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1851 – Black Thursday, the largest Australian bushfire in a populous region in recorded history took place on the 6th February 1851, in the state of Victoria.

1895 – Babe Ruth the American baseball player was born on the 6th February 1895 (died 1948).

1911 – Ronald Reagan the American actor and 40th President of the United States was born on the 6th February 1911 (died 2004).

1912 – Eva Braun the German wife of Adolf Hitler was born on the 6th February 1912 (died 1945).

1917 – Zsa Zsa Gabor the Hungarian-American actress was born on the 6th February 1917.

1918 – British women over the age of 30 got the right to vote on the 6th February 1918.

1949 – Mike Batt the English singer-songwriter and producer of The Wombles was born on the 6th February 1949.

1950 – Natalie Cole the American singer-songwriter and actress was born on the 6th February 1950.

1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed the first patent for an integrated circuit on the 6th February 1959.

1962 – Axl Rose the American singer-songwriter from Guns N’ Roses was born on the 6th February 1962.

1981 – Jens Lekman the Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist was born on the 6th February 1981.

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0960 – The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song was on the 4th February 960, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that lasted more than three centuries.

1169 – A strong earthquake struck the Ionian coast of Sicily on the 4th February 1169, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths, especially in the city of Catania.

1789 – George Washington was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States on the 4th February 1789, by the U.S. Electoral College.

1859 – The Codex Sinaiticus was discovered in Egypt on the 4th February 1859.

1941 – The United Service Organization (USO) was created to entertain American troops on the 4th February 1941.

1948 – Alice Cooper the American singer-songwriter was born on the 4th February 1948.

1948 – Ceylon (know known as Sri Lanka) became independent within the British Commonwealth on the 4th February 1948.

1963 – Noodles the American guitarist from The Offspring was born on the 4th February 1963.

1973 ~ James Hird the professional Australian rules footballer and coach of the Essendon Football Club was born on the 4th February 1973.

1976 – The 1976 Winter Olympics opened in Innsbruck, Austria on the 4th February 1976.

1996 – Major snowstorm paralyzed Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the 4th February 1996, and tied all-time record low temperature at -26°F (-32.2°C).

1998 – An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan on the 4th February 1998, killed over 5,000 people.

2002 – Cancer Research UK, the world’s largest independent cancer research charity, was founded on the 4th February 2002.

2003 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was officially renamed Serbia & Montenegro on the 4th February 2003.

2004 – Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg on the 4th February 2004.

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page featuring his dog Puli the Hungarian Sheepdog as his cover photo (February 2013) ~ www.facebook.com/zuck

2013 ~ Scientist confirmed the find of RiCHARD III Of ENGLAND, found under a car park in the city of Leicester on the 4th February 2013, after 500 years. See Reuters news: England’s King Richard III found after 500 years 

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The earliest surviving portrait of Richard lll of England c.1520, formerly owned by the Paston family & now the Society of Antiquaries, London, since 1828.

Researchers confirm that a skeleton found under a city centre car park in
Leicester is that of King Richard III, on TelegraphTV video: 

Sign the Richard lll Petitions: King Richard III and the Princes in the Tower & Return King Richard III to Yorkshire

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1468 – Johannes Gutenberg the German publisher and inventor of the Printing press died on the 3rd February 1468 (born 1398).

1690 – The colony of Massachusetts issued the first paper money in America on the 3rd February 1690.

1809 – Felix Mendelssohn the German pianist, composer, and conductor was born on the 3rd February 1809 (died 1847).

1809 – The Illinois Territory was created on the 3rd February 1809.

1870 – The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on the 3rd February 1870, guaranteeing voting rights to citizens regardless of race.

1904 – Pretty Boy Floyd the American gangster was born on the 3rd February 1904 (died 1934).

1916 – Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burnt down on the 3rd February 1916.

1918 – The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California began service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world on the 3rd February 1918, at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.

1927 – Val Doonican the Irish singer was born on the 3rd February 1927.

1931 – The Hawke’s Bay earthquake, New Zealand‘s worst natural disaster was on the 3rd February 1931, killing 258 people.

