About January 26

January 26, 2025 is the 26th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 339 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 3 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On January 26

  • 1564 –
    The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War.
  • 1699 –
    Treaty of Carlowitz is signed.
  • 1837 –
    Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
  • 1838 –
    Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
  • 1855 –
    Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory.
  • 1870 –
    American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.
  • 1885 –
    Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum.
  • 1905 –
    The world’s largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3106.75 carat, is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
  • 1907 –
    The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III is officially introduced into British Military Service, and remains the second oldest military rifle still in official use.
  • 1918 –
    Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers’ Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
  • 1920 –
    Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
  • 1924 –
    Saint Petersburg, Russia, is renamed Leningrad.
  • 1934 –
    German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
  • 1939 –
    Spanish Civil War: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
  • 1950 –
    The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
  • 1952 –
    Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo’s central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
  • 1961 –
    John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds this appointment.
  • 1962 –
    Ranger program: Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
  • 1966 –
    The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia.
  • 2009 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Ox in Chinese astrology.

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