On This Day in History for January 26
Events in History
- 66 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
- 1340 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France
- 1482 "Pentateuch" the Jewish Bible is 1st printed as a book in Bologna, Italy
- 1500 Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot in Brazil
- 1531 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die
- 1564 The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism
- 1589 Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
- 1654 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife
- More Events in History
Douglas MacArthur
Frank Costello
Bessie Coleman
Seán MacBride
Nicolae CeausescuWeddings in History
- 1858 Inventor Cyrus McCormick (48) weds Nancy Fowler
- 1905 General officer John J. Pershing (44) weds Helen Frances
- 1925 Politician Seán MacBride (21) weds Catalina Bulfin in Dublin, Ireland
More Weddings in History
Edward Jenner
Théodore Géricault
Charles "Lucky" Luciano
Nelson RockefellerJanuary in History
Al Capone, Public Enemy Number One
Al Capone, forever associated with Prohibition and the St Valentine’s Day Massacre, has long been ranked as the most notorious gangster in American history.
January 25, 1947
'I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman'
One of the most notorious denials in political history came on this day when President Bill Clinton held a news conference on his relations with Monica Lewinsky.
January 26, 1998
World's Largest Diamond Discovered
The Cullinan Diamond, discovered in South Africa on January 26, 1905
January 26, 1905
Crippled Kaiser Had Grip of Iron
German Emperor 'Kaiser Bill,' was born on this day, strong-willed and determined to overcome the deformity that afflicted him from birth.
January 27, 1859