1945 ~ Bob Bright from Bobby & Laurie, the Australian singing duo of the 1960s, was born on the 3rd February 1945.

1947 – Dave Davies the English singer-songwriter and guitarist from The Kinks was born on the 3rd February 1947.

1947 – The lowest temperature in North America was recorded in Snag, Yukon on the 3rd February 1947.

1950 – Morgan Fairchild the American actress was born on the 3rd February 1950.

1956 – Lee Ranaldo the American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Sonic Youth was born on the 3rd February 1956.

1959 – A plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson on the 3rd February 1959, which became known as The Day the Music Died.

1966 – The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft made the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon on the 3rd February 1966.

1967 – Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, was hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne on the 3rd February 1967.

1971 ~ Gabriel Rossi the Italian Australian comedian was born on the 3rd February 1971. The official Gabriel Rossi website: www.GabrielRossi.com & The Gabriel Rossi Facebook Fan Page 

1972 – The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard was on the 3rd February 1972, which killed at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.

1976 – Isla Fisher the Omani-Australian actress was born on the 3rd February 1976.

1984 – John Buster and the research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announcde history’s first embryo transfer on the 3rd February 1984, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth.

1984 – Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B was launched using Space Shuttle Challenger on the 3rd February 1984.

1986 – Rebel Wilson the Australian actress was born on the 3rd February 1986.

1995 – Astronaut Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle on the 3rd February 1995, as mission STS-63 got underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

1998 – Karla Faye Tucker was executed in Texas on the 3rd February 1998, becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984.

1998 – Cavalese cable car disaster: a United States Military pilot caused the death of 20 people on the 3rd February 1998, when his low-flying plane cut the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy.

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1536 – Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founded Buenos Aires, Argentina on the 2nd February 1536.

1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) was incorporated on the 2nd February 1653.

1848 – During the start of the California Gold Rush, The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrived in San Francisco, California on the 2nd February 1848.

1899 – The Australian Premiers’ Conference held in Melbourne on the 2nd February 1899, decided to locate Australia‘s capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.

1901 – The Funeral of Queen Victoria was on the 2nd February 1901.

1913 – Grand Central Terminal was opened in New York City on the 2nd February 1913.

1922 – Ulysses by James Joyce was published on the 2nd February 1922.

1925 – Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reached Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum on the 2nd February 1925, inspiring the Iditarod race.

1935 – Leonarde Keeler tested the first polygraph machine on the 2nd February 1935.

1941 – Lee Redmond the American Guinness World Record holder for longest fingernails was born on the 2nd February 1941.

1942 – Graham Nash the English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist  from The Hollies, Crosby & Nash, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was born on the 2nd February 1942.

1949 – Duncan Bannatyne the Scottish businessman and author was born on the 2nd February 1949.

1963 – Eva Cassidy the American singer and guitarist was born on the 2nd February 1963 (died 1996).

1974 – The F-16 Fighting Falcon flew for the first time on the 2nd February 1974.

1977 – Shakira the Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress was born on the 2nd February 1977.

2004 – Swiss tennis player Roger Federer became the No. 1 ranked men’s singles player on the 2nd February 2004, a position he held for a record 237 weeks.

2007 – The worst flooding in Indonesia in 300 years began on the 2nd February 2007.

2014 ~ Philip Seymour Hoffman the American actor and director died on the 2nd February 2014 aged 46 (born in Fairport, New York on 23rd July 1967).  He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 2005 biographical film Capote. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is remembered for his film roles in Scent of a Woman (1992), Twister (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), The Big Lebowski (1998), Patch Adams (1998), Magnolia (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Almost Famous (2000), Red Dragon (2002), 25th Hour (2002), Punch-Drunk Love (2002) and Cold Mountain (2003).

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1709 – Alexander Selkirk was rescued on the 1st February 1709, after being shipwrecked on a desert island, which inspired the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.

1790 – In New York City, the Supreme Court of the United States convened for the first time on the 1st February 1790.

