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What happened in history on this day: January 26?
On January 26 in ...
- 66 - Fifth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
- 1109 - Albericus of Cîteaux French saint, dies.
- 1340 - English king Edward III proclaimed king of France.
- 1531 - In Lisbon, Portugal, an Intensity X earthquake occurs, claiming 30,000 deaths.
- 1613 - Birth of Johann Jakob Wolleb composer.
- 1654 - Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife.
- 1666 - France declares war on England and Münster.
- 1667 - Birth of Henricus Zwaardecroon Governor-General of Netherland-Indies.
- 1689 - Jean Racine's "Esther" premieres in Saint-Cyr.
- 1697 - Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's six month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night.
- 1699 - Venice, Poland and Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey.
- 1700 - In the Cascadia Subduction Zone of western North America, a magnitude 9 earthquake occurs, rocking a region 600 miles long that includes modern northern California, Oregon, Washington, and southern British Columbia. The earthquake sets off a tsunami that strikes Cascadia's Pacific coast, and crosses the Pacific Ocean to Japan, damaging coastal villages.
- 1714 - Birth of Jean B Pigalle French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage).
- 1716 - Birth of George Sackville Germain first Viscount Sackville.
- 1736 - Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne.
- 1748 - England, Netherlands, Austria and Sardinia sign anti-French treaty.
- 1763 - Birth of Charles XIV French marshall, king of Sweden and Norway (1818-44).
- 1770 - Birth of Alexander Carlyle Moderator of General Assembly.
- 1771 - Birth of Jacob Andries van Braam colonial director (Suriname).
- 1781 - Birth of Ludwig Joachim "Achim" von Arnim; German poet (Des Knaben Wunderhorn).
- 1784 - Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over the eagle as America's symbol.
- 1786 - Birth of Benjamin Robert Haydon in Plymouth; painter (Waiting for The Times).
- 1788 - Captain Arthur Phillip guides a fleet of 11 British ships carrying convicts and settlers into Botany Bay to land and form the colony of New South Wales (continent of Australia).
- 1797 - Russia, Prussia, and Austria sign treaty.
- 1802 - US Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library.
- 1804 - Birth of Eugane "Marie Joseph" Sue in France; novelist (Wandering Jew).
- 1814 - Birth of Rufus King; Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1876).
- 1816 - Birth of Lloyd Tilghman; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1863).
- 1818 - On the 30th anniversary of British settlement, Australia Day is first celebrated as an official holiday.
- 1824 - Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies.
- 1824 - Théodore Géricault, French painter (Grand Derby d'Epsom), dies.
- 1826 - Birth of Julia Boggs Dent in White Haven Plantation, Saint Louis County, Missouri, USA; spouse of US President Hiram Ulysses Grant.
- 1831 - Birth of Mary Mapes Dodge in New York City, New York, USA; writer (Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates).
- 1837 - US President Andrew Jackson signs statehood bill admitting Michigan as 26th US state.
- 1838 - Tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol.
- 1841 - Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain.
- 1849 - Death of Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at age 45.
- 1852 - Birth of Pierre Brazza; explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa).
- 1861 - Louisiana becomes sixth state to secede from the USA.
- 1862 - US President Abraham Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a US offensive; General George McClellan ignores order.
- 1863 - War Department authorizes Massachusetts Governor to recruit black troops.
- 1870 - Virginia becomes eighth state re-admitted to USA.
- 1871 - Birth of Warner Fabian [Samuel H Adams]; US journalist/writer (Average Jones).
- 1871 - British Rugby Union forms.
- 1871 - US income tax is repealed.
- 1875 - Electric dental drill (battery-operated) is patented by George F Green of Michigan, USA.
- 1878 - Birth of A W "Dave" Nourse; cricket player ("Grand Old Man" of South African cricket).
- 1879 - Birth of Ludovicus H [Lode] Baekelmans; Flemish (stage)author (Tille).
- 1880 - Birth of Douglas MacArthur in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; General of the Army (WWII).
- 1882 - France government of Gambetta falls.
- 1884 - Birth of Edward Sapir in Germany; linguist/anthropologist (Indians).
- 1885 - Charles George Gordon, British Governor-General, is executed (slain with troops by Sudanese in Khartoum) at age 51.
- 1885 - Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum.
- 1886 - Birth of Joannes A Veraart; Dutch economist/Member of Parliament (Jews of the Netherlands).
