January 26
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- 1531 - Lisbon, Portugal hit by an earthquake--thousands die.
- 1564 - The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
- 1838 - Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
Births
- 1781 - Achim von Arnim, German poet (d. 1831)
- 1902 - Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (d. 1940)
- 1921 - Eddie Barclay, French producer (Barclay Records) (d. 2005)
- 1925 - Paul Newman, American actor, philanthropist, race car driver and race team owner
- 1928 - Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (d. 2000)
- 1932 - Coxsone Dodd, Jamaican record producer
- 1941 - Henry Jaglom, English director
- 1947 - Patrick Dewaere, French actor (d. 1982)
Deaths
- 1824 - Théodore Géricault, French painter (b. 1791)
- 1855 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)
- 1973 - Edward G. Robinson, American actor (b. 1893)
- 1976 - João Branco Núncio, Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901)
- 1979 - Nelson Rockefeller, 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)
- 1983 - Paul "Bear" Bryant, American football coach (b. 1913)
- 1990 - Lewis Mumford, American historian (b. 1895)
- 1990 - Bob Gerard, British racing driver (b. 1914)
- 1992 - José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (b. 1912)
- 1993 - Jan Gies, Dutch resistance leader (b. 1905)
- 1993 - Jeanne Sauvé, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1922)
- 1996 - Harold Brodkey, American author (b. 1930)
- 1996 - Dave Schultz, American wrestler (b. 1959)
- 1997 - Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b. 1904)
- 1998 - Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese music teacher (b. 1898)
- 2000 - Don Budge, American tennis player (b. 1915)
- 2000 - Kathleen Hale, British author (b. 1898)
- 2000 - A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-born author (b. 1912)
- 2001 - Al McGuire, American basketball coach (b. 1928)
- 2003 - Valeriy Brumel, Soviet Olympic athlete (b. 1942)
- 2003 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (b. 1917)
- 2003 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b. 1931)
- 2004 - Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979)
- 2004 - Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)
- 2006 - Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani opposition leader and Pashtun nationalist (b. 1917)
- 2006 - Len Carlson, Canadian actor (b. 1937)
- 2006 - Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (b. 1920)
- 2007 - Hans J. Wegner, Danish furniture designer (b. 1914)
- 2007 - Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
Notes
Coxsone Dodd Gérard de Nerval Roger Vadim Eddie Barclay Ludwig Achim von Arnim Daniele Luttazzi Théodore Géricault Eduard Fuchs Frédérick Lemaître Patrick Dewaere Amédée de Noé A. E. van Vogt Mikel Rouse Karen Young (American singer) Paul Newman Raymond Williams Lady Caroline Lamb
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