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	Wednesday, January 26th The 026th day of 2011. There are 339 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Jan. 26, 1950, India proclaimed itself a republic. (Go to article.)On Jan. 26 , 1880, DouglasMacArthur , the American general who achieved acclaim as a grand strategist in World War II and in Korea , was born. Following hisdeath on April 5 , 1964, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. |Other Birthdays)
		On January 26, 1884, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about civil service reform. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
1788	The first European settlers in Australia landed in present-day Sydney.
1802	Congress passed an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol.
1837	Michigan became the 26th state.
1861	Louisiana seceded from the Union.
1870	Virginia rejoined the Union.
1925	Actor Paul Newman was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
1979	Former Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller died at age 70.
1988	The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Phantom of the Opera," the longest-running show in Broadway history, opened at the Majestic Theater in New York.
1993	Former Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel was elected president of the new Czech Republic.
1996	First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton testified before a grand jury connected to the Whitewater probe.
1998	President Bill Clinton denied having an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, telling reporters, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
2001	An earthquake hit the Indian subcontinent, killing more than 13,000 people.
2005	Condoleezza Rice was sworn in as secretary of state.
2006	Confronted by Oprah Winfrey on her syndicated talk show, author James Frey acknowledged lies in his addiction memoir "A Million Little Pieces."
2009	"Octomom" Nadya Suleman of Whittier, Calif., gave birth to octuplets conceived by in vitro fertilization. Suleman was already a mother of six.

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Current Birthdays

Emily Hughes turns 22 years old today.

AP Photo/Charles Sykes Figure skater Emily Hughes turns 22 years old today.

76 Bob Uecker Sportscaster-actor 72 Scott Glenn Actor 62 David Strathairn Actor ("Good Night, and Good Luck") 61 Jack Youngblood Football Hall of Famer 58 Lucinda Williams Country singer 56 Eddie Van Halen Rock musician (Van Halen) 53 Ellen DeGeneres Talk show host, comedian 50 Wayne Gretzky Hockey Hall of Famer 48 Andrew Ridgeley Rock musician (Wham!) 34 Vince Carter Basketball player 33 Sara Rue Actress

Historic Birthdays
Douglas MacArthur
1/26/1880 - 4/5/1964 American general  (Go to obit.)
71	Jean-Baptiste Pigalle 1/26/1714 - 8/21/1785 French sculptor
56	Claude-Adrien Helvatius 1/26/1715 - 12/26/1771 French philosopher
81	Charles XIV John 1/26/1763 - 3/8/1844 French general and later king of Sweden and Norway
68	Benjamin Franklin Keith 1/26/1846 - 3/26/1914 American impresario
87	Samuel Hopkins Adams 1/26/1871 - 11/15/1958 American journalist and author
85	Julia Morgan 1/26/1872 - 2/2/1957 American architect
82	Frank Costello 1/26/1891 - 2/18/1973 American syndicate gangster
33	Bessie Coleman 1/26/1892 - 4/30/1926 American aviator
83	Sean MacBride 1/26/1904 - 1/15/1988 Irish statesman and winner of 1974 Nobel Peace Prize
77	Jimmy Van Heusen 1/26/1913 - 2/7/1990 American songwriter
71	Nicolae Ceausescu 1/26/1918 - 12/25/1989 Romanian dictator

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