{"id":1580,"date":"2024-01-26T05:54:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T00:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=1580"},"modified":"2024-01-25T15:10:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T09:40:22","slug":"history-of-26-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-26-january\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 26 January"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>History of 26 January<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1930&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 The&nbsp;Indian National Congress&nbsp;declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for&nbsp;Poorna Swaraj&nbsp;(&#8220;Complete Independence&#8221;) which occurred 17 years later.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1934&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 The&nbsp;Apollo Theater&nbsp;reopens in&nbsp;Harlem, New York City.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1934<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact&nbsp;is signed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1939&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Spanish Civil War:&nbsp;Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General&nbsp;Francisco Franco&nbsp;and aided by&nbsp;Italy&nbsp;take&nbsp;Barcelona.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1942&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in&nbsp;Northern Ireland.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1945&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 World War II: The&nbsp;Red Army&nbsp;begins encircling&nbsp;the&nbsp;German Fourth Army&nbsp;near&nbsp;Heiligenbeil&nbsp;in&nbsp;East Prussia, which will end in the destruction of the 4th Army two months later.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1945<\/strong> \u2013 World War II:&nbsp;Audie Murphy&nbsp;displays valor and bravery in action for which he will later be awarded the&nbsp;Medal of Honor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1949&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 The&nbsp;Hale telescope&nbsp;at&nbsp;Palomar Observatory&nbsp;sees&nbsp;first light&nbsp;under the direction of&nbsp;Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1950&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 The&nbsp;Constitution of India&nbsp;comes into force, forming a republic.&nbsp;Rajendra Prasad&nbsp;is sworn in as its first&nbsp;President of India. Observed as&nbsp;Republic Day&nbsp;in India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1952&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Black Saturday&nbsp;in Egypt: rioters burn&nbsp;Cairo&#8217;s central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1956&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 The Soviet Union cedes&nbsp;Porkkala&nbsp;back to Finland.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1961&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;John F. Kennedy&nbsp;appoints&nbsp;Janet G. Travell&nbsp;to be the first woman&nbsp;Physician to the President.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1962&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Ranger 3&nbsp;is launched to study the Moon. The&nbsp;space probe&nbsp;later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400&nbsp;km).<\/li>\n<li><strong>1965&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Hindi&nbsp;becomes the official language of India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1980&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Israel&nbsp;and&nbsp;Egypt&nbsp;establish&nbsp;diplomatic relations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 The Ugandan government of&nbsp;Tito Okello&nbsp;is overthrown by the&nbsp;National Resistance Army, led by&nbsp;Yoweri Museveni.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Mohamed Siad Barre&nbsp;is removed from power in&nbsp;Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by&nbsp;Ali Mahdi.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Boris Yeltsin&nbsp;announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with&nbsp;nuclear weapons.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President&nbsp;Bill Clinton&nbsp;denies having had &#8220;sexual relations&#8221; with former&nbsp;White House&nbsp;intern&nbsp;Monica Lewinsky.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 The 7.7&nbsp;&nbsp;Gujarat earthquake&nbsp;shakes&nbsp;Western India&nbsp;with a maximum&nbsp;Mercalli intensity&nbsp;of X (<i>Extreme<\/i>), leaving 13,805\u201320,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2009&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 Rioting breaks out in&nbsp;Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a&nbsp;political crisis&nbsp;that will result in the replacement of&nbsp;President&nbsp;Marc Ravalomanana&nbsp;with&nbsp;Andry Rajoelina.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2015&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 An aircraft&nbsp;crashes&nbsp;at&nbsp;Los Llanos Air Base&nbsp;in&nbsp;Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people and injuring 21 others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Celebrating Birthday&#8217;s Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Jos\u00e9 de Jes\u00fas Corona, Mexican footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan violinist, composer, and conductor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Juan Jos\u00e9 Haedo, Argentinian cyclist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Colin O&#8217;Donoghue, Irish actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Reggie Hodges, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Petri Oravainen, Finnish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Eric Werner, American ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Ryan Hoffman, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Iain Turner, Scottish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Heather Stanning, English rower<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Gerald Green, American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Kim Jae-joong, South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, director, and designer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Mustapha Yatabar\u00e9, French-Malian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Sebastian Giovinco, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, Greek high jumper<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;MarShon Brooks, American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Emily Hughes, American figure skater<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Sergio P\u00e9rez, Mexican racing driver<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Peter Sagan, Slovak professional cyclist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013 Nina Zander, a German tennis player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> &#8212;&nbsp;Tom Meehan, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Sasha Banks, American professional wrestler<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Florian Thauvin, French footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Sione Katoa, New Zealand rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Gedion Zelalem, German-born American soccer player<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 26 January 1930&nbsp;\u2013 The&nbsp;Indian National Congress&nbsp;declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for&nbsp;Poorna Swaraj&nbsp;(&#8220;Complete Independence&#8221;) which occurred 17 years later. 1934&nbsp;\u2013 The&nbsp;Apollo Theater&nbsp;reopens in&nbsp;Harlem, New York City. 1934 \u2013&nbsp;German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact&nbsp;is signed. 1939&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Spanish Civil War:&nbsp;Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General&nbsp;Francisco Franco&nbsp;and aided by&nbsp;Italy&nbsp;take&nbsp;Barcelona. 1942&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;World War II: The first United 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