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Monday 26 January 2015

Today In History [26th January, 2015]

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           The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the war between Austria and the Turks.
1720           Guilio Alberoni is ordered out of Spain after his abortive attempt to restore his country's empire.
1788           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           Louisiana secedes from the Union.
1863           President Lincoln names General Joseph Hooker to replace Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
1875           Pinkerton agents, hunting Jesse James, kill his 18-year-old half-brother and seriously injure his mother with a bomb.
1885           General "Chinese" Gordon is killed on the palace steps in Khartoum by Sudanese Mahdists in Africa.
1924           Petrograd is renamed Leningrad.
1934           Germany signs a 10-year non-aggression pact with Poland, breaking the French alliance system.
1942           American Expeditionary Force lands in Northern Ireland.
1943           The first OSS (Office of Strategic Services) agent parachutes behind Japanese lines in Burma.
1964           Eighty-four people are arrested in a segregation protest in Atlanta.
1969           California is declared a disaster area after two days of flooding and mud slides.
2005           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           Claude Helvétius, French philosopher.
1826           Julia Dent Grant, wife of Ulysses S. Grant.
1880           Douglas MacArthur, U.S. general in World War I, World War II and Korea.
1893           Bessie Coleman, pioneer aviator.
1944           Angela Davis, American activist.

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