- 1887 - Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians.
- 1887 - Birth of Marc A "Pete" Mitscher; US Lieutenant-Admiral (WWII-Task Force 58).
- 1891 - Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies.
- 1892 - Birth of Zara Cully in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Mother Jefferson - The Jeffersons).
- 1897 - Battle at Bida, Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army.
- 1899 - Birth of Wyllis Cooper in Pekin, Illinois, USA; TV narrator (Volume One).
- 1902 - Birth of Menno ter Braak; Dutch writer/essayist (Carnaval of the Citizens).
- 1902 - Birth of Romney Brent in Saltillo, Mexico; actor/writer (Dinner at the Ritz).
- 1904 - Birth of Douglas Evans; actor (South Pacific Trail).
- 1904 - Birth of Sean MacBride in Dublin, Ireland; statesman/Amnesty International co-founder (Nobel Prize 1974).
- 1905 - Birth of Charles Lane in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Homer - Petticoat Junction, The Lucy Show).
- 1905 - Birth of John Carmel Heenan in Essex, England; cardinal archbishop of Westminster (1963-75).
- 1905 - Birth of Maria Augusta von Trapp in Austria; singer, inspired film The Sound of Music.
- 1905 - Birth of Marquess of Bath; English large landowner/multi-millionaire.
- 1905 - At Premier Mine in Transvaal, South Africa, a mine worker extracts a large diamond, weighing 3106 carats (0.62kg), world record size. The diamond is naed Cullinan, for mine owner Thomas Cullinan.
- 1907 - Birth of Eddie Ballantine in Chicago, Illinois, USA; musical director (Don McNeill Breakfast Club on NBC Blue/ABC Radio), TV reporter.
- 1907 - Birth of Henry Cotton; English golfer (British Open winner 1934, 1937, 1948).
- 1908 - Birth of Stephane Grappelli in Paris, France; jazz violinist (Hot Club of France jazz quintet).
- 1910 - Birth of Elmar Klos; Czechoslovakian director (Adrift).
- 1911 - Birth of Polykarp Kusch; US nuclear physicist (Nobel Prize 1955).
- 1911 - Charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at age 67.
- 1911 - Glenn Curtiss pilots first successful hydroplane, in San Diego, California.
- 1912 - Birth of Cora Baird in New York City, New York, USA; puppeteer (Kukla, Fran and Ollie).
- 1913 - Birth of Jimmy Van Heusen AKA Edward Chester Babcock in Syracuse, New York, USA; composer (over 75 songs for Frank Sinatra, "My Kind of Town", "The Second Time Around", "Love and Marriage").
- 1913 - Birth of William Prince in Nichols, New York, USA; actor (City in Fear, Cyrano de Bergerac).
- 1913 - Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a professional player.
- 1914 - 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike.
- 1914 - Birth of Kaye Webb; English writer/publisher (Puffin Club).
- 1914 - Vatican puts Belgian Nobel Prize winner Maeterlinck's works in their index.
- 1915 - Birth of William Hopper in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Paul Drake - Perry Mason).
- 1915 - Rocky Mountain National Park is established in Colorado.
- 1918 - Birth of Nicolae Ceausescu; Romanian President (1967-90).
- 1918 - US food administrator Herbert Hoover calls for "wheatless" and "meatless" days for war effort.
- 1919 - Birth of Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim; cricket player (batted in four Tests India versus West Indies 1948-49).
- 1920 - Birth of Derek Bond in Glasgow, Scotland; actor (Nicholas Nickleby).
- 1920 - Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, is murdered.
- 1921 - Birth of Akio Morita in Kasugaya, Japan; CEO (Sony).
- 1921 - Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Netherlands forms.
- 1921 - Hockey's Toronto Saints' Pat Corb Denneny scores six goals versus Hamilton Tigers.
- 1922 - Birth of Michael Bentine in England; author/comedian (Reluctant Jester).
- 1923 - Birth of Anne Jeffreys in North Carolina, USA; actress (Dick Tracy, Topper, General Hospital).
- 1924 - Charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes first Winter Olympics gold medal.
- 1925 - Birth of David Jenkins; Bishop (Durham).
- 1925 - Birth of Joan Leslie in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (Sergeant York, High Sierra, Yankee Doodle Dandy).
- 1925 - Birth of Paul Newman in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; racer/popcorn mogul/actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler).
