January 26
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Art and culture
- 1531 - Lisbon, Portugal hit by an earthquake--thousands die.
- 1564 - The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
- 1838 - Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
Births
- 1781 - Achim von Arnim, German poet (d. 1831)
- 1902 - Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (d. 1940)
- 1921 - Eddie Barclay, French producer (Barclay Records) (d. 2005)
- 1925 - Paul Newman, American actor, philanthropist, race car driver and race team owner
- 1928 - Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (d. 2000)
- 1932 - Coxsone Dodd, Jamaican record producer
- 1941 - Henry Jaglom, English director
- 1947 - Patrick Dewaere, French actor (d. 1982)
Deaths
- 1824 - Théodore Géricault, French painter (b. 1791)
- 1855 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)
- 1973 - Edward G. Robinson, American actor (b. 1893)
- 1996 - Harold Brodkey, American author (b. 1930)
- 2000 - A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-born author (b. 1912)
Notes
- 2000 - Daniele Luttazzi (born January 26 1961, Santarcangelo di Romagna, Rimini), real name Daniele Fabbri, is an Italian comedian, writer, satirist, illustrator and singer/songwriter.
- 2000 - Eduard Fuchs (born January 31 1870 in Göppingen; died January 26 1940 in Paris) was a Marxist scholar of culture and history, writer and art collector.
- 2000 - Amédée de Noé Charles Amédée de Noé, known as Cham (January 26, 1818 - September 6, 1879) was a French caricaturist and lithographer.
- 2000 - Mikel Rouse Mikel Rouse (born Michael Rouse in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, January 26, 1957) is an American composer.
- 2000 - Karen Young (American singer) (March 23 1951-January 26 1991) was a disco singer best known for her hit "Hot Shot".
- 2000 - Raymond Williams (31 August 1921 - 26 January 1988) was a Welsh academic, novelist and critic. His writings on politics, culture, the mass media and literature reflected his Marxist outlook. He was an influential figure within the New Left and in wider culture. Of special interest is his Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society.
- 2000 - Lady Caroline Lamb
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