About January 26
January 26, 2024 is the 26th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 340 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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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 15 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On January 26
- 1565 –Battle of Talikota, fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Islamic sultanates of the Deccan, leads to the subjugation, and eventual destruction of the last Hindu kingdom in India, and the consolidation of Islamic rule over much of the Indian subcontinent.
- 1589 –Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
- 1808 –Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.
- 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.
- 1911 –Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
- 1911 –Richard Strauss’ opera Der Rosenkavalier receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
- 1924 –Saint Petersburg, Russia, is renamed Leningrad.
- 1930 –The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) which occurred 20 years later.
- 1933 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- 1934 –German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
- 1942 –World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.
- 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.
- 1961 –John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds this appointment.
- 1978 –The Great Blizzard of 1978, a rare severe blizzard with the lowest non-tropical atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the US, strikes the Ohio – Great Lakes region with heavy snow and winds up to 100 mph (161 km/h).
- 1980 –Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
- 2001 –An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.
- 2004 –President Hamid Karzai signs the new constitution of Afghanistan.
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