425 Historic Events for January 26
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| 1942 |
Death |
Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Nigel Walmsley, chairman (Carlton UK Television)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
William McLennan, CEO (Central Statistical Office)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Scott Glenn, Pittsburgh, actor (Right Stuff, Personal Best, Backdraft)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Peter Kenton Winkler, composer
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Jean Knight, vocalist (Mr Big Stuff)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Sherian Grace Cadoria, brigadier general
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| 1943 |
Death |
Nikolai Vavilov, geneticist, Saratovv labour camp, dies
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Angela Yvonne Davis, black activist/professor
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Jacqueline du Pr‚e, Oxford England, cellist
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Mick Hill, cricketer (NSW all-rounder 1964-75)
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| 1945 |
Event |
Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Christopher Hampton, Azores, playwright (Oviri, Hotel du Lac)
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Gene Siskel, movie critic (Siskel and Ebert)
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Timothy Clifford, director (National Galleries of Scotland)
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| 1947 |
Birth |
Patrick Dewaere, [PJMH Bordeaux], France, actor (Les Valseuses)
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| 1947 |
Event |
KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die
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| 1947 |
Death |
Grace Moore, US soprano/actress (1 Night of Life), dies at 45
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| 1947 |
Death |
Gustav Adolf, crown prince of Sweden, dies in air crash
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Corky Laing, rocker (Mountain)
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| 1948 |
Death |
Ignaz Friedman, composer, dies at 65
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| 1948 |
Event |
Executive Order 9981, end segregation in US Armed Forces signed
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| 1949 |
Birth |
Derek Holt, rocker (Climax Blues Band)
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| 1949 |
Birth |
Paul Nurse, dr/director-general elect (Imperial Cancer Research Fund)
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| 1949 |
Death |
Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65
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