January 26

Events

Pre-1600

* 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph.
* 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people.
* 1564 – The Council of Trent establishes an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
* 1564 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War.

1601–1900

* 1699 – For the first time, the Ottoman Empire permanently cedes territory to the Christian powers.
* 1700 – The 8.7–9.2 Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
* 1765 – A British naval expedition arrives at and names Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands, founding a settlement there eight days later. (Arrival was 15 January 1765 O.S.)
* 1788 – The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.
* 1808 – The Rum Rebellion is the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in New South Wales.
* 1837 – Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
* 1841 – Gordon Bremer takes formal possession of Hong Kong Island at what is now Possession Point, establishing British Hong Kong.Base closure to end Royal Navy's Far East presence
, Associated Press, 4 November 1997
* 1855 – Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory.
* 1856 – First Battle of Seattle: Marines from the drive off American Indian attackers after all-day battle with settlers. Walt Crowley and David Wilma
Native Americans attack Seattle on January 26, 1856
, HistoryLink.org, February 15, 2003. Retrieved November 2, 2006.
* 1861 – American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
* 1863 – American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
* 1863 – American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
* 1870 – Reconstruction Era: Virginia is readmitted to the Union.
* 1885 – Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.

1901–present

* 1905 – The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan, which weighs , is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
* 1915 – The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
* 1918 – Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
* 1926 – The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
* 1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
* 1934 – The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
* 1934 – German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed.
* 1939 – Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
* 1942 – World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe, landing in Northern Ireland.
* 1945 – World War II: Audie Murphy displays valor and bravery in action for which he will later be awarded the Medal of Honor.
*1949 – The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
* 1950 – The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as the first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
* 1952 – Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* 1956 – Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
* 1959 – The Chain Island is listed for sale by the California State Lands Commission, with a minimum bid of $5,226.
* 1962 – Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the Moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
* 1966 – The three Beaumont children disappear from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.
* 1972 – JAT Flight 367 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the DC-9. Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survives with critical injuries.
* 1974 – Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashes during takeoff from Izmir Cumaovası Airport (now İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport), killing 66 of the 73 people on board the Fokker F28 Fellowship.
* 1986 – The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.
* 1991 – Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.
* 1998 – Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
* 2001 – The 7.7 Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India, leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
* 2001 – Diane Whipple, a lacrosse coach, is killed in a dog attack in San Francisco. The resulting court case clarified the meaning of implied malice murder.
*2009 – Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.
*2009 – Nadya Suleman gives birth to the world's first surviving octuplets.
* 2015 – An aircraft crashes at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people and injuring 21 others.
* 2015 – Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) recaptures the city of Kobanî from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), marking a turning point in the Siege of Kobanî.
* 2020 – A Sikorsky S-76B flying from John Wayne Airport to Camarillo Airport crashes in Calabasas, 30 miles west of Los Angeles, killing all nine people on board, including five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant.
* 2021 – Protesters and farmers storm the Red Fort near Delhi, clashing with police. One protester is killed and more than 80 police officers are injured.

Births

Pre-1600

* 183 – Lady Zhen, wife of Cao Pi (died 221)
* 1541 – Florent Chrestien, French poet and translator (died 1596)
* 1549 – Jakob Ebert, German theologian (died 1614)
* 1582 – Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter (died 1647)

1601–1900

* 1657 – William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1737)
* 1714 – Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor and educator (died 1785)
* 1715 – Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (died 1771)
* 1716 – George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1785)
* 1722 – Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author (died 1805)
* 1763 – Charles XIV John of Sweden (died 1844)
*1781 – Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author (died 1831)
* 1813 – Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican philosopher and poet, founding father of the Dominican Republic (died 1876)
* 1824 – Emil Czyrniański, Polish chemist (died 1888)
* 1832 – George Shiras Jr., American lawyer and Supreme Court justice (died 1924)
* 1842 – François Coppée, French poet and author (died 1908)
* 1852 – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (died 1905)
* 1861 – Louis Anquetin, French painter (died 1932)
* 1863 – Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (died 1922)
* 1864 – József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (died 1934)
* 1866 – John Cady, American golfer (died 1933)
* 1877 – Kees van Dongen, Dutch painter (died 1968)
* 1880 – Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1964)
* 1885 – Harry Ricardo, English engineer and academic (died 1974)
* 1885 – Per Thorén, Swedish figure skater (died 1962)
* 1887 – François Faber, French-Luxembourgish cyclist (died 1915)
* 1887 – Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (died 1947)
* 1891 – Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss (died 1973)
* 1891 – August Froehlich, German priest and martyr (died 1942)
* 1891 – Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic (died 1976)
* 1892 – Bessie Coleman, American pilot (died 1926)
* 1893 – Giuseppe Genco Russo, Italian mob boss (died 1976)
* 1899 – Günther Reindorff, Russian-Estonian graphic designer and illustrator (died 1974)
* 1900 – Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (died 1967)

