Born on January 26
January 26 birthdays & history
If you were born on January 26, you share a birthday with Douglas MacArthur, José Mourinho and Paul Newman. January 26 babies are Aquarius, with garnet as their birthstone and the carnation as their birth flower. January 26 is the 26th day of the year in leap years.
Famous people born on January 26
- 1880Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient
- 1963José Mourinho, Portuguese footballer and manager
- 1925Paul Newman, American actor, activist, director, race car driver, and businessman, co-founded Newman's Own
- 1958Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
- 1944Angela Davis, American activist, academic, and author
- 1715Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher
- 1961Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1911Polykarp Kusch, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1781Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author
- 1955Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
What happened on January 26
- 1837Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
- 1855Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory.
- 1905The 3,106-carat (621 g) Cullinan Diamond, the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, was discovered at the Premier Mine in Gauteng, South Africa.
- 1915The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
- 1926Oliver Hutchinson appeared on television in inventor John Logie Baird's first successful demonstration of using the technology to show humans.
- 1930The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
- 1934Hurtig & Seamon's New Burlesque Theater in New York City reopened as the Apollo Theater, becoming one of the nation's premier venues for African-American performers.
- 1934German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed.
- 1949The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory in California, the largest aperture optical telescope in the world for 28 years, saw first light.
- 1950Indian independence movement: India became a republic under a new constitution, with Rajendra Prasad as president and Jawaharlal Nehru as prime minister.
- 1956Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
- 1966The three Beaumont children disappeared from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.
Also observed on January 26
- Australia Day (Australia)
- Republic Day (India)
Questions, answered
What star sign is January 26?
People born on January 26 are Aquarius. Their birthstone is garnet and their birth flower is the carnation.
Which famous people were born on January 26?
Douglas MacArthur (1880), José Mourinho (1963), Paul Newman (1925), Ellen DeGeneres (1958), Angela Davis (1944), Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715) were all born on January 26.
What happened on January 26 in history?
Among other things: in 1950, Indian independence movement: India became a republic under a new constitution, with Rajendra Prasad as president and Jawaharlal Nehru as prime minister; in 1956, Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland; in 1966, The three Beaumont children disappeared from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.
Can I get a newspaper front page from January 26?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any January 26 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “January 26”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.