This Day in History
26 Jan 1482
Pentateuch the Jewish Bible is 1st printed as a book in Bologna Italy
26 Jan 1500
Vicente Yez Pinzn becomes the first European to set foot in Brazil
26 Jan 1564
The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism
26 Jan 1589
Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
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Republic of India born
On January 26 1950 the Indian constitution takes effect making the Republic of India the most populous democracy in the world.Mohandas Gandhi struggled throu...
The Twist ends record-setting run
On January 26 1962 The Twist by Chubby Checker finally ends its record-setting run at 1.Back in 1958 Ernest Chubby Evans was a h...
Tennessee passes nation’s first prohibition law
The first Prohibition law in the history of the United States is passed in Tennessee making it a misdemeanor to sell alcoholic beverages in taverns and stores....
Pinzon discovers Brazil
Spanish explorer Vicente Yanez Pinzon who had commanded the Nina during Christopher Columbus first expedition to the New World reaches the northeaster...
Franco captures Barcelona
During the Spanish Civil War Barcelona the Republican capital of Spain falls to the Nationalist forces of General Francisco Franco.In 1931 King Alfonso XIII...
The Dukes of Hazzard premieres
On this day in 1979 The Dukes of Hazzard a television comedy about two good-old-boy cousins in the rural South and their souped-up 1969 Dodge Ch...
Australia Day
On January 26 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip guides a fleet of 11 British ships carrying convicts to the colony of New South Wales effectively founding Australi...
POW spends 2,000th day in captivity
U.S. Navy Lt. Everett Alvarez Jr. spends his 2000th day in captivity in Southeast Asia. First taken prisoner when his plane was shot down on August 5 1964 h...
North Vietnam rejects U.S. peace proposal
Radio Hanoi announces North Vietnams rejection of the latest U.S. peace proposal. Revealing more details of the secret Paris peace talks Henry Kissing...
Bears beat Patriots in Super Bowl XX
On January 26 1986 in New Orleans Louisiana the Chicago Bears score a Super Bowl record number of points to defeat the New England Patriots 46-10 and win ...
Kennedy appoints first female presidential physician
On this day in 1961 just about a week after his inauguration President John F. Kennedy appoints Janet Travell 59 as his personal physician making her the f...
Bush appoints Rice as secretary of state
On this day in 2005 President George W. Bush appoints Condoleezza Rice to the post of secretary of state making her the highest ranking African-American woman...
Pinkertons maim Frank and Jesse James’ mother
Mistakenly believing Frank and Jesse James are hiding out at their family home a gang of menlikely led by Pinkerton detectivesmount a raid that...
Sam Goldwyn buys rights to The Wizard of Oz
One of Americas best-loved movie projects gets underway on this day in 1934 when the producer Samuel Goldwyn buys the film rights to the children...
Cyclone Wanda causes flooding in Australia
On this day in 1974 the last remnants of Cyclone Wanda cause severe flooding in Queensland Australia that results in the deaths of 16 people and leaves thous...
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