On This Day in History

January 26

Historical Events

1482 "Pentateuch" the Jewish Bible is first printed as a book in Bologna, Italy.

1564 The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.

1788 Captain Arthur Phillip and British colonists hoist the Union Flag at Sydney Cove, New South Wales, now celebrated as Australia Day. Referred to as Invasion Day by some First Nations people.

1926 John Logie Baird gives the first public demonstration of television in his laboratory in London.

Young people in Berlin taking part in the Twist dance craze, 1964

1962 Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "The Twist" to be impure and bans it from all Catholic schools.

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Famous Birthdays

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza 1852 - 1905 Bessie Coleman 1892 - 1926

Ellen DeGeneres 66th Birthday Wayne Gretzky 63rd Birthday

Also Douglas MacArthur, Paul Newman and Eddie Van Halen.

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Famous Deaths

Edward Jenner 1749 - 1823 Charles "Lucky" Luciano 1896 - 1962

Also Théodore Géricault, Nelson Rockefeller and Kobe Bryant.

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'I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman'

One of the most notorious denials in political history came on this day when President Bill Clinton held a news conference on his relations with Monica Lewinsky.

Bill Clinton’s Notorious Denial