^B{^#!16!26 January^N! National Day of Australia and of India. Feast day of St Timothy, St Margaret of Hungary, St Alberic, St Paula, St Conan of Man, St Titus, St Eystein, and St Thordgith or Theorigitha of Barking.
^B{1500^B} Vincente Yanez Pinzon discovered Brazil and claimed it for Portugal. ^B{1841^B} Hong Kong was proclaimed a British sovereign territory. ^B{1871^B} England's Rugby Football Union was founded in London, by 20 clubs. ^B{1905^B} The Cullinan diamond, weighing 1<bf>1/4<ef> lbs, was found by Captain Wells at the Premier Mine, near Pretoria, South Africa. ^B{1939^B} In the Spanish Civil War, Franco's forces, with Italian aid, took Barcelona. ^B{1950^B} India became a republic within the Commonwealth. ^B{1965^B} Hindi was made the official language of India. ^B{1992^B} Russian President Yeltsin announced that his country would stop targeting US cities with nuclear weapons.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Douglas MacArthur, US general, ^B{1880^B}; Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist, ^B{1908^B}; Jimmy Van Heusen, US popular composer,^B{ 1913^B}; Paul Newman, US film actor, ^B{1925^B}; Eartha Kitt, US singer, ^B{1928^B}; Roger Vadim, French film director, ^B{1928^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Edward Jenner, English physician, ^B{1823^B}; Charles George Gordon, British general, ^B{1885^B}; Nikolaus August Otto, German engineer, ^B{1891^B}; Edward G Robinson, US film actor, ^B{1973^B}; Nelson Rockefeller, US statesman, ^B{1979^B}; JosΘ Ferrer, US actor, ^B{1992^B}.