1901–present

* 1902 – Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (died 1940)
* 1904 – Ancel Keys, American physiologist and nutritionist (died 2004)
* 1904 – Seán MacBride, Irish lawyer and politician, Irish Minister for External Affairs Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)
* 1905 – Charles Lane, American actor and singer (died 2007)
* 1905 – Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (died 1987)
* 1907 – Rex Connor, Australian politician (died 1977)
* 1907 – Dimitrios Holevas, Greek priest and philologist (died 2001)
* 1908 – Jill Esmond, English actress (died 1990)
* 1908 – Rupprecht Geiger, German painter and sculptor (died 2009)
* 1908 – Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (died 1997)
* 1908 – Robert Halperin, American yachtsman (died 1985)
* 1910 – Jean Image, Hungarian-French animator, director, and screenwriter (died 1989)
* 1911 – Polykarp Kusch, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)
* 1911 – Norbert Schultze, German composer and conductor (died 2002)
* 1913 – Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (died 1990)
* 1914 – Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire (died 2006)
* 1915 – William Hopper, American actor (died 1970)
* 1917 – Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain (died 2014)
* 1918 – Philip José Farmer, American author (died 2009)
* 1919 – Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer (died 1949)
* 1919 – Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager (died 2004)
* 1919 – Hyun Soong-jong, South Korean politician, 24th Prime Minister of South Korea (died 2020)
* 1920 – Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal researcher and author (died 2009)
* 1921 – Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records (died 2005)
* 1921 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (died 1999)
* 1921 – Veikko Uusimäki, Finnish actor and theater councilor (died 2008)
* 1922 – Michael Bentine, English actor and screenwriter (died 1996)
* 1922 – Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (died 1993)
* 1922 – Gil Merrick, English footballer (died 2010)
* 1923 – Patrick J. Hannifin, American admiral (died 2014)
* 1923 – Anne Jeffreys, American actress and singer (died 2017)
* 1924 – Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (died 2014)
* 1924 – Anahid Ajemian, American violinist (died 2016)
* 1924 – Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician, Mayor of Dallas (died 1998)
* 1925 – David Jenkins, English bishop and theologian (died 2016)
* 1925 – Joan Leslie, American actress (died 2015)
* 1925 – Paul Newman, American actor, activist, director, race car driver, and businessman, co-founded Newman's Own (died 2008)
* 1925 – Ben Pucci, American football player and sportscaster (died 2013)
* 1925 – Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (died 2004)
* 1926 – Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani linguist and scholar (died 2013)
* 1926 – Joseph Bacon Fraser Jr., American architect and businessman, co-founded the Sea Pines Company (died 2014)
* 1927 – José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (died 2005)
* 1927 – Bob Nieman, American baseball player and scout (died 1985)
* 1927 – Hubert Schieth, German footballer and manager (died 2013)
* 1928 – Roger Vadim, French actor and director (died 2000)
* 1929 – Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator (died 2025)
* 1933 – Donald Sarason, American mathematician (died 2017)
* 1934 – Roger Landry, Canadian businessman and publisher (died 2020)
* 1934 – Charles Marowitz, American director, playwright, and critic (died 2014)
* 1934 – Huey "Piano" Smith, American pianist and songwriter (died 2023)
* 1934 – Bob Uecker, American baseball player, sportscaster and actor (died 2025)
* 1935 – Corrado Augias, Italian journalist and politician
* 1935 – Henry Jordan, American football player (died 1977)
* 1935 – Paula Rego, Portuguese-born British visual artist (died 2022)
* 1936 – Sal Buscema, American illustrator
* 1937 – Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leonean soldier and politician, 2nd President of Sierra Leone (died 2003)
*1938 – Henry Jaglom, English-American director and screenwriter
* 1940 – Séamus Hegarty, Irish bishop (died 2019)
* 1940 – Frank Large, English footballer and cricketer (died 2003)
* 1943 – César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2005)
* 1943 – Jack Warner, Trinidadian businessman and politician
* 1944 – Angela Davis, American activist, academic, and author
* 1944 – Jerry Sandusky, American football coach and criminal
* 1945 – Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (died 1987)
* 1945 – David Purley, English race car driver (died 1985)
*1946 – Susan Friedlander, American mathematician
* 1946 – Christopher Hampton, Portuguese-English director, screenwriter, and playwright
* 1946 – Gene Siskel, American journalist and film critic (died 1999)
* 1947 – Patrick Dewaere, French actor and composer (died 1982)
* 1947 – Les Ebdon, English chemist and academic
* 1947 – Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin, Irish director, producer, and production manager
* 1947 – Richard Portnow, American actor
* 1947 – Michel Sardou, French singer-songwriter and actor
* 1948 – Alda Facio, Costa Rican jurist, writer and teacher
* 1948 – Corky Laing, Canadian rock drummer
*1949 – Jonathan Carroll, American author
* 1949 – David Strathairn, American actor
* 1950 – Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (died 2008)
* 1950 – Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (died 2004)
