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January 26 Deaths in History - January 26 Birthdays - January 26 Events
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January 26, 2005 Kerry Packer, Australian Businessman January 26, 2003 Hugh Trevor-Roper, English Historian January 26, 2001 Al McGuire, American Coach January 26, 2001 Elizabeth Jennings, English Poet January 26, 2000 A. E. van Vogt, writer, The World of Null-A, dies at 87 January 26, 1999 Ashley Montague, English Scientist January 26, 1998 S P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67 January 26, 1998 Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher (Suzuki Method), dies at 99 January 26, 1998 Walter Edmonds, writer (Drums Along the Mohawk), dies at 93 January 26, 1998 Shinichi Suzuki, music educator, "developed the ""Suzuki Method"" which taugh violin to children", dies at 98 January 26, 1998 Walter Edmonds, writer, Drums Along the Mohawk, ., dies at 94 January 26, 1997 Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/the Rhine, dies at 83 January 26, 1997 Sarah Lucas, theatre Administrator, dies at 53 January 26, 1996 David Schultz, wrestler (Oly-Gold-84), killed by John Du Pont January 26, 1996 Harold Brodkey, writer, dies at 65 January 26, 1996 Henry Jay Lewis, conductor, dies at 63 January 26, 1995 Bernardo Leighton, Chilian politician (1964-70), dies January 26, 1995 Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, piano accompnaist, dies at 65 January 26, 1995 Louis Heren, journalist, dies at 65 January 26, 1995 Vic Buckingham, English soccer player/trainer (Ajax), dies at 79 January 26, 1993 Axel Von Dem Bussche, German aristocrat, dies January 26, 1993 Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at 87 January 26, 1993 Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (large iron sculptures), dies at 80 January 26, 1992 Jose Ferrer, PR actor and director (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 80 January 26, 1992 Okke Jager, Dutch theologist/writer/poet, dies at 63 January 26, 1991 Johnny van Doorn, Dutch writer/poet, dies at 46 January 26, 1990 FHP "Boy" Trip, Dutch minister, dies January 26, 1990 Lewis Mumford, American Sociologist January 26, 1989 Paul Daels, Flemish chairman (IJzerbedevaart committee), dies January 26, 1989 Stephane Steinier, Belgian journalist, kidnapped and murdered January 26, 1988 Raymond Williams, Welsh Novelist January 26, 1985 James Cameron, journalist, dies January 26, 1983 Paul "Bear" Bryant, college football coach (Alabama), dies at 69 January 26, 1983 Paul Bryant, American Coach January 26, 1979 Nelson Rockefeller, former VP and (4X Gov-R-NY), dies at 70 January 26, 1978 Leo Genn, actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover, Henry V), dies at 72 January 26, 1977 Margaret Hayes, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 61 January 26, 1975 Lubov Orlova, actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at 72 January 26, 1974 S vs. Vegesack, writer, dies at 85 January 26, 1974 Wiktor Labunski, composer, dies at 78 January 26, 1974 Cyril Connolly, English Journalist January 26, 1973 Edward G Robinson, [Goldenberg], actor (Little Caesar), dies at 79 January 26, 1973 Meijer Sluyser, Dutch journalist/commentator (VARA), dies at about 71 January 26, 1968 Weegee, American Photographer January 26, 1968 Kenneth Scott Latourette, American Historian January 26, 1968 Arthur Fellig, American Photographer January 26, 1967 Albert Remy, actor (Blows), dies at 55 January 26, 1967 Kenneth Thomson, actor (White Gold), dies of emphysema at 68 January 26, 1965 Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered January 26, 1963 John Sigvard Olsen, comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at 70 January 26, 1962 Charles "Lucky" Luciano, New York City Mafia gangster, dies at 65 January 26, 1962 Fran Lhotka, composer, dies at 78 January 26, 1954 Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor, dies at 80 January 26, 1953 Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/translator (spelling), dies at 58 January 26, 1952 Louis van Deyssel, Dutch writer (Diary of Franc Rozelaar), dies at 87 January 26, 1950 Betsy van den Arend, Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs), dies at 78 January 26, 1949 Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65 January 26, 1948 Ignaz Friedman, composer, dies at 65 January 26, 1947 Grace Moore, U.S. soprano/actress (1 Night of Life), dies at 45 January 26, 1947 Gustav Adolf, crown prince of Sweden, dies in air crash January 26, 1943 Nikolai Vavilov, geneticist, Saratovv labour camp, dies January 26, 1942 Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83 January 26, 1939 Armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard January 26, 1932 William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies January 26, 1931 Melvil Dewey, American Inventor January 26, 1930 Kin Hubbard, American Journalist January 26, 1922 Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75 January 26, 1920 Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered January 26, 1911 Charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67 January 26, 1904 John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64 January 26, 1895 Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies January 26, 1893 Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday January 26, 1891 Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies January 26, 1890 Carlo Collodi, Italian Writer January 26, 1886 John A. Logan, American Soldier January 26, 1885 Charles George Gordon, British Governor-General (Sudan), executed at 51 January 26, 1879 Julia Margaret Cameron, British Photographer January 26, 1870 Cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67 January 26, 1855 Gerard de Nerval, [Labrunie], French poet and writer, dies at 46 January 26, 1850 Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies January 26, 1849 Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45 January 26, 1828 Lady Caroline Lamb, British Celebrity January 26, 1824 Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies January 26, 1824 Theodore Gericault, French painter (Grand Derby d'epsom), dies January 26, 1806 Timothy Dexter, American Businesman January 26, 1803 Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72 January 26, 1798 Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49 January 26, 1795 Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62 January 26, 1706 Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 January 26, 1679 Roger Boyle, British Soldier January 26, 1109 Albericus of Cateaux, French saint, dies |