- 1926 - Birth of Charles Tidbury; chairman (Whitbread and Company).
- 1926 - Birth of Ronnie Hilton; singer (Moonraker).
- 1926 - Television first demonstrated (John L Baird, London England).
- 1927 - Birth of José Simón Azcona Hoyo; President of Honduras (1986-90).
- 1927 - Birth of William Redfield in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop, Marriage).
- 1928 - Birth of Gene Snyder; American politician (Representative-Republican-Kentucky, 1963-65, 1967-).
- 1928 - Birth of Philip José in Farmer, Indiana, USA; science fiction novelist (Riverworld).
- 1928 - Birth of Roger Vadim in France; director (And God Created Woman, Barbarella).
- 1929 - Birth of Jules Feiffer in New York City, New York, USA; cartoonist (Passionella) author (Little Murders).
- 1929 - Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence.
- 1930 - Birth of A N Solomons; chairman (Singer and Friedlander).
- 1930 - Birth of Harry "Buddy" Melges Junior in Wisconsin, USA; yachter (Olympics-gold/bronze-1964, 1972).
- 1930 - Cleveland's Terminal Tower opens (52 stories).
- 1931 - Birth of Mary Murphy in Washington DC, USA; actress (A Man Alone, Maggie - Investigators).
- 1932 - Birth of Christopher Price; Director (Leeds Metropolitan University).
- 1932 - British submarine M-2 sinks in English Channel (60 dead).
- 1932 - William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies.
- 1934 - Birth of Huey "Piano" Smith; pianist ("Having a Good Time").
- 1934 - Donald Bradman scores 128 New South Wales versus Victoria, 96 minutes, 17 fours 4 sixes.
- 1934 - Germany and Poland sign a ten-year Declaration of Non-Aggression.
- 1935 - Birth of Bob Uecker in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; baseball catcher, actor (Mr Belvedere).
- 1935 - Birth of Henry Jordan in Emporia, Virginia, USA; NFL defensive tackle (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers).
- 1937 - Birth of Gerrit Gerritse; Dutch Member of Parliament (CDA).
- 1937 - Birth of Joseph Saidu Momoh; General/President (Sierra Leone).
- 1937 - Birth of S J B Langdale; Headmaster (Shrewsbury School).
- 1938 - Birth of Margaret Daly; British MEP.
- 1939 - Birth of Marshall Lieb; rocker (Teddy Chicago Bears).
- 1939 - Federal Hall National Monument established.
- 1939 - Spanish General Franco conquers Barcelona.
- 1939 - Professor Cristescu, Romania's iron guard leader, is murdered.
- 1940 - Germans forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains.
- 1941 - Birth of Henry Jaglom in London, England; actor (Eating, Lucky Ducks, Always).
- 1942 - First US force in Europe during World War II goes ashore in Northern Ireland.
- 1942 - Birth of Nigel Walmsley; chairman (Carlton United Kingdom Television).
- 1942 - Birth of Scott Glenn in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (The Right Stuff, Personal Best, Backdraft).
- 1942 - Birth of William McLennan; CEO (Central Statistical Office).
- 1942 - Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at age 83.
- 1942 - Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German marshal Erwin Rommel.
- 1943 - Birth of Jean Knight; vocalist ("Mr Big Stuff").
- 1943 - Nikolai Vavilov, geneticist, dies in Saratovv labour camp.
- 1945 - Birth of Mick Hill; cricket player (New South Wales all-rounder 1964-75).
- 1946 - Birth of Christopher Hampton in the Azores; playwright (Oviri, Hotel du Lac).
- 1946 - Birth of Gene Siskel; movie critic (Siskel and Ebert).
- 1946 - Birth of Timothy Clifford; director (National Galleries of Scotland).
- 1947 - Birth of Patrick Dewaere [Bordeaux] in France; actor (Les Valseuses).
- 1947 - Grace Moore, American soprano/actress (One Night of Love), dies at age 45.
- 1947 - Swedish Prince Gustaf Adolf dies in an airplane crash at Kastrup, Sweden.
- 1947 - KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die.
- 1948 - Birth of Corky Laing; drummer (Mountain - "Mississippi Queen").
- 1948 - US Presidential Executive Order 9981 signed, ending segregation in US Armed Forces.
- 1949 - Birth of Derek Holt; rocker (Climax Blues Band).
- 1949 - Birth of Paul Nurse; doctor/director-General elect (Imperial Cancer Research Fund).
