425 Historic Events for January 26
|
|
|
|
|
| 1884 |
Birth |
Roy Chapman Andrews, US, scientist/explorer
|
|
|
| 1885 |
Event |
Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum
|
|
|
| 1885 |
Death |
Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51
|
|
|
| 1886 |
Event |
Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor
|
|
|
| 1886 |
Birth |
Joannes A Veraart, Dutch economist/MP (Jews of the Netherlands)
|
|
|
| 1887 |
Birth |
Enrique E Ecker, Cura‡ao, bacteriologist
|
|
|
| 1887 |
Birth |
Marc A "Pete" Mitscher, US lt-admiral (WW II-Task Force 58)
|
|
|
| 1887 |
Event |
Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians
|
|
|
| 1891 |
Death |
Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies
|
|
|
| 1891 |
Birth |
Ilya G Ehrenburg, Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw)
|
|
|
| 1891 |
Event |
Oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," premieres in NYC
|
|
|
| 1893 |
Death |
Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday
|
|
|
| 1893 |
Birth |
Bessie Coleman, 1st black airplane pilot
|
|
|
| 1895 |
Death |
Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies
|
|
|
| 1897 |
Event |
Battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army
|
|
|
| 1899 |
Birth |
Wyllis Cooper, Pekin Ill, TV narrator (Volume One)
|
|
|
| 1900 |
Event |
Henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer," premieres in Stuttgart
|
|
|
| 1901 |
Birth |
Ervin Major, composer
|
|
|
| 1902 |
Birth |
Romney Brent, Saltillo Mexico, actor/writer (Dinner at the Ritz)
|
|
|
| 1902 |
Birth |
Laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer
|
|
|
| 1902 |
Birth |
Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer/essayist (Carnaval of the Citizens)
|
|
|
| 1904 |
Birth |
Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail)
|
|
|
| 1904 |
Death |
John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64
|
|
|
| 1904 |
Birth |
Sean MacBride, Dublin, statesman/Amnesty Intl co-founder (Nobel '74)
|
|
|
| 1905 |
Birth |
Marquess of Bath, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
|
