26 January
Notable Births
YaYa Gosselin
b. 2009
American actress (born 2009)
Darya Astakhova
b. 2002
Russian tennis player (born 2002)
Isaac Okoro
b. 2001
Nigerian-American basketball player (born 2001)
Ester Expósito
b. 2000
Spanish actress and model (born 2000)
Darius Garland
b. 2000
American basketball player (born 2000)
Leonardo Balerdi
b. 1999
Argentine footballer (born 1999)
Travis Etienne
b. 1999
American football player (born 1999)
Moonbin
b. 1998
South Korean singer and actor (1998–2023)
Gedion Zelalem
b. 1997
Professional soccer player
Zakaria Bakkali
b. 1996
Belgian footballer (born 1996)
Hwang Hee-chan
b. 1996
South Korean footballer (born 1996)
Jean-Charles Castelletto
b. 1995
Footballer (born 1995)
Sione Katoa (rugby league, born 1995)
b. 1995
Tonga international rugby league footballer
Montrezl Harrell
b. 1994
American basketball player (born 1994)
Miguel Borja
b. 1993
Colombian footballer (born 1993)
Lana Clelland
b. 1993
Scottish footballer
Kevin Pangos
b. 1993
Canadian basketball player (born 1993)
Alice Powell
b. 1993
British racing driver
Florian Thauvin
b. 1993
French footballer (born 1993)
Douglas MacArthur
b. 1880
American general (1880–1964)
Notable Deaths
Suzanne Massie
d. 2025
American scholar of Russian history (1931–2025)
John Altobelli
d. 2020
American baseball coach (1963–2020)
Gianna Bryant
d. 2020
Daughter of Kobe and Vanessa Bryant (2006–2020)
Kobe Bryant
d. 2020
American basketball player (1978–2020)
Mike Connors
d. 2017
American actor (1925–2017)
Tam Dalyell
d. 2017
Scottish politician (1932–2017)
Barbara Hale
d. 2017
American actress (1922–2017)
Barbara Howard (athlete)
d. 2017
Canadian sprinter (1920–2017)
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
d. 2016
Pakistani politician and military officer
Abe Vigoda
d. 2016
American actor (1921–2016)
Cleven Goudeau
d. 2015
American art director and cartoonist
Tom Uren
d. 2015
Australian politician (1921–2015)
Tom Gola
d. 2014
American basketball player and politician (1933–2014)
Paula Gruden
d. 2014
Slovenian-born Australian poet (1921–2014)
José Emilio Pacheco
d. 2014
Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer (1939–2014)
Christine M. Jones
d. 2013
American politician (1929–2013)
Stefan Kudelski
d. 2013
Polish audio engineer (1931–2013)
Padma Kant Shukla
d. 2013
Indian physicist
Shōtarō Yasuoka
d. 2013
Japanese writer
Roberto Mieres
d. 2012
Argentine racing driver (1924–2012)
On This Day in History
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2021
Protesters and farmers storm the Red Fort near Delhi, clashing with police. One protester is killed and more than 80 police officers are injured.
2021 Indian farmers' Republic Day protest
2020
A Sikorsky S-76B flying from John Wayne Airport to Camarillo Airport crashes in Calabasas, 30 miles west of Los Angeles, killing all nine people on board, including five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant.
Sikorsky S-76
2015
An aircraft crashes at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people and injuring 21 others.
2015 Los Llanos Air Base crash
2015
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) recaptures the city of Kobanî from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), marking a turning point in the Siege of Kobanî.
Syrian civil war
2009
Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.
Antananarivo
2009
Nadya Suleman gives birth to the world's first surviving octuplets.
Nadya Suleman
2001
The 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India, leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
Seismic magnitude scales
2001
Diane Whipple, a lacrosse coach, is killed in a dog attack in San Francisco. The resulting court case clarified the meaning of implied malice murder.
Death of Diane Whipple
1998
Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
Clinton–Lewinsky scandal
1991
Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.
Siad Barre
1986
The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.
Tito Okello
1974
Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashes during takeoff from Izmir Cumaovası Airport (now İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport), killing 66 of the 73 people on board the Fokker F28 Fellowship.
Turkish Airlines Flight 301
1972
JAT Flight 367 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the DC-9. Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survives with critical injuries.
JAT Flight 367
1966
The three Beaumont children disappear from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.
Disappearance of the Beaumont children
1962
Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the Moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
Ranger 3
1959
The 41-acre (17 ha) Chain Island is listed for sale by the California State Lands Commission, with a minimum bid of $5,226.
Chain Island
1956
Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
Porkkalanniemi
1952
Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
Cairo fire
1950
The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as the first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
Constitution of India
1949
The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
Hale Telescope