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January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 339 days remain until the end of the year (340 in leap years).

Events[]

  • 1500Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
  • 1531 – The Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people.
  • 1564 – The Council of Trent establishes an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
  • 1564 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War.
  • 1565Battle of Talikota, fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Deccan sultanates, 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.
  • 1699 – For the first time, the Ottoman Empire permanently cedes territory to the Christian powers.
  • 1700 – The Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
  • 1736Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
  • 1788 – The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Commemorated as Australia Day.
  • 1808 – The Rum Rebellion is the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.
  • 1837Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
  • 1838Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
  • 1841James Bremer takes formal possession of Hong Kong Island at what is now Possession Point, establishing British Hong Kong.
  • 1855Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory.
  • 1856 – First Battle of Seattle. Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers.
  • 1861American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
  • 1863 – American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
  • 1863 – American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
  • 1870Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
  • 1885 – Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
  • 1905 – The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350 kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
  • 1911Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
  • 1915 – The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
  • 1918Finnish 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.
  • 1926 – The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
  • 1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
  • 1934 – The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
  • 1934 – German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
  • 1939Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
  • 1942World 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.
  • 1945 – World War II: Audie Murphy displays valor and bravery in action for which he will later be awarded the Medal of Honor.
  • 1949 – The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
  • 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.
  • 1952Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
  • 1956 – Soviet Union hands Porkkala back to Finland.
  • 1961John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds the appointment of Physician to the President.
  • 1962Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
  • 1965Hindi becomes the official language of India.
  • 1980Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
  • 1986 – The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.
  • 1991Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.
  • 1992Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
  • 1998Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
  • 2001 – The 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
  • 2005Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles.
  • 2009 – Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.
  • 2015 – An aircraft crashes at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people and injuring 21 others.

Births[]