* 1950 – Jack Youngblood, American football player
* 1951 – David Briggs, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
* 1951 – Andy Hummel, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2010)
* 1951 – Anne Mills, English economist and academic
* 1952 – Tom Henderson, American basketball player
* 1953 – Alik L. Alik, Micronesian politician, 7th Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia
* 1953 – Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish politician and diplomat, 39th Prime Minister of Denmark
* 1953 – Lucinda Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1954 – Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer
* 1955 – Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2020)
* 1957 – Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler (died 2003)
* 1958 – Anita Baker, American singer-songwriter
* 1958 – Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
* 1960 – Charlie Gillingham, American musician
* 1961 – Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
* 1961 – Tom Keifer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1962 – Guo Jian, Chinese-Australian painter, sculptor, and photographer
* 1962 – Tim May, Australian cricketer
* 1962 – Oscar Ruggeri, Argentine footballer and manager
* 1963 – Jazzie B, British DJ and music producer
* 1963 – José Mourinho, Portuguese footballer and manager
* 1963 – Simon O'Donnell, Australian footballer, cricketer, and sportscaster
* 1963 – Tony Parks, English footballer and manager
* 1963 – Andrew Ridgeley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1964 – Adam Crozier, Scottish businessman
* 1964 – Paul Johansson, American-Canadian actor
* 1965 – Kevin McCarthy, American politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
* 1965 – Thomas Östros, Swedish businessman and politician
* 1965 – Natalia Yurchenko, Russian gymnast and coach
* 1966 – Kazushige Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and sportscaster
* 1967 – Bryan Callen, American comedian, actor, and writer
* 1967 – Anatoly Komm, Russian chef and businessman
* 1967 – Col Needham, English businessman, co-founded Internet Movie Database
* 1968 – Jupiter Apple, Brazilian singer-songwriter, film director, and actor (died 2015)
* 1969 – George Dikeoulakos, Greek-Romanian basketball player and coach
* 1970 – Kirk Franklin, American singer-songwriter and producer
* 1972 – Nate Mooney, American actor
* 1973 – Jennifer Crystal Foley, American actress
* 1973 – Larissa Lowing, Canadian artistic gymnast
* 1973 – Melvil Poupaud, French actor, director, and screenwriter
* 1973 – Brendan Rodgers, Northern Irish footballer and manager
* 1973 – Mayu Shinjo, Japanese author and illustrator
*1976 – Gilles Marini, French actor
* 1977 – Vince Carter, American basketball player
* 1977 – Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player and coach
* 1978 – Esteban Germán, Dominican baseball player
* 1978 – Corina Morariu, American tennis player and sportscaster
* 1978 – Andrés Torres, American baseball player
* 1979 – Sara Rue, American actress
* 1981 – José de Jesús Corona, Mexican footballer
* 1981 – Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan violinist, composer, and conductor
* 1981 – Juan José Haedo, Argentine cyclist
* 1981 – Colin O'Donoghue, Irish actor
* 1983 – Petri Oravainen, Finnish footballer
* 1983 – Eric Werner, American ice hockey player
* 1984 – Ryan Hoffman, Australian rugby league player
* 1984 – Iain Turner, Scottish footballer
* 1984 – Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer
* 1985 – Heather Stanning, English rower
* 1986 – Gerald Green, American basketball player
* 1986 – Kim Jae-joong, South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, and director
* 1986 – Mustapha Yatabaré, French-Malian footballer
* 1987 – Sebastian Giovinco, Italian footballer
* 1987 – Héctor Noesí, Dominican baseball player
* 1988 – Dan Bailey, American football player
* 1988 – Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, Greek high jumper
* 1989 – MarShon Brooks, American basketball player
* 1989 – Emily Hughes, American figure skater
* 1989 – Torrey Smith, American football player
* 1990 – Brandon Bolden, American football player
* 1990 – Sergio Pérez, Mexican race car driver
* 1990 – Peter Sagan, Slovak professional cyclist
* 1991 – Esteban Andrada, Argentine footballer
* 1991 – Nicolò Melli, Italian-American basketball player
* 1991 – Alex Sandro, Brazilian footballer
* 1991 – Manti Te'o, American football player
* 1992 – Mercedes Moné, American wrestler
* 1993 – Miguel Borja, Colombian footballer
* 1993 – Lana Clelland, Scottish footballer
* 1993 – Kevin Pangos, Canadian-Slovenian basketball player
* 1993 – Alice Powell, British racing driver
* 1993 – Florian Thauvin, French footballer
* 1994 – Montrezl Harrell, American basketball player
* 1995 – Jean-Charles Castelletto, Cameroonian footballer
* 1995 – Sione Katoa, New Zealand rugby league player
* 1996 – Zakaria Bakkali, Belgian footballer
* 1996 – Hwang Hee-chan, South Korean football player
* 1997 – Gedion Zelalem, German-born American soccer player
* 1998 – Moonbin, South Korean singer and actor. (died 2023)
*1999 – Leonardo Balerdi, Argentine footballer
* 1999 – Travis Etienne, American football player
* 2000 – Ester Expósito, Spanish actress
* 2000 – Darius Garland, American basketball player
* 2001 – Latalia Bevan, Welsh artistic gymnast
* 2001 – Isaac Okoro, American basketball player
* 2002 – Darya Astakhova, Russian tennis player
*2009 – YaYa Gosselin, American actress
* 2009 – The Suleman octuplets