1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: France declared war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands on the 1st February 1793.

1884 – The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary was published on the 1st February 1884.

1893 – Thomas A. Edison finished construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey on the 1st February 1893.

1901 ~ Clark Gable the American actor was born on the 1st February 1901 (died 1960). Clark Gable was best known for his movie roles in Gone with the Wind (1939), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), It Happened One Night (1934)), Manhattan Melodrama (1934) and The Misfits (1961). YouTube video: Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in Gone With The Wind (1939)…

1920 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police began operations on the 1st February 1920.

1931 – Boris Yeltsin the 1st President of Russia was born on the 1st February 1931 (died 2007).

1937 ~ Don Everly the American singer-songwriter and guitarist  from the Everly Brothers was born on the 1st February 1937. YouTube video: Everly Brothers – Crying In The Rain (1962)…

1947 ~ Normie Rowe the Australian singer was born on the 1st February 1947. YouTube video: Normie Rowe – Shakin All Over (National Bandstand) 1965…

1957 – Felix Wankel‘s first working prototype (DKM 54) of the Wankel engine ran on the 1st February 1957, at the NSU research and development department Versuchsabteilung TX in Germany

1974 – Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory on the 1st February 1974.

1975 ~ Big Boi the American rapper from Outkast was born Antwan André Patton on the 1st February 1975. YouTube video: OutCast: Hey Ya! (2003) song from The Love Below album. Hey Ya! was No.1 in North America in the Billboard Hot 100 for 9 weeks, also topping the Billboard Hot Digital Tracks for 17 weeks, No.1 in Australia, Norway, Sweden and in the Top 10 in the UK, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, and Switzerland. In 2005 the Recording Industry Association of America certified single platinum for shipping one million copies. At the 46th Grammy Awards the song won Best Urban/Alternative Performance…

1978 – Director Roman Polanski skipped bail and fled the United States on the 1st February 1974, to France, after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.

1978 – Tim Harding the Australian singer and actor from Hi-5 was born on the 1st February 1978. YouTube video: Hi-5 Tim’s birthday-1…

1979 ~ Jason Isbell the American singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Green Hill, Alabama was born on the 1st February 1979. YouTube video: Jason Isbell Performs “Elephant” on SiriusXM Outlaw Country (warning: explicit language)…

1985 ~ Jodi Gordon the Australian actress and model was born in Mackay on the 1st February 1985. Jodi Gordon is best known for her Logie award winning role of Martha MacKenzie in Home and Away. Jodi Gordon won the Logie award for Most Popular New Female Talent in 2006.  Jodi Gordon is also known as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. Jodi Gordon won a modeling competition at the age of 13, and gained a contract with Vivien’s Modelling Agency, leading to modelling in Japan, London and Milan. In September 2008 Jodi Gordon became the official celebrity ambassador and model for Australian lingerie brand Crystelle, and official ambassador for Australian shoe brand Tony Bianco.

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Jodi Gordon from Home & Away modelling in Crystelle lingerie’s ad campaign in 2008

YouTube video: Jodi Gordon in a Home and Away interrupted shower scene…

1989 – The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamated to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder on the 1st February 1989.

1994 ~ Harry Styles the English singer from One Direction was born on the 1st February 1994. YouTube Vevo video: One Direction – Best Song Ever…

2003 – Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107 disintegrated during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere on the 1st February 2003, killing all 7 astronauts aboard.

2004 ~ Janet Jackson’s breast was exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII on the 1st February 2004, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines. YouTube video: Janet Jackson – Super Bowl halftime 2004 (video live): Janet Jackson performs a medley of her singles “All for You” and “Rhythm Nation” and then performs alongside Justin Timberlake. As Timberlake sang the lyric “gonna have you naked by the end of this song” from his single “Rock Your Body”, he tore open her top, exposing her right breast…

2009 – A prolonged period of snowfall began in the British Isles on the 1st February 2009, with some areas experiencing their largest snowfalls since 1991.

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1606 –  Guy Fawkes was executed on the 31st January 1606, for his plotting against Parliament and James I of England, in the Gunpowder Plot.

