Today in History for January 1926

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 12 of 12

1st - Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne
3rd - Greek gen Theodorus Pangulos names himself dictator
4th - Theodorus Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator
6th - Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland
8th - Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud becomes king of Hejaz; renames it Saudi Arabia
20th - 2nd German government of Luther begins
21st - Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties
22nd - Belgian chief of staff Gen Maglinse quits
23rd - Eugene O'Neill's "Great God Brown," premieres in NYC
26th - Television 1st demonstrated (J L Baird, London)
27th - 1st public demonstration of television, John L Baird, London
27th - US Senate agrees to join World Court

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 68 of 68

1st - Claire Polin [Schaff], composer flautist/musicologist
1st - Richard Verreau, French-Canadian tenor (d. 2005)
3rd - Danny Overbea, blues singer/guitarist
3rd - George Martin, record producer (The Beatles)
5th - Claude (Buddy) Young, NFL running back (Yankees, Texans, Colts)
5th - Robert Earle, Baldwin NY, TV host (GE College Bowl)
5th - Hosea Williams, American activist (d. 2000)
5th - William De Witt Snodgrass, American poet
6th - Pat Flaherty, American racecar driver (2002)
6th - Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (d. 2003)
6th - Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-born actor and bodybuilder (d. 2006)
6th - Ralph Branca, American baseball player
6th - Kim Dae-jung, President of South Korea and Nobel laureate
8th - Evelyn Lear, [Shulman], Brooklyn, NY, soprano, (d. 2012)
8th - Jani Christou, composer
8th - Soupy Sales, [Milton Hines], NC, comedian (Soupy Sales Show)
8th - Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian Odissi dancer (d. 2004)
9th - Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian politician, Lieutenant governor of Quebec (d. 2002)
10th - Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist, thinker, and politician
11th - Alexander Gibson, conductor
11th - Elisabeth M J "Elly" Bakker, Dutch actress (The Miser)
11th - Grant Tinker, broadcasting executive (NBC-TV)
11th - Lev Stepanovich Demin, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 15)
11th - Phil Sidey, broadcaster
12th - Morton Feldman, NYC, composer
12th - Ray Price, country singer (Good Times)
13th - Carolyn Heilbrun, [Amanda Cross], author (Lady Ottoline's Album)
13th - Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/author (Change of Use)
13th - Michael Bond, British writer
14th - Frank Aletter, Long Island NY, actor (Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy)
14th - Harold Wolpe, sociologist lawyer/Soth African activist
14th - Tom Tryon, Hartford CT, actor (Cardinal, All That Glitters)
14th - Warren Mitchell, English actor
15th - Maria Schell, Vienna Austria, actress (Space 1999)
15th - Florence Buchsbaum, French theater director (d. 1996)
16th - John "Jack" Layden, local politician
17th - Clyde Walcott, cricketer (one of the three W's, later ICC chairman)
17th - Moira Shearer, Dunfermline Scotland, ballerina (Red Shoes)
17th - Richard Michael Hills, comedy script writer
17th - Newton N. Minow, American lawyer and statesman
19th - Fritz Weaver, Pitts Pa, actor (Josef-Holocaust, Day of the Dolphin)
19th - Libera Carlier, Flemish author (Action Station Go!)
20th - David Eugene Tudor, Phila Penn, composer
20th - Michael Higgins, Brooklyn NY, actor (1918, Wanda, Black Stallion)
Actress Patricia Neal (20th) 20th - Patricia Neal, Packard Ky, actress (Hud, Subject Was Roses), (d. 2010)
20th - Robert L Van Citters, cardiology/advisory panelist/UW dean
20th - Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, essayist and columnist
20th - Qurratulain Hyder, Pakistani novelist (d. 2007)
21st - Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer
21st - Paul Burke, New Orleans La, actor (Neal-Dynasty) [or Jul 21]
21st - Raf Reymen, Flemish actor
21st - Steve Reeves, Glasgow Montana, actor (Hercules, Hercules Unchained)
21st - Brian Brockless, English organist (d. 1995)
22nd - Lord Erskine of Rerrick, peer
22nd - Tom Blackburn, writer
24th - Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter
26th - Charles Tidbury, former chairman (Whitbread & Company)
26th - Jose Maria Valverde, philosopher poet/translator
26th - Ronnie Hilton, singer (Moonraker)
26th - Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani scholar
27th - Fritz Spiegl, Austrian journalist (d. 2003)
27th - Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (d. 2004)
29th - Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist
29th - Bob Berry, cricketer (England slow lefty 1950)
30th - Ruth Brown, Portsmouth Va, actress (Leona-Hello Larry, Checking In)
30th - Lizbeth Webb, Reading,, UK, soprano, (d. 2013)
31st - Prunella Briance, founder (National Childbirth Trust)
31st - Tom Alston, American baseball player (d. 1993)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

17th - George Burns marries Gracie Allen

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 8 of 8

8th - Emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81
12th - Sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864)
15th - Enrico Toselli, composer, dies at 42
21st - Camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81
23rd - Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at 74
23rd - Joseph Carl Breil, composer, dies at 55
26th - John Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University
30th - Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896)