Today in History : January 26
1699 : The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the war between Austria and the Turks.
1720 : Guilio Alberoni is ordered out of Spain after his abortive attempt to restore his country’s empire.
1788 : A fleet of ships carrying convicts from England lands at Sydney Cove in Australia. The day is since known as Australia’s national day.
1861 : Louisiana secedes from the Union.
1863 : President Lincoln names General Joseph Hooker to replace Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
1875 : Pinkerton agents, hunting Jesse James, kill his 18-year-old half-brother and seriously injure his mother with a bomb.
1885 : General “Chinese” Gordon is killed on the palace steps in Khartoum by Sudanese Mahdists in Africa.
1924 : Petrograd is renamed Leningrad.
1934 : Germany signs a 10-year non-aggression pact with Poland, breaking the French alliance system.
1942 : American Expeditionary Force lands in Northern Ireland.
1943 : The first OSS (Office of Strategic Services) agent parachutes behind Japanese lines in Burma.
1964 : Eighty-four people are arrested in a segregation protest in Atlanta.
1969 : California is declared a disaster area after two days of flooding and mud slides.
2005 : Condoleezza Rice is appointed to the post of secretary of state. The post makes her the highest ranking African-American woman ever to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet.
Born on January 26
1715 : Claude Helvétius, French philosopher.
1826 : Julia Dent Grant, wife of Ulysses S. Grant.
1880 : Douglas MacArthur, U.S. general in World War I, World War II and Korea.
1893 : Bessie Coleman, pioneer aviator.
1944 : Angela Davis, American activist.
1699 : The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the war between Austria and the Turks.
1720 : Guilio Alberoni is ordered out of Spain after his abortive attempt to restore his country’s empire.
1788 : A fleet of ships carrying convicts from England lands at Sydney Cove in Australia. The day is since known as Australia’s national day.
1861 : Louisiana secedes from the Union.
1863 : President Lincoln names General Joseph Hooker to replace Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
1875 : Pinkerton agents, hunting Jesse James, kill his 18-year-old half-brother and seriously injure his mother with a bomb.
1885 : General “Chinese” Gordon is killed on the palace steps in Khartoum by Sudanese Mahdists in Africa.
1924 : Petrograd is renamed Leningrad.
1934 : Germany signs a 10-year non-aggression pact with Poland, breaking the French alliance system.
1942 : American Expeditionary Force lands in Northern Ireland.
1943 : The first OSS (Office of Strategic Services) agent parachutes behind Japanese lines in Burma.
1964 : Eighty-four people are arrested in a segregation protest in Atlanta.
1969 : California is declared a disaster area after two days of flooding and mud slides.
2005 : Condoleezza Rice is appointed to the post of secretary of state. The post makes her the highest ranking African-American woman ever to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet.
Born on January 26
1715 : Claude Helvétius, French philosopher.
1826 : Julia Dent Grant, wife of Ulysses S. Grant.
1880 : Douglas MacArthur, U.S. general in World War I, World War II and Korea.
1893 : Bessie Coleman, pioneer aviator.
1944 : Angela Davis, American activist.
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