It happened on this day, January 26

Events:

1340 – King Edward III of England is declared king of France.

1479 – Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror conquers the city of Ashkoder in northern Albania, which was under Venetian rule.

1699 – Signing of the Treaty of Karlovje between the Ottoman Empire, Austria, Russia and Venice, according to which the Ottoman Empire ceded Hungary and the region of Transylvania to Austria, and the city of Azak to Russia .



1785 – Benjamin Franklin writes a letter to his daughter expressing his frustration over the choice of the eagle as the symbol of the United States instead of the turkey.

1788 – The First British Fleet under the command of Arthur Phillip sails into Sydney Harbor to establish the city of Sydney, the first permanent European colony on the continent. This day is celebrated as the national day of Australia.

1802 – The U.S. Congress passes legislation creating a library, which later becomes the Library of Congress.

1837 – Michigan becomes the twenty-sixth U.S. state.

1841 – The United Kingdom occupies Hong Kong.

1861 – Louisiana secedes from the United States.

1870 – Virginia joins the Confederacy of American States for the second time.

1885 – Forces loyal to the Mahdi occupy Khartoum.

1901 – French forces in Algeria confiscated the property of participants in the Ain al-Turki revolution.

1937 – French authorities in Algeria dissolve the North African Star Party, led by Messali El-Hajj.

1939 – Forces loyal to Francisco Franco occupy Barcelona with Italian help.

1942 – The first American forces arrive in Europe in Northern Ireland to participate in World War II.

1952 – A major fire broke out in Cairo, in which the fire destroyed around 700 stores, cinemas, casinos, hotels, offices and clubs in the streets and squares of the city center.

1962 – The Ranger 3 probe is launched to study the Moon, but misses its target by about 22,000 miles (35,400 km).

1965 – Hindi becomes the official language of India.

1980 – Beginning of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and Egypt.

1981 – Egypt restores sovereignty to Sinai and Al-Arish after they were under Israeli control.

1983 – Lotus 1-2-3 software released.

1992 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting American cities with nuclear weapons.

1994 – A man fires two blank bullets at Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, in Sydney, Australia.

1996 – United States first lady Hillary Clinton testifies before the grand jury in what is known as the Whitewater scandal.

1998 – US President Bill Clinton denies, during a television recording, having had a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern.

✴️ Compaq buys “Digital Equipment Corporation”.

2005 – Condoleezza Rice is sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State, becoming the first African-American woman to hold the position.

✴️ Three trains crash in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles, killing 11 and injuring 200.

2020 – Former American basketball player Kobe Bryant died after his plane crashed in Calabasas, California.

2021 – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and his government resign due to problems within the ruling coalition.

✴️ Kaya Kallas assumes the position of Prime Minister of Estonia, making her the first woman to hold this position in the country's history, following the resignation of Juri Ratas.

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Births:

1763 – Karl XIV Johan, king of Sweden.

1781 – Achim von Arnim, German poet.

1839 – Elias Saleh, Syrian writer, historian, writer, poet and translator.

1842 – François Coupé, French poet and novelist.

1847 – Abd al-Majid al-Khani, Muslim scholar, Sufi and Syrian poet.

1880 – Douglas MacArthur, American general.

1904 – Sean MacBride, Irish politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974.

1911 – Polykarp Koch, German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955.

1918 – Nicolae Ceaușescu, first president of Romania.

1920 – Hans Holzer, American author and researcher.

1921 – Akio Morita, one of the founding partners of Sony Corporation.

1924 – Rauf Denktash, Cypriot politician.

1925 – Paul Newman, American actor.

1928 – Abdellatif Filali, Moroccan Prime Minister.

1937 – Khaled Al-Nafisi, Kuwaiti actor.

1943 – Souad Hosni, Egyptian actress.

1950 – Jörg Haider, Austrian politician.

1951 – Muhammad Al-Orabi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt.

1953 – Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish politician.

1956 – Sahar Hamdy, Egyptian actress and dancer.

1958 – Ellen DeGeneres, American actress.

1960 – Mona Abdel Majeed, Egyptian actress working in Kuwait.

1963 – José Mourinho, Portuguese football coach.

1965 – Soha Salem, Iraqi actress.

1967 – Toshiyuki Morikawa, Japanese voice actor.

1970 – Tracy Middendorf, American actress.

1977 – Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player.

1980 Sanae Kobayashi, Japanese actress.

** Nader Al-Masry, Palestinian athlete

1982 – Louise Abdel Karim, Syrian actress.

1984 – Ian Turner, Scottish footballer.

1987 – Sebastian Giovinco, Italian footballer.

1990 – Nawaf Al-Abed, Saudi footballer.

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Death:

1474 – Shihab al-Din al-Hijazi, Egyptian writer.

1823 – Edward Jenner, English physician.

1839 – Stephen Van Rensselaer, Lieutenant Governor of New York State, U.S. Congressman from New York State, and Major General of the New York State People's Army.

1942 – Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician.

2003 – Anna Marie Schimmel, German orientalist.

2004 – Muhammad al-Naqdi, Iraqi poet and writer.

2008 – George Habash, Palestinian politician and founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

2012 – Bahjat Abu Gharbiyeh, Palestinian activist.

2017 – Salwa Raouda Choucair, Lebanese visual artist.

2020 – Kobe Bryant, American basketball player.

2021 – Muwaffaq Al-Khani, Syrian military pilot, media personality and television presenter.

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Holidays and Occasions:

⬅️ International Customs Day.

⬅️ Korean New Year in Korea.

⬅️ National holiday in Australia.

⬅️ Republic Day in India.

⬅️ Independence Day in Uganda.







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