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On This Day: January 26
ByHappy Chinese New Year! We’re 26 days into 2009; 339 days left in the year. Here’s your daily dose of facts. Feel free to look them up on your local search engine or reference site. On this day, the following stuff happened.
- 1500: Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to reach Brazil.
- 1564: The Council of Trent establishes the distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
- 1788: The first permanent settlement on the Australian continent is established at Sydney. This day is commemorated as Australia Day.
- 1837: Michigan is admitted to the Union as the 26th state.
- 1942: The first U.S. forces arrive in Europe to fight in World War II.
- 1980: Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
- 1991: Mohamed Siad Barre, ex-president of Somalia is deposed. There has not been a central government in Somalia since.
- 1992: Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia going to stop targeting U.S. cities with nuclear weapons.
- 1998: President Bill Clinton appears on live television and denies having “sexual relations” with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky (video below).
- 2006: Western Union discontinues use of its telegram service.
Clinton, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman…
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