  • 183Lady Zhen, wife of Cao Pi (d. 221)
  • 1467Guillaume Budé, French scholar (d. 1540)
  • 1495Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)
  • 1541Florent Chrestien, French poet and translator (d. 1596)
  • 1549Jakob Ebert, German theologian (d. 1614)
  • 1595Antonio Maria Abbatini, Italian composer (d. 1679)
  • 1708William Hayes, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1777)
  • 1714Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor and educator (d. 1785)
  • 1716George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1785)
  • 1722Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author (d. 1805)
  • 1761Jens Zetlitz, Norwegian priest and poet (d. 1821)
  • 1763Charles XIV John of Sweden (d. 1844)
  • 1781Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author (d. 1831)
  • 1813Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican philosopher and poet (d. 1876)
  • 1832George Shiras, Jr., American lawyer and jurist (d. 1924)
  • 1842François Coppée, French poet and author (d. 1908)
  • 1852Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (d. 1905)
  • 1861Louis Anquetin, French painter (d. 1932)
  • 1864József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (d. 1934)
  • 1866John Cady, American golfer (d. 1933)
  • 1878Dave Nourse, English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 1948)
  • 1880Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964)
  • 1885Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician (d. 1959)
  • 1885 – Harry Ricardo, English engineer and academic (d. 1974)
  • 1887François Faber, French-Luxembourgian cyclist (d. 1915)
  • 1887 – Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (d. 1947)
  • 1887 – Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic (d. 1968)
  • 1891Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1973)
  • 1891 – August Froehlich, German priest and martyr (d. 1942)
  • 1891 – Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic (d. 1976)
  • 1892Bessie Coleman, American pilot (d. 1926)
  • 1893Giuseppe Genco Russo, Italian mob boss (d. 1976)
  • 1899Günther Reindorff, Russian-Estonian graphic designer and illustrator (d. 1974)
  • 1900Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967)
  • 1902Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (d. 1940)
  • 1904Ancel Keys, American physiologist and nutritionist (d. 2004)
  • 1904 – Seán MacBride, Irish lawyer and politician, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
  • 1905Charles Lane, American actor and singer (d. 2007)
  • 1905 – Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (d. 1987)
  • 1907Henry Cotton, English golfer (d. 1987)
  • 1907 – Dimitrios Holevas, Greek priest and philologist (d. 2001)
  • 1908Jill Esmond, English actress (d. 1990)
  • 1908 – Rupprecht Geiger, German painter and sculptor (d. 2009)
  • 1908 – Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (Quintette du Hot Club de France) (d. 1997)
  • 1910Jean Image, Hungarian-French animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
  • 1911Polykarp Kusch, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
  • 1911 – Norbert Schultze, German composer and conductor (d. 2002)
  • 1913Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (d. 1990)
  • 1913 – Dorothy Reynolds, British writer and actress (d. 1977)
  • 1917Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain (d. 2014)
  • 1918Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian general and politician, 1st President of Romania (d. 1989)
  • 1918 – Philip José Farmer, American author (d. 2009)
  • 1919Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer (d. 1949)
  • 1919 – Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager (d. 2004)
  • 1920Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal researcher and author (d. 2009)
  • 1921Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records (d. 2005)
  • 1921 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (d. 1999)
  • 1922Michael Bentine, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)
  • 1922 – Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (d. 1993)
  • 1922 – Gil Merrick, English footballer (d. 2010)
  • 1923Patrick J. Hannifin, American admiral (d. 2014)
  • 1923 – Anne Jeffreys, American actress and singer
  • 1924Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician, Mayor of Dallas (d. 1998)
  • 1925David Jenkins, English bishop and theologian (d. 2016)
  • 1925 – Joan Leslie, American actress (d. 2015)
  • 1925 – Paul Newman, American actor, director, race car driver, and businessman, co-founded Newman's Own (d. 2008)
  • 1925 – Ben Pucci, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
  • 1925 – Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2004)
  • 1926Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani linguist and scholar (d. 2013)
  • 1926 – Joseph Bacon Fraser, Jr., American architect and businessman, co-founded the Sea Pines Company (d. 2014)
  • 1927José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (d. 2005)
  • 1927 – Bob Nieman, American baseball player and scout (d. 1985)
  • 1927 – Hubert Schieth, German footballer and manager (d. 2013)
  • 1928Roger Vadim, French actor and director (d. 2000)
  • 1929Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator
  • 1934Roger Landry, Canadian businessman and publisher
  • 1934 – Charles Marowitz, American director, playwright, and critic (d. 2014)
  • 1934 – Huey "Piano" Smith, American R&B/rock & roll pianist and songwriter
