26th of January 2026
26th of January 2026 is the 26th day of the year.
This day in history:
1788: Botany Bay Founded - ...more
1871: Rugby Football Union Formed - ...more
1885: Gordon Killed at Khartoum - ...more
1926: John Logie Baird gives first demonstration of television - ...more
More dates from British history.
British quote for the day:
That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner. - Samuel Johnson.
Born today:
John Rastrick - 1780, John Heenan - 1905, Henry Cotton - 1907, Max Gluckman - 1911, Michael Bentine - 1922, David Jenkins - 1925, Jacqueline du Pre - 1945, Christopher Hampton - 1946, Heather Stanning - 1985.
Died today:
Edward Jenner - 1823, Thomas Lovell Beddoes - 1849, Ernest Charles Jones - 1869, Kirkpatrick MacMillan - 1878, Charles George Gordon - 1885, Arthur Cayley - 1895, James MacKenzie - 1925, Alick Isaacs - 1967, James Cameron - 1985, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham - 2004.
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