1747 – The first venereal diseases clinic opened on the 31st January 1747, at London Lock Hospital.

1930 – 3M began marketing Scotch Tape on the 31st January 1930.

1949 – These Are My Children, the first TV daytime soap opera was broadcast on the 31st January 1949, by the NBC station in Chicago.

1953 – The North Sea flood on the 31st January 1953 caused over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands, and over 300 in the United Kingdom.

1958 – Explorer 1, the first successful launch of an American satellite into orbit was on the 31st January 1958.

1958 – James Van Allen discovered the Van Allen radiation belt on the 31st January 1958.

1961 – Ham the Chimp traveled into outer space on the 31st January 1961, in Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2.

1966 – The Soviet Union launched the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft on the 31st January 1966, as part of the Luna program.

1968 – Nauru gained independence from Australia on the 31st January 1968.

1971 – Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard Saturn V, lifted off on the 31st January 1971, for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.

1988 ~ The Wonder Years American television comedy-drama was first broadcast on the 31st January 1988.

1990 – The first McDonald’s in the Soviet Union opened in Moscow on the 31st January 1990.

1995 – President Bill Clinton authorized a $20 billion loan to Mexico on the 31st January 1995, to stabilize its economy.

1996 – Comet Hyakutake was discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake on the 31st January 1996.

2010 – Avatar became the first film to gross over $2 billion worldwide on the 31st January 2010.

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1649 – King Charles I of England was beheaded on the 30th January 1649..

1661 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England was ritually executed on the 30th January 1661, two years after his death, on the anniversary of the execution of the monarch Charles I of England he himself deposed.

1790 – The 1st boat specializing as a lifeboat was tested on the River Tyne on the 30th January 1790.

1847 – Yerba Buena, California was renamed San Francisco on the 30th January 1847.

1878 – Anton Hansen Tammsaare the Estonian author was born on the 30th January 1878 (died 1940).

1882 – Franklin D. Roosevelt the American politician and 32nd President of the United States was born on the 30th January 1882 (died 1945).

1922 – Dick Martin the American comedian, actor, and director was born on the 30th January 1922 (died 2008).

1930 – Gene Hackman the American actor and author was born on the 30th January 1930.

1933 – Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany on the 30th January 1933, during Machtergreifung.

1935 – Richard Brautigan the American author and poet was born on the 30th January 1935 (died 1984).

1951 – Phil Collins the English singer-songwriter from Genesis was born on the 30th January 1951.

1964 – Ranger 6 was launched on the 30th January 1964.

1969 – The Beatles‘ last public performance was on the 30th January 1969, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.

1971 – Carole King’s Tapestry album was released on the 30th January 1971, becoming the longest charting album by a female solo artist, selling 24 million copies worldwide.

1980 ~ Wilmer Valderrama the American actor best known for his role of Fez in That ’70s Show, was born in Miami, Florida on the 30th January 1980.

1983 ~ Ella Hooper the Australian rock music singer-songwriter and lead singer of Killing Heidi was born in Violet Town, Victoria on the 30th January 1983. Official Facebook: www.facebook.com/Ella.Hooper.9 | Verified Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Ella_Hooper | Blog: www.LostCluesToFutureNews.blogspot.com.au

1987 – Phil Lester the English YouTube vlogger and radio personality was born on the 30th January 1987. Phil lester presents the Sunday night request show for BBC Radio 1 with Dan Howell. Phil Lester reached 1 million YouTube subscribers on the 6th July 2013. Phil Lester’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/AmazingPhil | Facebook: www.facebook.com/AmazingPhil | Twitter: www.Twitter.com/AmazingPhil

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1754 – Horace Walpole coined the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann on the 28th January 1754.

1813 – Pride and Prejudice was first published in the United Kingdom on the 28th January 1813.

1820 – A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the Antarctic continent on the 28th January 1820.

1821 – Alexander Island was first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen on the 28th January 1821.

1855 – A locomotive, on the Panama Railway, was run from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time on the 28th January 1855.

