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Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 26 January.

1. Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time limit - solves problem before going to bed that same night
2. 1st settlement established by English in Australia (Sydney)
3. Mich admitted as 26th US state
4. Hong Kong was proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain
5. La becomes 6th state to secede from US
6. American income tax repealed
7. Gen Gordon & troops slain by Sudanese in Khartoum
8. World's largest diamond found Cullinan diamond
9. Indian Republic Day
10. India becomes a republic ceaseing to be a British dominion
11. Ground breaking begins on Disneyland
12. 1st woman `personal physician to President' - JG Travell
13. Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon
14. Nelson Rockefeller former VP & 4 time governor of NY died
15. Islanders & Whalers had a penality free game
16. Islanders score 4 goals within 1:38 5 within 2:37 vs Penguins
17. Nordiques' Michel Goulet scored on 9th penalty shot against Islanders
18. Chicago Bears defeat Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl 20

These famous people were born on 26 January.

1. 1715 - Claude Helvetius, French philosopher
2. 1763 - Charles XIV, French marshall and king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)
3. 1826 - Julia Dent Grant, 1st lady
4. 1831 - Writer Mary Dodge, ('Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates')
5. 1880 - Gen Douglas MacArthur, he did return!
6. 1904 - Sean MacBride, Irish statesman and minister (Nobel Peace Prize 1974)
7. 1913 - Jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter
8. 1918 - Nicolae Ceausescu, Rumanian president
9. 1923 - Anne Jeffereys, in North Carolina
10. 1925 - Joan Leslie, Actress
11. 1925 - Paul Newman, Actor (Hud - Hombre - Hustler) and racer & popcorn mogul
12. 1928 - Eartha Kitt, in South Carolina
13. 1928 - Roger Vadim, Director
14. 1929 - Jules Feiffer, cartoonist (Passionella)
15. 1931 - Mary Murphy
16. 1935 - Bob Uecker, Sports personality
17. 1944 - Angela Davis, black activist
18. 1961 - Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oiler