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This is a list of selected January 26 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

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; Liberation Day in Uganda (1986) refimprove
661 – The Rashidun Caliphate was effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last Rashidun caliph. date not certain: see Talk:Ali/Archive 6#Date of death
1500 – Spanish navigator, explorer, and conquistador Vicente Yáñez Pinzón reached the north coast of what today is Brazil. lots of CN tags
1531A strong earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal, and subsequent tsunami caused approximately 30,000 deaths. doubts about sourcing for the 30,000 deaths figure and possibly the date. See [1]
1856Puget Sound War: United States Marines from the USS Decatur defeated Native American forces after an all-day battle with settlers in Seattle, Washington. refimprove section
1863American Civil War: After the disastrous result of the Battle of Fredericksburg and a failed offensive against Robert E. Lee, Union Army General Ambrose Burnside was relieved from command of the Army of the Potomac. refimprove section
1907 – The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III, the second oldest military rifle still in official use, was introduced into British military service. unreferenced section
1934Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic signed the German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact, pledging to resolve their problems through bilateral negotiations and to forgo armed conflict for a period of ten years. needs more footnotes
1934 – Hurtig & Seamon's New Burlesque Theater in New York City reopened as the Apollo Theater, becoming one of the nation's premier venues for African-American performers. unreferenced section
1950Indian independence movement: India became a republic under a new constitution, with Rajendra Prasad as its first president. multiple issues
1983 – The spreadsheet program Lotus 1-2-3 was first released, becoming the IBM Personal Computer's first "killer application". unreferenced section
2005 – A man left his vehicle on railroad tracks in Glendale, California, after an aborted suicide attempt, causing a Metrolink train to derail, resulting in 11 deaths and at least 100 injuries. multiple issues
Lady Zhen (b. 183) popular culture
Walter Krueger (b. 1881) TFA for 2020

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January 26: Australia Day (1788); Republic Day in India (1950)

Audie Murphy
Audie Murphy

Georg Mohr (d. 1697) · Giuseppe Genco Russo (b. 1893) · Angela Davis (b. 1944)

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