- 1949 - Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at age 65.
- 1950 - Betsy van den Arend Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs), dies at age 78.
- 1950 - Birth of David Strathairn; actor (LA Confidential, Eight Men Out).
- 1950 - Birth of Jorg Haider; Austrian political leader (Austrian Freedom Pary).
- 1950 - India becomes a republic, ceasing to be a British dominion.
- 1951 - Birth of Andy Hummell in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; rock bassist (Big Star).
- 1951 - Birth of David Briggs; rock guitarist (Little River Band - "Help is on its Way").
- 1951 - Birth of Jarmila Kratochvilova in Czechoslovakia; 400m/800m runner (women's world record holder, Olympics-silver-1980).
- 1951 - Birth of Walt Willey in Ottawa, Illinois, USA; actor (Joe Novak - Ryan's Hope, Jackson Montgomery - All My Children).
- 1951 - Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1952 - Birth of Mario Runco Junior in the Bronx, New York, USA; Lieutenant-Commander US Navy/astronaut (STS 44, 54, 77).
- 1952 - Birth of Thomas Edward Henderson in Newberry, South Carolina, USA; basketball player (Olympics-silver-1972).
- 1952 - Louis van Deyssel; Dutch writer (Diary of Franc Rozelaar), dies at age 87.
- 1953 - Birth of Andrée C van Es; Dutch Member of Parliament (PSP).
- 1954 - Birth of Kimberly J "Kim" Hughes; cricket player (brilliant Australian batsman 1977-84).
- 1954 - Birth of Martin Dunn; British editor (Today).
- 1955 - Birth of Lucia Mendez in Mexico; Spanish singer (Lucia es Luna Moreno).
- 1956 - (to February 5) The VII Olympic Winter Games are held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- 1956 - Birth of Lisa Boray [Schulte Nordholt]; Dutch singer ("Lovers Until the End").
- 1956 - Birth of Simon Howard; English large landowner (Castle Howard).
- 1956 - Hank Greenberg and Joe Cronin are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1956 - Porkkala military base returned to Finland by USSR.
- 1957 - Birth of Ashok Malhotra; cricket player (Indian batsman in 7 Tests 1982-84).
- 1957 - Birth of Eddie Van Halen in Nijmegan, Netherlands; rock guitarist (Van Halen - "Jump", "1984").
- 1957 - Birth of Shivlal Yadav; cricket player (Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87).
- 1957 - Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms.
- 1957 - India annexes Kashmir.
- 1957 - Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as president of Milwaukee Braves.
- 1958 - Birth of Anita Baker in Toledo, Ohio, USA; singer ("Giving You the Best That I Got").
- 1958 - Birth of B James Lowry; rocker (Boys Band).
- 1958 - Birth of Dave Rummells in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA; Nike golfer (1993 Buick-second).
- 1958 - Birth of Ellen DeGeneres in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; comedienne (Ellen Morgan - Ellen).
- 1958 - Birth of Norman Lamont Hassan; British reggae musician (UB40 - "Red Red Wine").
- 1958 - H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan as Israeli Minister of Defense.
- 1958 - Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of You Asked for It.
- 1958 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Lake Worth Open Golf Invitational.
- 1959 - Italy government of Fanfani resigns.
- 1959 - ABC-TV debuts the Alcoa Presents TV show.
- 1960 - Birth of Gary Plummer; NFL linebacker (San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers).
- 1960 - Birth of Jeanette Bolden in Los Angeles, California, USA; 4x100m runner (Olympics-gold-1984).
- 1960 - Danny Heater scores 135 points in basketball game (Boys' High School).
- 1960 - Oakland enters the AFL.
- 1960 - Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on the 23rd ballot.
- 1961 - "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley peaks to #1.
- 1961 - Birth of Wayne Gretzky in Brantford, Ontario, Canada; Edmonton Oilers/Los Angeles Kings/New York Rangers (NHL Most Valuable Player 1980-1987), The Great One.
- 1961 - Morris Nichols, cricket player (41 wickets in 14 Tests for England 1930-39), dies.
- 1962 - Birth of Roshan Guneratne; cricket player (wicketless in only Test SL versus Australia 1983).
- 1962 - Birth of Tim May; cricket player (Australian off-spinner 1987-95).
- 1962 - Birth of Tom Keifer; rock guitarist, vocalist (Cinderella - "Heartbreak Station").
