R-KY, 1963-65, 67- ) 1928 Philip Jos‚ Farmer, Indiana, science fiction novelist (Riverworld) 1928 Roger Vadim, France, director (And God Created Women, Barbarella) 1929 Jules Feiffer, NYC, cartoonist (Passionella) author (Little Murders) 1931 Mary Murphy, Wash DC, actress (A Man Alone, Maggie-Investigators) 1932 George H Clements, famous African 1934 Barrel Bruynl, composer 1934 Huey "Piano" Smith, pianist (Having a Good Time) 1934 Ton Bruynl, composer 1935 Bob Uecker, Milwaukee Wisc, catcher/actor (Mr Belvedere) 1935 Henry Jordan, Emporia Va, NFL defensive tackle (Cleveland, Green Bay) 1936 Noel Harrison, London, singer/actor (Mark-Girl from UNCLE) 1937 Gerrit Gerritse, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) 1937 Joseph Saidu Momoh, gen/president (Sierra Leone) 1942 Scott Glenn, Pittsburgh, actor (Right Stuff, Personal Best, Backdraft) 1944 Angela Davis, black activist/professor 1945 Jacqueline Du Pr‚, Oxford England, cellist 1946 Gene Siskel, movie critic (Siskel & Ebert) 1947 Patrick Dewaere, [PJMH Bordeaux], France, actor (Les Valseuses) 1950 Jorg Haider, Austrian polical leader (Austrian Freedom Pary) 1951 David Briggs, rock guitarist (Little River Band-Help is on it's Way) 1951 Jarmila Kratochvilova, Czech, 400m/800m runner (Olympic-silver-1980) 1952 Mario Runco Jr, Bronx NY, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 44, 54) 1952 Thomas Edward Henderson, SC, basketballer (Olympic-silver-1972) 1953 Andr‚e C van Es, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PSP) 1955 Lucia Mendez, Mexico, spanish singer 1956 Lisa Boray, [Schulte Nordholt], singer (Lovers Until the End) 1957 Eddie Van Halen, rock guitarist (Van Halen-Jump, 1984) 1958 Anita Baker, Toledo Oh, singer (Giving You the Best That I Got) 1958 Norman H ssan, rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine) 1960 Jeanette Bolden, LA Calif, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984) 1961 Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oiler/LA Kings (NHL MVP 1980-1987), Great One 1963 Andrew Ridgeley, rocker (Wham-Wake Me Up) 1978 Reesa Starr Jr Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 261109 Albericus van CŒteaux, French saint, dies 1824 Th‚odore G‚ricault, French painter (Grand Derby d'epsom), dies 1855 G‚rard de Nerval, [Labrunie], French poet/writer, dies 1885 Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51 1893 Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday 1920 Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered 1947 Grace Moore, US soprano/actress (1 Night of Life), dies 1947 Gustav Adolf, crown prince of Sweden, dies in air crash 1949 Victor Fleming, director, dies at 65 1952 Louis of Deyssel, writer (Diary of Franc Rozelaar), dies at 87 1962 Charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies at 65 1963 John Sigvard Olsen, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70 1973 Edward G Robinson, [Emmanuel Goldenberg], actor, dies at 82 1977 Margaret Hayes, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 61 1979 Nelson Rockefeller, former VP & 4 time governor of NY, dies at 70 1983 Paul "Bear" Bryant, college football coach (Alabama), dies at 69 1989 Paul Daels, Flemish chairman (IJzerbedevaart committee), dies 1989 St‚phane Steinier, Belgian journalist, kidnapped & murdered 1990 FHP "Boy" Trip, minister, dies 1991 Johnny van Doorn, writer, dies 1992 Jos‚ Ferrer, oscar winning actor (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 80 1992 Okke Jager, theologist/writer/poet, dies 1993 Jan Gies, resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank & family), dies 1993 Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (Great Iron Sculpture), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 26[Arkansas] General Douglas MacArthur Day [Dominican Rep] Duarte's Day/D¡a de Duarte [India] Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic (1950) [Michigan] Admission Day (1837) [Australia] Australia Day (last Monday in January) (1788) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 26[RC] Feast of St Paula 97 [RC, Ang, Luth] Memorial of SS Timothy & Titus, companions of Paul 166 [old RC] Feast of St Polycarp, bishop/martyr (now 2/23) 1998 [Moslem] Night of Power (Ramadƒn 27, 1418 AH) Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 26[Rome] a d vij Kal Feb 66 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1531 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die 1784 Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over the eagle as America's symbol 1787 Daniel Shays & followers attack arsenal at Springfield, Mass 1788 Capt Arthur Phillip lands in Sydney Aust to start a penal colony 1789 John Odell signs contract for œ336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx) 1802 Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library 1837 Michigan admitted as 26th US state 1838 Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol 1841 Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain 1850 1st German-language daily newspaper in US published, NYC 1861 Louisiana becomes 6th state to secede 1863 54th Regiment (Black) infantry forms 1863 War Dept authorizes Mass governor to recruit black troops 1870 Virginia rejoins the US 1871 US income tax repealed 1876 