  • 1935Corrado Augias, Italian journalist and politician
  • 1935 – Henry Jordan, American football player (d. 1977)
  • 1935 – Bob Uecker, American baseball player, sportscaster and actor
  • 1935 – Paula Rego, Portuguese painter
  • 1936Sal Buscema, American illustrator
  • 1937Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leonean soldier and politician, 2nd President of Sierra Leone (d. 2003)
  • 1940Séamus Hegarty, Irish bishop
  • 1941Scott Glenn, American actor
  • 1941 – Henry Jaglom, English-American director and screenwriter
  • 1941 – Joan A. Steitz, American biologist and academic
  • 1943César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
  • 1943 – Jean Knight, American R&B singer
  • 1943 – Jack Warner, Trinidadian businessman and politician
  • 1944Angela Davis, American activist
  • 1944 – Merrilee Rush, American singer
  • 1944 – Jerry Sandusky, American football player, coach, and convicted sex offender
  • 1945Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987)
  • 1945 – David Purley, English race car driver (d. 1985)
  • 1946Michel Delpech, French singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2016)
  • 1946 – Christopher Hampton, Portuguese-English director, screenwriter, and playwright
  • 1946 – Deon Jackson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
  • 1946 – Gene Siskel, American journalist and film critic (d. 1999)
  • 1947Patrick Dewaere, French actor and composer (d. 1982)
  • 1947 – Les Ebdon, English chemist and academic
  • 1947 – Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin, Irish director, producer, and production manager
  • 1947 – Michel Sardou, French singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1949Jonathan Carroll, American author
  • 1949 – David Strathairn, American actor
  • 1950Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (d. 2008)
  • 1951David Briggs, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  • 1951 – Andy Hummel, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2010)
  • 1951 – Anne Mills, English economist and academic
  • 1951Christopher North, American keyboard player
  • 1953Alik L. Alik, Micronesian politician, 7th Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia
  • 1953 – Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish politician and diplomat, 39th Prime Minister of Denmark
  • 1953 – Lucinda Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1954Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer
  • 1955Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  • 1957Shivlal Yadav, Indian cricketer
  • 1958Anita Baker, American singer-songwriter
  • 1958 – Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
  • 1961Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1961 – Tom Keifer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1962Guo Jian, Chinese-Australian painter, sculptor, and photographer
  • 1962 – Tim May, Australian cricketer
  • 1962 – Oscar Ruggeri, Argentinian footballer and manager
  • 1963José Mourinho, Portuguese footballer and manager
  • 1963 – Simon O'Donnell, Australian footballer, cricketer, and sportscaster
  • 1963 – Tony Parks, English footballer and manager
  • 1963 – Andrew Ridgeley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1963 – Gisela Valcárcel, Peruvian actress and publisher, founded Gisela Magazine
  • 1964Adam Crozier, Scottish businessman
  • 1965Thomas Östros, Swedish businessman and politician
  • 1965 – Natalia Yurchenko, Russian gymnast and coach
  • 1966Kazushige Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1967Anatoly Komm, Russian chef and businessman
  • 1967 – Col Needham, English businessman, co-founded Internet Movie Database
  • 1968Ravi Teja, Indian actor
  • 1969George Dikeoulakos, Greek-Romanian basketball player and coach
  • 1970Kirk Franklin, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1973Melvil Poupaud, French actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1973 – Brendan Rodgers, Northern Irish footballer and manager
  • 1973 – Mayu Shinjo, Japanese author and illustrator
  • 1977Vince Carter, American basketball player
  • 1977 – Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player and coach
  • 1978Corina Morariu, American tennis player and sportscaster
  • 1979Sara Rue, American actress
  • 1981José de Jesús Corona, Mexican footballer
  • 1981 – Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan violinist, composer, and conductor
  • 1981 – Juan José Haedo, Argentinian cyclist
  • 1981 – Colin O'Donoghue, Irish actor
  • 1982Reggie Hodges, American football player
  • 1983Petri Oravainen, Finnish footballer
  • 1984Ryan Hoffman, Australian rugby league player
  • 1984 – Iain Turner, Scottish footballer
  • 1984 – Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer
  • 1985Heather Stanning, English rower
  • 1986Gerald Green, American basketball player
  • 1986 – Mustapha Yatabaré, French-Malian footballer
  • 1987Sebastian Giovinco, Italian footballer
  • 1988Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, Greek high jumper
  • 1989MarShon Brooks, American basketball player
  • 1989 – Emily Hughes, American figure skater
  • 1990Peter Sagan, Slovak professional cyclist
  • 1990 – Nina Zander, German tennis player
  • 1992Sasha Banks, American professional wrestler
  • 1993Florian Thauvin, French footballer
  • 1995Sione Katoa, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1997Gedion Zelalem, German-born American soccer player