1878 – Yale Daily News became the first daily college newspaper in the United States on the 28th January 1878.

1887 – A snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, recorded the world’s largest snowflakes on the 28th January 1887, at a size of 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.

1896 – Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent became the first person to be convicted of speeding on the 28th January 1896. Walter was fined 1 shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), breaking the speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h).

1902 – The Carnegie Institution of Washington was founded in Washington, D.C. on the 28th January 1902, with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.

1915 – An act of the U.S. Congress created the United States Coast Guard on the 28th January 1915.

1917 – Municipally owned streetcars took to the streets of San Francisco, California on the 28th January 1917.

1934 – The first ski tow in the United States began operation in Vermont on the 28th January 1934.

1938 – The World Land Speed Record on a public road was broken by driver Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 on the 28th January 1938, at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph).

1956 – Elvis Presley made his first US TV appearance on the 28th January 1956.

1958 – The Lego company patented the design of its Lego bricks on the 28th January 1958, which are still compatible with the Lego bricks produced today.

1958 – The last episode of the British radio comedy programme Goon Show was broadcasted on the 28th January 1958.

1965 – The current design of the Flag of Canada was chosen on the 28th January 1965, by an act of Parliament.

1973 ~ Barnaby Jones the television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether was first broadcast on the 28th January 1973, on CBS, until the 3rd April 1980. YouTube video: Barnaby Jones intro…

1977 – The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 was on the 28th January 1977. There was a dump of 10 feet (3.0 m) of snow in one-day in Upstate New York.

1980 ~ Nick Carter the American singer-songwriter, dancer, musician, entertainer, author and actor was born Nickolas Gene Carter in Jamestown, New York on  the 28th January 1980. Nick Carter is best known as a member of the pop group Backstreet Boys ~ official website: www.BackstreetBoys.com | Nick Carter’s official website: www.NickCarter.net | Nick Carter’s Twiter verified: www.Twitter.com/NickCarter | Nick Carter’s official Facebook: www.facebook.com/NickCarter

1985 – Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) recorded the hit single We Are the World on the 28th January 1985, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.

1986 –  Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart after liftoff on the 28th January 1986, killing all seven astronauts on board.

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1606 – The trial of Guy Fawkes in the Gunpowder Plot, with the other conspirators began on the 27th January 1606, ending with their execution on the 31st January.

1756 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart the Austrian composer was born on the 27th January 1756 (died 1791 aged 35).

1785 – The University of Georgia was founded on the 27th January 1785, becoming the first public university in the United States.

1832 – Lewis Carroll the English author was born on the 27th January 1832 (died 1898).

1888 – The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C. on the 27th January 1888.

1933 – Mohamed Al-Fayed the Egyptian-Monacan businessman was born on the 27th January 1933.

1939 – First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning was on the 27th January 1939.

1956 – Mimi Rogers the American actress was born on the 27th January 1956.

1964 – Bridget Fonda the American actress was born on the 27th January 1964.

1967 – The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sigedn the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C. on the 27th January 1967, banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.

1969 ~ Patton Oswalt the American stand-up comedian, writer, actor and voice actor was born on the 27th January 1969. Patton Oswalt is best known for his roles as Spencer Olchin in The King of Queens, and voicing Remy in Ratatouille.

1972 – Mark Owen the English singer-songwriter from Take That was born on the 27th January 1972.

1974 – The Brisbane River breached its banks on the 27th January 1974, causing the largest flood to affect the city of Brisbane in the 20th century.

1976 ~ Laverne & Shirley the American television sitcom was first broadcast on the 27th January 1976, until 10th May 1983. The show was originally titled Laverne De Fazio & Shirley Feeney in the first season. YouTube video: Laverne & Shirley Season 1 Opening (1976)…

1984 – Pop singer Michael Jackson suffered second degree burns to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial on the 27th January 1984, in the Shrine Auditorium.

1996 – Germany first observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 27th January 1996.

2002 – An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria on the 27th January 2002, killed about 1,100 people and displacing over 20,000 others.

