What are the important events that happened on January 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

January 26: Facts & Myths About This Day

January 26 is the 26^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 340 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 13, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,437,120 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘icosihexagon’ day.

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 15 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,053 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

January 26 Historical Events

• 1736 –
  Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
• 1907 –
  The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III is officially introduced into British Military Service, and remains the second oldest military rifle still in official use.
• 1914 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
• 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.
• 1966 –
  The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia.
• 1978 –
  The Great Blizzard of 1978, a rare severe blizzard with the lowest non-tropical atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the US, strikes the Ohio – Great Lakes region with heavy snow and winds up to 100 mph (161 km/h).
• 1980 –
  Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
• 1998 –
  Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had “sexual relations” with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
• 2001 –
  An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.
• 2005 –
  Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles.

Who were born on January 26?

• 1893 –
  Giuseppe Genco Russo, Sicilian mafioso (d. 1976)
• 1908 –
  Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (d. 1997)
• 1925 –
  Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper editor (d. 2004)
• 1935 –
  Corrado Augias, Italian journalist, writer and TV personality
• 1942 –
  Souad Hosni, Egyptian actress (d. 2001)
• 1943 –
  Austin “Jack” Warner, Trinidadian FIFA Vice-President and CONCACAF President
• 1947 –
  Patrick Dewaere, French actor (d. 1982)
• 1950 –
  Jörg Haider, Austrian far-right politician (d. 2008)
• 1976 –
  Willie Adler, American guitar player
• 1987 –
  Marlon Mario Brandao da Silveira, Brazilian footballer

Who died on January 26?

• 1750 –
  Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)
• 1824 –
  Théodore Géricault, French painter (b. 1791)
• 1831 –
  Sangolli Rayanna, freedom fighter from Karnataka, India (b. 1798)
• 1869 –
  Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846)
• 1870 –
  Victor de Broglie, French statesman and diplomat (b. 1785)
• 1886 –
  David Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807)
• 1947 –
  Grace Moore, American soprano (b. 1898)
• 1947 –
  Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, (b. 1906)
• 1996 –
  Dave Schultz, American wrestler (b. 1959)
• 2006 –
  Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (b. 1920)