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 738 – John of Dailam, Syrian monk and saint (born 660)
* 1390 – Adolph IX, Count of Holstein-Kiel (bornc 1327)
* 1567 – Nicholas Wotton, English courtier and diplomat (born 1497)

1601–1900

* 1620 – Amar Singh I, ruler of Mewar (born 1559)
* 1630 – Henry Briggs, English mathematician and astronomer (born 1556)
* 1641 – Lawrence Hyde, English lawyer (born 1562)
* 1697 – Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and theorist (born 1640)
* 1744 – Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (born 1683)
* 1750 – Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (born 1686)
* 1795 – Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German harpsichord player and composer (born 1732)
* 1799 – Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (born 1722)
* 1814 – Manuel do Cenáculo, Portuguese prelate and antiquarian (born 1724)
* 1823 – Edward Jenner, English physician and immunologist, creator of the smallpox vaccine (born 1749)
* 1824 – Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (born 1791)
* 1830 – Filippo Castagna, Maltese politician (born 1765)
* 1849 – Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (born 1803)
* 1855 – Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (born 1808)
* 1860 – Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, opera singer (born 1804)
* 1869 – Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (born 1846)
* 1885 – Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (born 1806)
* 1885 – Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (born 1833)
* 1886 – David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (born 1807)
* 1887 – Anandi Gopal Joshi, one of the first female Indian physicians (born 1865)
* 1891 – Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (born 1833)
* 1893 – Abner Doubleday, American general (born 1819)
* 1895 – Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (born 1825)
* 1896 – James Edwin Campbell, American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist (born 1867)