- 1962 - Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "Twist" is impure and bans it from all Catholic schools.
- 1962 - Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard.
- 1962 - Charles "Lucky" Luciano, New York City, New York Mafia gangster, dies at age 65.
- 1962 - US launches Ranger 3; misses Moon by 22,000 miles (37,000km).
- 1963 - Birth of Andrew Ridgeley in England; rock guitarist (Wham - "Wake Me Up").
- 1963 - Birth of Claudia Lonow in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Diana - Knots Landing).
- 1963 - Birth of Jazzie B [Beresford Romeo]; English rapper (Soul II Soul - "Feel Free").
- 1963 - Birth of Simon O'Donnell, cricket player (Deniliquin New South Wales ODI all-rounder 1985-90).
- 1963 - John Sigvard Olsen, comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at age 70.
- 1963 - Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone.
- 1965 - Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered.
- 1965 - Birth of Allison Hossack in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada; actress (Olivia - Another World).
- 1965 - Birth of Lou Frazier; US baseball outfielder (Montreal Expos).
- 1965 - Birth of Tim McDonald; safety (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1965 - South Vietnam military coup under General Nguyen Khanh.
- 1966 - Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:06.2).
- 1967 - Albert Remy, actor (Blows), dies at age 55.
- 1967 - Birth of Jeff Branson; US baseball infielder (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1967 - Birth of Katie Peterson-Parker in Bethesda, Maryland, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 Oldsmobile-5th).
- 1967 - Birth of Tim Pugh in Lake Tahoe, California, USA; pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals).
- 1967 - Kenneth Thomson, actor (White Gold), dies of emphysema at age 68.
- 1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan.
- 1968 - Birth of Eric Davis; NFL cornerback (San Francisco 49ers, Carolina Panthers).
- 1968 - Birth of Reggie Jordan; NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves).
- 1968 - Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die.
- 1970 - Birth of Tracy Middendorf in Miami Beach, Florida, USA; actress (Beverly Hills 90210, Carrie - Days of Our Lives).
- 1970 - Birth of Dan Carlson; US baseball pitcher (San Francisco Giants).
- 1970 - Birth of Dean Malkoc in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks).
- 1970 - Birth of Ronald Moore; NFL running back (New York Jets, Saint Louis Rams, Arizona Cardinals).
- 1971 - Birth of Jon Heidenreich; WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy).
- 1971 - Birth of Lamar Mills; WLAF defensive end (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1971 - Birth of Lee Naylor; Australian 400m runner (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Min Tang in Hunan, China; tennis star (1995 Futures-Canberra Australia).
- 1971 - Dutch second Chamber accepts law against limitation of war crimes.
- 1972 - Birth of Harrison Houston; NFL wide receiver (Chicago Bears).
- 1972 - The TV series The Mouse Factory debuts.
- 1972 - Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute.
- 1973 - Belgium government of Leburton forms.
- 1973 - Birth of Mark Brook; WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire).
- 1973 - Birth of Tatsuki Katayama; hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998).
- 1973 - Birth of Tony Ramirez; tackle (Detroit Lions).
- 1973 - Edward G Robinson [Goldenberg], actor (Little Caesar), dies at age 79.
- 1973 - Meijer Sluyser, Dutch journalist/commentator (VARA), dies at about age 71.
- 1974 - Birth of Chris Hesse; drummer (Hoobastank).
- 1975 - Lubov Orlova, actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at age 72.
- 1976 - 6th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 23-20.
- 1976 - Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals.
- 1976 - Birth of Paul Byrne; Australian 800m runner (Olympics-1996).
- 1976 - Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon.
- 1977 - Birth of Cindy Cesar; Miss Mauritius-Universe (1997).
- 1977 - Birth of Justin Gimelstob in New Jersey; tennis star (1994 doubles USTA Bakersfield).
- 1977 - Margaret Hayes, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at age 61.
- 1977 - Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai and Marine Tcherkasova are first to perform a quadruple twist lift, in Helsinki, Finland.
- 1978 - International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit.
- 1978 - Mario Soares forms Portuguese government.
- 1978 - Death of Leo Genn at age 72, English actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover, Henry V) (born 1905).
- 1978 - Strikers riot in Tunisia, killing about 40.
- 1979 - Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht, Netherlands.
- 1979 - Death of Nelson Rockefeller at age 70, four-time Governor of New York, Vice President of the United States (born 1908).