2006 – Western Union discontinued its Telegram and Commercial Messaging services on the 27th January 2006 .

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Have a happy Australia Day (Middle Creek, Victoria, Australia photo by Anton K. Kressnig)

1788 – The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sailed into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney on the 26th January 1788. This was the start of the first permanent European settlement on the continent of Australia, and commemorated as AUSTRALiA DAY.

1808 ~ AUSTRALiA DAY was first celebrated on the 26th January 1808.

1808 – Rum Rebellion was on the 26th January 1808. It was the only successful armed takeover of the government in Australia.

1818 ~ The first official celebration of the formation of New South Wales was held on the 26th January 1818.

1837 – Michigan was admitted as the 26th U.S. state on the 26th January 1837.

1905 – The world’s largest diamond, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.62135 kg) was found on the 26th January 1905, at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.

1915 – The Rocky Mountain National Park was established by an act of the U.S. Congress on the 26th January 1915.

1920 – Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launched the Lincoln Motor Company on the 26th January 1920, which he later sold to his former employer.

1924 – Saint Petersburg, Russia, was renamed Leningrad on the 26th January 1924.

1925 – Paul Newman the American actor, director, race car driver, and businessman and co-founder of Newman’s Own was born on the 26th January 1925 (d. 2008).

1934 – The Apollo Theater reopened in Harlem, New York City on the 26th January 1934.

1949 – The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory saw first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble on the 26th January 1949, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope, until BTA-6 was built in 1976.

1947 ~ Robert Cailliau the Flemish informatics engineer, computer scientist, and co-developer of the World Wide Web was born on the 26th January 1947. Robert Cailliau’s website: www.RobertCailliau.eu

1949 ~ Eureka Stockade British film was released in the UK on the 26th January 1949. The film is about Peter Lalor and the gold miners’ rebellion of 1854 at the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat, Victoria. YouTube video: Eureka Stockade (1949) starring Chips Rafferty (as Peter Lalor), Peter Finch (as Humffray), Jack Lambert (as Commissioner Rede), Peter Illing (as Raffaello Carboni), Ralph Truman (as Governor Charles Hotham), Charles Tasman (as Governor Charles La Trobe), John Fegan (as Hayes), Dorothy Alison (as Mrs Bentley), John Cazabon as Seekamp, Al Thomas as Scobie, Jane Barrett (as Alicia Dunne)…

1955 – Eddie Van Halen the Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer best known from Van Halen was born on the 26th January 1955.

1955 ~ Shane Howard the Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist from the folk rock group Goanna was born on the 26th January 1955. Shane Howard’s official website: www.ShaneHoward.com.au | Shane Howard Facebook page | YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/GoannaFella | YouTube video: Goanna – Solid Rock (1982)…

1958 – Ellen DeGeneres the American comedian, actress, and talk show host was born on the 26th January 1958.

1961 ~ Li Cunxin the Chinese-Australian ballet dancer was born on the 26th January 1961. Li Cunxin is best known for his autobiography book Mao’s Last Dancer (2003) & the 2009 film Mao’s Last Dancer. Li Cunxin is currently the Artistic Director of the Queensland Ballet.

1962 – Ranger 3 was launched to study the moon on the 26th January 1962. The space probe later missed the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).

1965 – Hindi became the official language of India on the 26th January 1965.

1966 – The Beaumont Children went missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia on the 26th January 1966.

1992 – Boris Yeltsin announced that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons on the 26th January 1992.

1998 – U.S. President Bill Clinton denied having had “sexual relations” with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky on the 26th January 1998, known as the Lewinsky scandal.

2001 – An earthquake hit Gujarat, India on the 26th January 2001, causing over 20,000 deaths.

2004 – A whale exploded in the town of Tainan, Taiwan on the 26th January 2004, due to a build-up of gas in the decomposing sperm whale.

2005 – The Glendale train crash happened on the 26th January 2005, when 2 trains derailed killing 11 people, and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles.

Today in History for the 26th January video produced by Associated Press

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