Important Events on January the 26th

1697 - Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time limit - solves problem before going to bed that same night
1788 - 1st settlement established by English in Australia (Sydney)
1837 - Mich admitted as 26th US state
1841 - Hong Kong was proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain
1861 - La becomes 6th state to secede from US
1871 - American income tax repealed
1885 - Gen Gordon & troops slain by Sudanese in Khartoum
1905 - World's largest diamond found Cullinan diamond
1946 - Indian Republic Day
1950 - India becomes a republic ceaseing to be a British dominion
1954 - Ground breaking begins on Disneyland
1961 - 1st woman `personal physician to President' - JG Travell
1976 - Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon
1979 - Nelson Rockefeller former VP & 4 time governor of NY died
1980 - Islanders & Whalers had a penality free game
1982 - Islanders score 4 goals within 1:38 5 within 2:37 vs Penguins
1984 - Nordiques' Michel Goulet scored on 9th penalty shot against Islanders
1986 - Chicago Bears defeat Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl 20


Birthdays for January the 26th:
1715 - Claude Helvetius, French philosopher
1763 - Charles XIV, French marshall and king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)
1826 - Julia Dent Grant, 1st lady
1831 - Writer Mary Dodge, ('Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates')
1880 - Gen Douglas MacArthur, he did return!
1904 - Sean MacBride, Irish statesman and minister (Nobel Peace Prize 1974)
1913 - Jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter
1918 - Nicolae Ceausescu, Rumanian president
1923 - Anne Jeffereys, in North Carolina
1925 - Joan Leslie, actress
1925 - Paul Newman, actor (Hud - Hombre - Hustler) and racer & popcorn mogul
1928 - Eartha Kitt, in South Carolina
1928 - Roger Vadim, Director
1929 - Jules Feiffer, cartoonist (Passionella)
1931 - Mary Murphy
1935 - Bob Uecker, Sports personality
1944 - Angela Davis, black activist
1961 - Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oiler


Fact :
The name Joshua is Hebrew for 'Jesus'.
Quote:

"There is no housing shortage in Lincoln today - just a rumour that is put about by people who have nowhere to live."
G.L. Murfin, Mayor of Lincoln