Page 5: Historical Events In January - 26

1913  Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1914  Kaye Webb, English writer/publisher (Puffin Club) on this day in history.   

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

1915  Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo established on this day in history.   

1915  On January - 26 william Hopper, NYC, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason)   

1916  On January - 26 lothar Jensch, composer   

1918  On this day in history president Hoover calls for "wheatless" &"meatless" days for war effort   

1918  On January - 26 pres Hoover calls for "wheatless" & "meatless" days for war effort   

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 January - 26.   

1920  Amadeo Modigliani's mistress jumps out of a window on January - 26.   

1920  On this day in history derek Bond, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Nicholas Nickelby)   

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

1921  Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Neth forms on this day in history.   

1921  Akio Morita, Kasugaya Japan, CEO (Sony) on January - 26.   

1922  On January - 26 ralph Vaughan Williams' "Pastoral Symphony," premieres in London   

1922  Michael Bentine, England, author/comedian (Reluctant Jester) on this day in history.   

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

1923  Anne Jeffreys, NC, actress (Dick Tracy, Topper, General Hospital) on January - 26.   

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

1924  On this day in history charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal   

1924  On this day in history warren Frank Benson, composer   

1925  On this day in history the birth of Paul Newman, American Actor and Oscar winner   

1925  David Jenkins, Bishop (Durham) on this day in history.   

1926  Television first demonstrated (John L Baird, London) on January - 26.   

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

1926  Charles Tidbury, former chairman (Whitbread & Company) on January - 26.   

1926  John Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University on January - 26.   

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

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

1928  The birth of Roger Vadim, French director on January - 26.   

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1497  On January - 26 birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)   

1541  On this day in history birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)   

1613  Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born on January - 26.   

1667  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on January - 26.   

1708  On January - 26 birth of william Hayes, composer   

1714  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.   

1109  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1706  On this day in history guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59   

1744  On January - 26 death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)