Deaths[]

  • 724Yazid II, Ummayad caliph (b. 687)
  • 738John of Dailam, Syrian monk and saint (b. 660)
  • 1186Ismat ad-Din Khatun, wife of Saladin
  • 1567Nicholas Wotton, English courtier and diplomat (b. 1497)
  • 1630Henry Briggs, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1556)
  • 1636Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
  • 1641Lawrence Hyde, English lawyer (b. 1562)
  • 1697Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and theorist (b. 1640)
  • 1744Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
  • 1750Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1686)
  • 1779Thomas Hudson, English painter (b. 1701)
  • 1795Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German harpsichord player and composer (b. 1732)
  • 1799Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (b. 1722)
  • 1823Edward Jenner, English physician and immunologist (b. 1749)
  • 1824Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
  • 1831Sangolli Rayanna, Indian soldier (b. 1798)
  • 1831 – Anton Delvig, Russian poet and journalist (b. 1798)
  • 1849Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (b. 1803)
  • 1855Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (b. 1808)
  • 1869Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)
  • 1870Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
  • 1885Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
  • 1885 – Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
  • 1886David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
  • 1891Nikolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
  • 1893Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
  • 1895Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
  • 1904Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)
  • 1926John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)
  • 1932William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)
  • 1942Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
  • 1943Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
  • 1943 – Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
  • 1946Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
  • 1946 – Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
  • 1947Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (b. 1906)
  • 1947 – Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
  • 1948Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)
  • 1948 – John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
  • 1952Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)
  • 1953Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
  • 1957Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906)
  • 1962Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)
  • 1968Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (b. 1883)
  • 1973Edward G. Robinson, Romanian-American actor (b. 1893)
  • 1976João Branco Núncio, Portuguese bullfighter (b. 1901)
  • 1977Filopimin Finos, Greek production manager and producer, founded Finos Film (b. 1908)
  • 1979Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)
  • 1980Simon Kapwepwe, Zambian politician, 2nd Vice President of Zambia (b. 1922)
  • 1983Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
  • 1990Bob Gerard, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1914)
  • 1990 – Lewis Mumford, American sociologist and historian (b. 1895)
  • 1992José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1912)
  • 1993Jan Gies, Dutch businessman and humanitarian (b. 1905)
  • 1993 – Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (b. 1912)
  • 1993 – Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Governor General of Canada (b. 1922)
  • 1996Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1921)
  • 1996 – Harold Brodkey, American author and academic (b. 1930)
  • 1996 – Frank Howard, American football player and coach (b. 1909)
  • 1996 – Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor (b. 1932)
  • 1997Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic (b. 1904)
  • 2000Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (b. 1915)
  • 2000 – Kathleen Hale, English author and illustrator (b. 1898)
  • 2000 – A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (b. 1912)
  • 2001Al McGuire, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
  • 2003Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (b. 1942)
  • 2003 – Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (b. 1917)
  • 2003 – George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Scottish banker and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1931)
  • 2004Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)
  • 2006Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani politician (b. 1917)
  • 2007Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
  • 2008Viktor Schreckengost, American sculptor and designer (b. 1906)
  • 2010Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (b. 1917)
  • 2011Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1927)
  • 2012 – Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1924)
  • 2013Christine M. Jones, American educator and politician (b. 1929)
  • 2013 – Stefan Kudelski, Polish-Swiss engineer, invented the Nagra (b. 1929)
  • 2013 – Padma Kant Shukla, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1950)
  • 2013 – Shōtarō Yasuoka, Japanese author (b. 1920)
  • 2014Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (b. 1933)
  • 2014 – Paula Gruden, Slovenian-Australian poet and translator (b. 1921)
  • 2014 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (b. 1939)
  • 2014 – Ralph T. Troy, American banker and politician (b. 1935)
  • 2015Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau, American art director and cartoonist (b. 1932)
  • 2015 – Tom Uren, Australian soldier and politician (b. 1921)
  • 2016Black, English singer-songwriter (b. 1962)
  • 2016 – Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Pakistani politician and diplomat, 14th Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1920)
  • 2016 – Abe Vigoda, American actor (b. 1921)
  • 2017Mike Connors, American actor (b. 1925)
  • 2017 – Tam Dalyell, Scottish politician (b. 1932)
  • 2017 – Lindy Delapenha, Jamaican footballer and sports journalist (b. 1927)
  • 2017 – Barbara Hale, American actress (b. 1922)


Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian feast day:
    • Alberic
    • Blessed Gabriele Allegra
    • Paula
    • Timothy and Titus
    • January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Australia Day (Australia)
  • Duarte Day (Dominican Republic)
  • Engineer's Day (Panama)
  • International Customs Day
  • Liberation Day (Uganda)
  • Republic Day (India)

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