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| January 26th, 2005 (January 26 2005) | Event | Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles. | |
| January 26th, 2005 (January 26 2005) | Event | Condoleezza Rice is sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State, becoming the first African American woman to hold the post. | Condoleezza Rice Quotes |
| January 26th, 1965 (January 26 1965) | Event | Hindi becomes the official language of India. | |
| January 26th, 1965 (January 26 1965) | Birth | Natalia Yurchenko, Soviet gymnast | |
| January 26th, 1965 (January 26 1965) | Birth | Thomas Ostros, Swedish politician | |
| January 26th, 1955 (January 26 1955) | Birth | Eddie Van Halen, Dutch musician | |
| January 26th, 1945 (January 26 1945) | Birth | Jacqueline du Pre, English cellist (died in 1987) | |
| January 26th, 1935 (January 26 1935) | Birth | Bob Uecker, American baseball player and broadcaster | |
| January 26th, 1925 (January 26 1925) | Birth | Joan Leslie, American actress | |
| January 26th, 1925 (January 26 1925) | Birth | Paul Newman, American actor, philanthropist, race car driver and race team owner | Paul Newman Quotes |
| January 26th, 1925 (January 26 1925) | Birth | Claude Ryan, Quebec newspaper editor (died in 2004) | |
| January 26th, 1915 (January 26 1915) | Birth | William Hopper, American actor (died in 1970) | |
| January 26th, 1905 (January 26 1905) | Event | The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier Mine. | |
| January 26th, 1905 (January 26 1905) | Birth | Charles Lane, American actor (died in 2007) | |
| January 26th, 1905 (January 26 1905) | Birth | Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (died in 1987) | |
| January 26th, 1885 (January 26 1885) | Event | Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum. | |
| January 26th, 1885 (January 26 1885) | Death | Edward Davy, English inventor (born in 1806) | |
| January 26th, 1885 (January 26 1885) | Death | Charles George Gordon, British general (born in 1833) | |
| January 26th, 1855 (January 26 1855) | Event | Point No Point Treaty signed in Washington Territory. | |
| January 26th, 1855 (January 26 1855) | Death | Gerard de Nerval, French writer (born in 1808) | |
| January 26th, 1795 (January 26 1795) | Death | Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (born in 1732) | |
| January 26th, 1565 (January 26 1565) | Event | 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. | |
