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  On January - 26 jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter (Love & Marriage)   

1914  On January - 26 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike   

1914  On January - 26 vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index   

1914  On January - 26 kaye Webb, English writer/publisher (Puffin Club)   

1915  On January - 26 rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado established   

1915  On January - 26 rocky Mountain National Park, Colo established   

1915  William Hopper, NYC, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason) on January - 26.   

1916  On this day in history lothar Jensch, composer   

1918  President Hoover calls for "wheatless" &"meatless" days for war effort on this day in history.   

1918  Pres Hoover calls for "wheatless" & "meatless" days for war effort on January - 26.   

1918  Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian president (1967-90) on January - 26.   

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

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

1922  On this day in history 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  On this day in history anne Jeffreys, NC, actress (Dick Tracy, Topper, General Hospital)   

1924  On this day in history 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  On January - 26 warren Frank Benson, composer   

1925  The birth of Paul Newman, American Actor and Oscar winner on January - 26.   

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

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

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

1927  On January - 26 maxwell Anderson's "Saturday's Children," premieres in NYC   

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  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on January - 26.   

1541  Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) was born on January - 26.   

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  On this day in history birth of jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)   

1715  Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher was born on January - 26.   

1716  George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on January - 26.   

0946  Death of Eadgyth, German Queen on January - 26.   

1109  Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies on January - 26.   

1567  On January - 26 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  Death of Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640) on this day in history.   

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

1744  On this day in history death of ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)