What are the important events that happened on January 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

January 26: Facts & Myths About This Day

January 26 is the 26^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 339 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 13, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 482,736 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘icosihexagon’ day.

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 3 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,419 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

January 26 Historical Events

• 1564 –
  The Council of Trent issues its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a 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.
• 1565 –
  Battle of Talikota, fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Islamic sultanates of the Deccan, leads to the subjugation, and eventual destruction of the last Hindu kingdom in India, and the consolidation of Islamic rule over much of the Indian subcontinent.
• 1907 –
  The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III is officially introduced into British Military Service, and remains the second oldest military rifle still in official use.
• 1914 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
• 1924 –
  Saint Petersburg, Russia, is renamed Leningrad.
• 1961 –
  John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds this appointment.
• 1980 –
  Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
• 1991 –
  Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.
• 1992 –
  Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.

Who were born on January 26?

• 1892 –
  Bessie Coleman, American pioneer aviator (d. 1926)
• 1915 –
  William Hopper, American actor (d. 1970)
• 1950 –
  Janet Lupo, American model
• 1963 –
  José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager
• 1968 –
  Ravi Teja, Tollywood film actor
• 1973 –
  Mayu Shinjo, Japanese manga artist
• 1979 –
  Sara Rue, American actress
• 1981 –
  Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan Composer/Conductor
• 1986 –
  Thiago Pereira, Brazilian swimmer
• 1993 –
  Cameron Bright, Canadian actor

Who died on January 26?

• 1744 –
  Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
• 1831 –
  Sangolli Rayanna, freedom fighter from Karnataka, India (b. 1798)
• 1952 –
  Khorloogiin Choibalsan, leader of Mongolia (b. 1895)
• 1983 –
  Paul “Bear” Bryant, American football coach (b. 1913)
• 1996 –
  Frank Howard, American college football player and coach (b. 1909)
• 1996 –
  Henry Lewis, American musician and conductor (b. 1932)
• 2003 –
  Valeriy Brumel, Soviet track-and-field athlete (b. 1942)
• 2004 –
  Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)
• 2008 –
  Christian Brando, American actor; son of Marlon Brando (b. 1958)
• 2011 –
  Gladys Horton, American musician and singer, member of the group The Marvelettes (b. 1944)