Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
January 26
1699 |
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The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the war between Austria and the Turks. |
1720 |
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Guilio Alberoni is ordered out of Spain after his abortive attempt to restore his country’s empire. |
1788 |
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A fleet of ships carrying convicts from England lands at Sydney Cove in Australia. The day is since known as Australia’s national day. |
1861 |
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Louisiana secedes from the Union. |
1863 |
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President Lincoln names General Joseph Hooker to replace Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac. |
1875 |
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Pinkerton agents, hunting Jesse James, kill his 18-year-old half-brother and seriously injure his mother with a bomb. |
1885 |
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General “Chinese” Gordon is killed on the palace steps in Khartoum by Sudanese Mahdists in Africa. |
1924 |
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Petrograd is renamed Leningrad. |
1934 |
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Germany signs a 10-year non-aggression pact with Poland, breaking the French alliance system. |
1942 |
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American Expeditionary Force lands in Northern Ireland. |
1943 |
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The first OSS (Office of Strategic Services) agent parachutes behind Japanese lines in Burma. |
1964 |
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Eighty-four people are arrested in a segregation protest in Atlanta. |
1969 |
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California is declared a disaster area after two days of flooding and mud slides. |
2005 |
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Condoleezza Rice is appointed to the post of secretary of state. The post makes her the highest ranking African-American woman ever to serve in an U.S. presidential cabinet. |
Born on January 26 |
1715 |
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Claude Helvétius, French philosopher. |
1826 |
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Julia Dent Grant, wife of Ulysses S. Grant. |
1880 |
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Douglas MacArthur, U.S. general in World War I, World War II and Korea. |
1893 |
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Bessie Coleman, pioneer aviator. |
1944 |
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Angela Davis, American activist. |
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MacArthur is a major figure in US military and diplomatic history. He commanded a brigade in France during World War I and was commander of the Philippine military establishment in the late 1930s, but he is best remembered for the vital role he played in the Pacific theater of World War II and for his command of UN forces during the Korean War. Many Americans viewed MacArthur as a hero, but he was suddenly relieved of his post by President Truman at the height of the Korean War for what reason? More… Discuss
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An American journalist, Higgins covered major world events, including the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp and the Nuremberg Trials, and was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. While reporting on the Korean War, she was expelled from Korea by US General Walton Walker—who said the military had no time to prepare accommodations for women—but when she appealed to General Douglas MacArthur, the ban was lifted. Higgins’s life was cut short by a disease contracted while covering what? More… Discuss
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