Paul Henry discovers asteroid #159 Aemilia 1885 Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum 1887 Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians 1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #557 Violetta 1907 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed 1907 J M Synge's "Playboy of the Western World" opens; police are called 1910 Heavy rains cause floods in Paris 1911 Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego 1911 Richard Strauss's opera "Die Rosenkavalier" premiers, Dresden 1914 600 textile workers go on strike 1914 Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index 1915 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo established 1918 Pres Hoover calls for "wheatless" & "meatless" days for war effort 1921 Toronto St Pat Corb Denneny scores 6 goals vs Hamilton Tigers 1924 Charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal 1925 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1074 Beljawskya 1926 Television 1st demonstrated (J L Baird, London) 1928 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1083 Salvia & #1155 Aenna 1929 Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence 1931 Hungary-Austria sign peace treaty 1932 British submarine M-2 sinks in Channel (60 dead) 1932 KUT-AM in Austin Texas changes call letters to KNOW 1933 E Delporte discovers asteroid #2545 Verbiest 1934 Nazi Germany & Poland sign non-attack treaty for 10 years 1938 Vaisala discovers asteroids #1446 Sillanpaa, #1447 Utra & #1529 Oterma 1939 Federal Hall National Monument established 1939 Filming begins on "Gone With the Wind" 1939 Franco conquers Barcelona 1942 1st US force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland 1947 KLM Dakota crashes in Copenhagen, 22 die 1948 Executive Order 9981, end segregation in US Armed Forces signed 1949 WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1950 India becomes a republic ceaseing to be a British dominion 1954 Ground breaking begins on Disneyland 1956 7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 1956 Hank Greenberg & Joe Cronin are elected to the Hall of Fame 1956 Porkkala military base returned to Finland by USSR 1957 India annexes Kashmir 1957 PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms in Amsterdam 1958 H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan on as Israeli minister of Defense 1958 Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It" 1959 Italy cabinet-Fanfani forms 1959 KOKH TV channel 25 in Oklahoma City, OK (IND/PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Danny Heater scores 135 pts in basketball game (Boys' HS) 1960 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1741 Giclas 1960 High-school basketabll sensation Danny Heater scores 135 points 1960 Oakland enters the AFL 1960 Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on the 23rd ballot 1961 1st woman "personal physician to President"-JG Travell 1962 US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mi (37,000-km) 1971 Charles Manson convicted of murder 1972 Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute 1976 6th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 23-20 1976 Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon 1978 Frank Herbert completes his novel "Destination: Void" 1978 International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit 1979 "The Dukes of Hazzard" premiers on CBS's vast wasteland 1980 175,000 pay to hear FRANK SINATRA sing in Rio de Janeiro! 1980 Islanders & Whalers play a NHL penalty-free game 1980 Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4« minutes 1982 Islanders score 4 goals within 1:38, 5 within 2:37 vs Penguins 1985 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzy scores 50th goal in 49th game of season 1986 Chicago Bears defeat Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX 1988 Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor 1989 AT&T reports 1st loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988 1989 Madison Sq Garden announces 2-year $100 M renovation plan 1989 US computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus 1990 Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica & South Atlantic 1992 Superbowl XXVI, Washington beats Buffalo (Minneapolis) Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 2626th day of the year with 339 remaining (Numerology = 9) 1871 1øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1950 72øF highest temperature for January in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 2601/26/57 --- Too Much --- Presley, Elvis 01/26/63 --- Rhythm Of The Rain --- Cascades 01/26/63 --- Ruby Baby --- Dion 01/26/63 --- Walk Like A Man --- Four Seasons 01/26/63 --- From A Jack To A King --- Miller, Ned 01/26/63 --- Wild Weekend --- Rebels 01/26/74 --- Boogie Down --- Kendricks, Eddie 01/26/80 --- Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me, G --- Spinners 01/26/80 --- On The Radio --- Summer, Donna 01/26/85 --- California Girls --- Roth, David Lee 01/26/85 --- Can't Fight This Feeling --- Reo Speedwagon 01/26/85 --- Private Dancer --- Turner, Tina 01/26/91 --- This House --- Spencer, Tracie 01/26/91 --- Show Me The Way --- Styx |
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