About January 26
January 26, 2021 is the 26th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 339 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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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 17 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.
- 1736 –Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
- 1808 –Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.
- 1841 –The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China later formally cedes.
- 1856 –First Battle of Seattle. Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers.
- 1870 –American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.
- 1885 –Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum.
- 1911 –Richard Strauss’ opera Der Rosenkavalier receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
- 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.
- 1933 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- 1945 –World War II: The Red Army begins encircling the German Fourth Army near Heiligenbeil in East Prussia, which will end in destruction of the 4th Army two months later.
- 1958 –Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsizes off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed.
- 1960 –Danny Heater sets a worldwide high school basketball scoring record when he records 135 points for Burnsville High School (West Virginia)
- 1961 –John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds this appointment.
- 1966 –The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia.
- 1991 –Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.
- 1992 –Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
- 2001 –An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.
- 2005 –Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles.
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