Today in History: 26th January

This day in history. Importance of 26th January. Major events happened on 26th January

Every day in the calendar deserves equal importance and respect as each day in the calendar is special. On every single day of the year, something very important always happens in some part of the world. The twenty sixth day of the first month of the year is no exception to this. On this day, many important events have taken place in the world, which has changed the course of history.

In the year 66AD, on this very day, the fifth recorded perihelion passage of the Hailey's Comet took place. In the year 1340, on this day, King Edward III of France was proclaimed as the ruler of France too. In the year 1531, on this very day, a very unfortunate event stuck Lisbon. The area was hit by a powerful earthquake and more than 30,000 people lost their lives.

In the year 1697, something very dramatic took place on this day. On this very day, Issac Newton was given the six month time limit problem of Jean Bernoulli. But Newton solved the difficult problem the same day, before going to bed. In the year 1788, on this day of the year, the first batch of English convicts arrived in Australia. They were the inhabitants who had started the first settlement in this island nation.

On this very day, Hong Kong became a British sovereign territory in the year 1841. The year 1863 is a very important year in the history of America. In this year, on this very day, the first Black infantry was formed. The infantry was the 54th Regiment. In the year 1871, on this very day, the income tax law was repelled in the United States.

In the year 1910 on this day, the French capital of Paris received heavy rainfalls. The result was that on this day there was a flood situation in Paris. In the year 1932, the British submarine M 2 sunk in the English Channel on this day and all the 60 people within the submarine died. In the year 1945, the World War II was nearing the end. On this very day, in the year 1945, the Soviet forces finally reached the Auschwitz concentration camp.

In the year 1947, a KLM Dakota crashed near Copenhagen, on this day, resulting in the death of 22 people. In the year 1989, on this day, AT and T came out with its financial report. It was seen that the company has recorded a loss for the first time in its history of 103 years.

This day has also a lot of significance in the history of India. It was on this day in the year 1929 that the Indian National Congress declared its goal of independence. On this very day, in the year 1950, the constitution of India was enacted and thus India became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.