Today is Sunday, January twenty sixth, the twenty sixth day of 2025. There are 339 days left within the 12 months.
Today in history:
On January 26, 2020, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and 7 others died when their helicopter crashed right into a steep hill in thick morning fog in Southern California; The former Lakers star was 41.
Also on this date:
In 1887, groundbreaking began for the development of the Eiffel Tower; The tower can be accomplished just over two years later.
In 1915, President Woodrow Wilson signed laws establishing Rocky Mountain National Park.
In 1950, the Constitution of India got here into force, making the country the biggest democratic republic on the planet.
In 1993, Václav Havel (VAHTS'-lahv HAH'-vel) was elected President of the newly founded Czech Republic.
In 1998, President Bill Clinton strenuously denied having an affair with a former White House intern, telling reporters: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.”
In 2023, Israeli forces killed no less than nine Palestinians and injured several others in a large-scale raid on the Jenin refugee camp within the occupied West Bank. This was the deadliest single operation in the realm in twenty years.
Today's birthdays:
- Cartoonist Jules Feiffer is 96.
- Activist Angela Davis is 81.
- Actor David Strathairn (streh-THEHRN') is 76.
- Football Hall of Famer Jack Youngblood is 75.
- Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams is 72.
- Singer Anita Baker is 67.
- Actress and comedian Ellen DeGeneres is 67.
- Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky is 64.
- The musician Andrew Ridgeley (Wham!) is 62.
- Gospel singer Kirk Franklin is 55.
- Basketball Hall of Famer Vince Carter is 48.
- Actor Joseph Quinn is 31.
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