- 1980 - Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
- 1980 - Mary Decker runs a mile in under 4.5 minutes.
- 1980 - 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 1980 - New York Islanders and Hartford Whalers play a NHL penalty-free game.
- 1981 - Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 versus Australia at Adelaide Oval.
- 1982 - New York Islanders score four goals within 1:38, five within 2:37 versus Pittsburgh Penguins.
- 1982 - Mauno Koivisto is elected President of Finland.
- 1982 - Unemployment in the United Kingdom increases by 129,918 to 3,070,621, a post-war record.
- 1983 - Birth of Michael Martin; country guitarist (Marshall Dyllon).
- 1983 - Red rain falls in the United Kingdom, caused by sand from the Sahara Desert in the droplets.
- 1983 - Death of Paul "Bear" Bryant, American college football coach, at age 69 in Alabama (born 1913).
- 1983 - Lotus 1-2-3 is released for IBM-PC-compatible computers.
- 1983 - Dutch/British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California.
- 1984 - US navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters and a blimp able to lift 26 tons in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
- 1985 - 42th Golden Globes: Amadeus wins.
- 1985 - Edmonton Oilers' Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season.
- 1985 - In Mendoza Province, Argentina, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurs. Six people killed, at least 238 injured and about 12,500 homes destroyed or damaged.
- 1986 - Birth of Matt Heafy; American lead vocalist (Trivium).
- 1986 - Hein Vergeer becomes European skating champ.
- 1986 - Super Bowl XX: Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots, 46-10 in New Orleans, Louisiana; Most Valuable Player: Richard Dent, Defensive End.
- 1986 - Val Skinner wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic.
- 1986 - Yoweri Museveni's rebel army conquerors Kampala, Uganda.
- 1987 - 14th American Music Awards: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie and Alabama.
- 1987 - In Japan, Enix releases the Dragon Quest II video game for the Famicom.
- 1987 - Hart Foundation beats British Bulldogs for WWF tag team title.
- 1987 - In Algeria, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake occurs.
- 1988 - Phantom of the Opera opens at Majestic Theater in New York City, New York for 4,000+ performances.
- 1988 - Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor.
- 1989 - AT&T reports first loss in 103 years; US$1.67 billion in 1988.
- 1989 - Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
- 1989 - Madison Square Gardens sports arena in New York announces two-year US$100 million renovation plan.
- 1989 - Paul Daels, Flemish chairman (IJzerbedevaart committee), dies.
- 1989 - Stéphane Steinier, Belgian journalist, kidnapped and murdered.
- 1989 - Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia versus West Indies, Sydney.
- 1989 - Birth of Emily Hughes, American figure skater.
- 1990 - Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica and South Atlantic.
- 1990 - Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as assistant general manager (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office).
- 1990 - FHP "Boy" Trip, Dutch minister, dies.
- 1990 - Death of Lewis Mumford, American historian of science (born 1895).
- 1991 - 65th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats J Novotna (5-7, 6-3, 6-1).
- 1991 - Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church.
- 1991 - Houston Rockets' guard Vernon Maxwell is fourth NBA player to score 30 points in a quarter.
- 1991 - Jan Stenerud becomes first pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame.
- 1991 - Johnny van Doorn, Dutch writer/poet, dies at age 46.
- 1991 - New York Lotto pays US$90 million to nine winners (numbers are 5-15-30-35-46-50).
- 1991 - During the final phase of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, an estimated 908 million litres of oil are spilled from terminals, tankers, and oil wells.
- 1991 - Somalia President Siad Barre flees his compound in Mogadishu.
- 1992 - 80th Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Stefan Edberg (6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2).
- 1992 - Americans with Disabilities Act goes into effect.
- 1992 - Death of Jose Ferrer at age 80 of colon cancer; actor/director (Cyrano de Bergerac, George Washington, The Rhinemann Exchange, The French Atlantic Affair, Young Harry Houdini, Blood Feud, Newhart, Your Show of Shows).
- 1992 - The Washington Redskins defeat the Buffalo Bills 37-24 in Super Bowl XXVI football at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- 1992 - Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
- 1993 - Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at age 87.
- 1993 - Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (large iron sculptures), dies at age 80.
- 1993 - West Indies defeats Australia by one run in fourth Test at Adelaide.
