What events happened on January 26?
👉 HOLIDAYS:
🇺🇳 International Clean Energy Day.
🌏 International Customs Day.
🌏 World Environmental Education Day.
🌏 International Internet-Free Day.
🔹 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS:
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan – Customs Officers’ Day.
🇧🇾 Belarus – Science Day.
🇵🇦 Panama – Engineers and Architects’ Day.
🇺🇬 Uganda – Freedom Day.
🇮🇳 India – Republic Day.
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic – Duarte Day.
🇵🇭 Philippines – Napoleon Abueva’s Birthday.
🇦🇺 Australia – Australia Day.
🇺🇦 Ukraine – State Audit Service Day.
🇱🇻 Latvia – International Recognition Day.
👉 EVENTS:
– 1340 – Edward III was proclaimed King of France.
– 1500 – Y. Pinson explored the Amazon.
– 1525 – The first Russian map – the map of the Moscow lands – was printed.
– 1582 – The Livonian War ended.
– 1699 – The Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Karlowitz as a peace treaty with the Kingdom of Austria, Venice and Poland.
– 1788 – The first European settlement in Australia – the city of Sydney – was founded.
– 1808 – The “Gypsy Rebellion” took place in Australia.
– 1871 – Franco-Prussian War: An armistice was concluded between the besieged Paris garrison and the Prussian troops.
– 1924 – Petrograd was renamed Leningrad by the decision of the 2nd Congress of Soviets.
– 1934 – A non-aggression pact was concluded between Germany and Poland.
– 1939 – Neil Bohr announced the discovery of uranium fission.
– 1943 – Kemerovo Region was established.
– 1950 – The Republic of India, which had been a British colony for 200 years, was proclaimed.
– 1965 – Hindi became the official language of India.
– 1967 – The Soviet embassy in Beijing was seized in response to the expulsion of Chinese students from Moscow.
– 1980 – Diplomatic relations were established between Israel and Egypt.
– 1983 – The Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet was created in the United States.
– 1987 – Coca-Cola was recognized as the number 1 national drink in America.
– 1992 – Diplomatic relations were established between Uzbekistan and Japan.
– 1992 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting nuclear weapons at U.S. cities.
– 1997 – Aslan Maskhadov wins the presidential election in Chechnya with 65% of the vote.
– 2018 – Diplomatic relations are established between the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal and Uzbekistan.
– 2001 – A powerful earthquake in Western India kills at least 10,000 people.
– 2004 – The Afghan Constitution is officially signed by President Hamid Karzai.
– 2005 – A U.S. Air Force helicopter crashes near Rutba, Iraq, killing 31 Marines.