1901–present

* 1904 – Whitaker Wright, English businessman (born 1846)
* 1920 – Jeanne Hébuterne, French painter and author (born 1898)
* 1932 – William Wrigley Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (born 1861)
* 1943 – Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (born 1880)
* 1943 – Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (born 1887)
*1946 – Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (born 1884)
* 1947 – Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (born 1898)
* 1947 – India adopted its constitution and transitioned into a republic on this day.
* 1948 – Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
* 1953 – Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1882)
* 1962 – Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (born 1897)
* 1968 – Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (born 1883)
* 1973 – Edward G. Robinson, Romanian-American actor (born 1893)
*1976 – João Branco Núncio, Portuguese bullfighter (born 1901)
* 1977 – Dietrich von Hildebrand, German Catholic philosopher and author (born 1889)
*1979 – Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (born 1908)
* 1983 – Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (born 1913)
* 1985 – Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader (born 1914)
* 1986 – Ruben Nirvi, Finnish linguist and professor (born 1905)
* 1990 – Lewis Mumford, American sociologist and historian (born 1895)
* 1992 – José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor (born 1912)
* 1993 – Jan Gies, Dutch businessman and humanitarian (born 1905)
* 1993 – Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, Governor General of Canada (born 1922)
* 1996 – Harold Brodkey, American author and academic (born 1930)
* 1996 – Frank Howard, American football player and coach (born 1909)
* 1996 – Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor (born 1932)
* 1997 – Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic (born 1904)
* 2000 – Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (born 1915)
* 2000 – Kathleen Hale, English author and illustrator (born 1898)
* 2000 – A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (born 1912)
* 2001 – Al McGuire, American basketball player and coach (born 1928)
* 2003 – Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (born 1942)
* 2003 – Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (born 1917)
* 2003 – George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Scottish banker and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (born 1931)
*2004 – Fred Haas, American golfer (born 1916)
* 2006 – Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani politician (born 1917)
* 2007 – Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1929)
* 2008 – Viktor Schreckengost, American sculptor and designer (born 1906)
* 2008 – George Habash, Palestinian politician, founder of the PFLP (born 1926)
* 2010 – Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (born 1917)
*2011 – David Kato Kisule, Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist, considered a father of Uganda's gay rights movement (born 1964)
* 2011 – Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1927)
* 2012 – Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver (born 1924)
* 2013 – Christine M. Jones, American educator and politician (born 1929)
* 2013 – Stefan Kudelski, Polish-Swiss engineer, inventor of the Nagra (born 1929)
* 2013 – Padma Kant Shukla, Indian physicist and academic (born 1950)
* 2013 – Shōtarō Yasuoka, Japanese author (born 1920)
* 2014 – Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (born 1933)
* 2014 – Paula Gruden, Slovenian-Australian poet and translator (born 1921)
* 2014 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (born 1939)
* 2015 – Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau, American art director and cartoonist (born 1932)
* 2015 – Tom Uren, Australian politician (born 1921)
* 2016 – Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Pakistani military leader, foreign minister, and diplomat (born 1920)
* 2016 – Abe Vigoda, American actor (born 1921)
* 2017 – Mike Connors, American actor (born 1925)
* 2017 – Tam Dalyell, Scottish politician (born 1932)
* 2017 – Lindy Delapenha, Jamaican footballer and sports journalist (born 1927)
* 2017 – Barbara Hale, American actress (born 1922)
* 2017 – Barbara Howard, Canadian sprinter and educator (born 1920)
* 2020 – John Altobelli, American college baseball coach (born 1963)
* 2020 – Gianna Bryant, American student-athlete (born 2006)
* 2020 – Kobe Bryant, American basketball player (born 1978)
*2025 – Suzanne Massie, American historian (born 1931)

Holidays and observances

* Christian feast day:
** Saint Alberic of Cîteaux
** Blessed Gabriele Allegra
** Saint Paula of Rome
** January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
* Australia Day (Australia)
* Republic Day (India)

References

External links

BBC: On This Day
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