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January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 339 days remaining (340 in leap years).

Events

1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France.

1500 - Vicente Yáñez Pinzón become the first European to discover Brazil.

1531 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake--thousands die.

1699 - Treaty of Carlowitz signed.

1700 - The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the coast of the American Northwest, as evidenced by Japanese records.

1736 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.

1785 - Benjamin Franklin writes a letter to his daughter expressing disappointment over the selection of the eagle as the symbol of the United States; he wanted the turkey.

1788 - The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sail into Sydney Harbour to establish the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Celebrated as Australia Day.

1802 - The U.S. Congress passes an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol; eventually this becomes the Library of Congress.

1808 - Rum Rebellion, the only successful (but temporary) armed takeover of the government in Australia.

1837 - Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.

1838 - Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States

1841 - The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China had ceded.

1863 - American Civil War: Massachusetts Governor receives permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.

1870 - American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.

1885 - Troops loyal to the Mahdi conquer Khartoum.

1887 - Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat Italians.

1905 - The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier Mine.

1911 - Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful seaplane.

1934 - The Apollo Theatre opens in Harlem, New York City.

1939 - Spanish Civil War: Troops loyal to Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.

1942 - World War II: The first American forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.

1946 - Félix Gouin becomes Prime Minister of France.

1950 - India promulgates its constitution forming a republic and Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first president.

1956 - 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

1961 - John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds this appointment.

1962 - Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon. The space probe later missed the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).

1965 - Hindi becomes the official language of India.

1970 - Folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel release classic album Bridge Over Troubled Water.

1980 - Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.

1983 - Lotus 1-2-3 is released.

1986 - Super Bowl XX: The Chicago Bears defeat the New England Patriots, 46-10.

1992 - Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia is going to stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.

1992 - Super Bowl XXVI: The Washington Redskins defeat the Buffalo Bills, 37-24.

1993 - Václav Havel elected President of the Czech Republic.

1994 - A man fires two blank shots at Charles, Prince of Wales in Sydney, Australia.

1996 - Whitewater scandal: Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies before a grand jury.

1997 - Super Bowl XXXI: The Green Bay Packers defeat the New England Patriots, 35-21.

1998 - Lewinsky scandal: On American television, Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

1998 - Compaq buys Digital Equipment Corporation.

2001 - A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela killing 24.

2001 - An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.

2003 - Super Bowl XXXVII: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat the Oakland Raiders, 48-21, earning the Buccaneers their first Vince Lombardi Trophy.

2005 - The Glendale train crash occurs, involving three trains; the accident kills 11 and injures 200 in Glendale, California near Los Angeles early in the morning peak hours.

2005 - Having been confirmed earlier in the day by a vote of 85-13 in the United States Senate, Condoleezza Rice is sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State, becoming the first African American woman to hold the post.

2005 - A helicopter crash in eastern Iraq kills 31 United States soldiers.