January 26 in History
What happened on January 26 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on january 26 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on january 26 in history.
?>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 a U.S. presidential cabinet.
1969
California is declared a disaster area after two days of flooding and mud slides.
1964
Eighty-four people are arrested in a segregation protest in Atlanta.
1943
The first OSS (Office of Strategic Services) agent parachutes behind Japanese lines in Burma.
1942
American Expeditionary Force lands in Northern Ireland.
1934
Germany signs a 10-year non-aggression pact with Poland, breaking the French alliance system.
1924
Petrograd is renamed Leningrad.
1885
General “Chinese” Gordon is killed on the palace steps in Khartoum by Sudanese Mahdists in Africa.
1875
Pinkerton agents, hunting Jesse James, kill his 18-year-old half-brother and seriously injure his mother with a bomb.
1863
President Lincoln names General Joseph Hooker to replace Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
1861
Louisiana secedes from the Union.
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.
1720
Guilio Alberoni is ordered out of Spain after his abortive attempt to restore his country’s empire.
1699
The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the war between Austria and the Turks.