- 1993 - In Yunnan, China, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurs. At least 66 people injured, 6,972 houses destroyed and 21,444 seriously damaged in southwestern Yunnan Province.
- 1993 - Václav Havel is elected President of the Czech Republic.
- 1994 - A man fires two blank shots at Charles, Prince of Wales in Sydney, Australia.
- 1994 - TNT begins airing TV show Babylon 5.
- 1995 - Bernardo Leighton, Chilean politician (1964-70), dies.
- 1995 - Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, Australian/British piano accompanist, dies at age 65.
- 1995 - Vic Buckingham, English soccer player/trainer (Ajax), dies at age 79.
- 1996 - Les Miserables opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg.
- 1996 - Death of David Schultz, shot by US millionaire John Du Pont at Foxcatcher estate in Newton Square, Pennsylvania, USA; wrestler (Olympics-Gold-1984).
- 1996 - Death by firing squad by John Albert Taylor in Utah, USA, for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.
- 1997 - 85th Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (6-2, 6-3, 6-3).
- 1997 - Birth of Pasaye Twins in Palatine, Illinois, twin born 92 days after his brother (October 26).
- 1997 - Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant.
- 1997 - Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/the Rhine, dies at age 83.
- 1997 - Sarah Lucas, theatre administrator, dies at age 53.
- 1997 - The Green Bay Packers win the NFL Championship for the first time since 1967, defeating the New England Patriots 35-21 in Super Bowl XXXI at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1998 - 25th American Music Awards: Spice Girls and Babyface win.
- 1998 - Intel launches 333 MHz Pentium II chip.
- 1998 - On American television, President Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
- 1998 - Death of S.P. Leary at the age of 67 of complications from cancer; blues drummer (with T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee Hooker, Magic Sam, Lowell Fulson, Otis Spann, James Cotton).
- 1998 - Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher (Suzuki Method), dies at age 99.
- 1998 - Walter Edmonds, writer (Drums Along the Mohawk), dies at age 93.
- 2000 - At the Desert Inn casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cynthia Jay-Brennan wins $34,959,458.56 on a Megabucks slot machine, the world's largest payout. She had entered a total of $27.
- 2000 - Death of Don Ralke, American music arranger (born 1920).
- 2001 - In India, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurs. At least 20,085 people killed, 166,836 injured, approximately 339,000 buildings destroyed and 783,000 damaged in the Bhuj-Ahmadabad-Rajkot area and other parts of Gujarat. Felt throughout northern India, much of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and western Nepal.
- 2003 - The first authorized flight by a Taiwanese aircraft to mainland China since 1949 takes place, though via Hong Kong or Macau.
- 2003 - Super Bowl XXXVII: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat the Oakland Raiders 48-21.
- 2003 - Death of Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (born 1917).
- 2004 - A whale explodes in Tainan City, Taiwan.
- 2005 - Two trains derail, killing 11 and injuring 200, in Glendale, California near Los Angeles.
- 2007 - Death of Gump Worsley, Canadian hockey player (born 1929).
- 2008 - In South Carolina, USA, the Democratic caucuses choose Barack Obama as candidate for the presidential election on November. The Republican caucuses choose John McCain.
- 2008 - Death of George Habash, Palestinian politician (born 1926).
- 2009 - Kansas City Royals' pitcher Zack Greinke agrees to a four-year contract worth US$38 million.
- 2009 - The first trial at the International Criminal Court is held. Former Union of Congolese Patriots leader Thomas Lubanga is accused of training child soldiers to kill, pillage, and rape.
- 2009 - The Icelandic government and banking system collapse; Prime Minister Geir Haarde immediately resigns.
- 2009 - The world's largest drug company, Pfizer of New York, announces it will acquire rival Wyeth for US$68 billion.
- 2010 - Sri Lanka election, President Mahinda Rajapaksa wins re-election with 58 percent of vote.
- 2010 - Dutch auto group Spyker signs a deal to buy Sweden's Saab from General Motors for US$74 million in cash, $100 million from Saab operating capital, and $326 million in deferred shares of Saab Spyker Automobiles.
- 2020 - Death of Kobe Bryant at age 41 in a helicopter crash; basketball player (shooting guard - Los Angeles Lakers, five NBA championship rings).
- 2021 - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeds 100 million worldwide.
- 2022 - Death of Moses J. Moseley at age 31, found dead in Stockbridge, Georgia, USA; actor (The Walking Dead TV show).
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