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What happened in history on this day: January 26?
On January 26 in ...
- 1959 - ABC-TV debuts the Alcoa Presents TV show.
- 1972 - The TV series The Mouse Factory debuts.
- 1994 - TNT begins airing TV show Babylon 5.
Births on January 26
- 1892 - Birth of Zara Cully in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Mother Jefferson - The Jeffersons).
- 1899 - Birth of Wyllis Cooper in Pekin, Illinois, USA; TV narrator (Volume One).
- 1902 - Birth of Romney Brent in Saltillo, Mexico; actor/writer (Dinner at the Ritz).
- 1904 - Birth of Douglas Evans; actor (South Pacific Trail).
- 1905 - Birth of Charles Lane in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Homer - Petticoat Junction, The Lucy Show).
- 1913 - Birth of William Prince in Nichols, New York, USA; actor (City in Fear, Cyrano de Bergerac).
- 1915 - Birth of William Hopper in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Paul Drake - Perry Mason).
- 1920 - Birth of Derek Bond in Glasgow, Scotland; actor (Nicholas Nickleby).
- 1923 - Birth of Anne Jeffreys in North Carolina, USA; actress (Dick Tracy, Topper, General Hospital).
- 1925 - Birth of Joan Leslie in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (Sergeant York, High Sierra, Yankee Doodle Dandy).
- 1925 - Birth of Paul Newman in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; racer/popcorn mogul/actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler).
- 1927 - Birth of William Redfield in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop, Marriage).
- 1931 - Birth of Mary Murphy in Washington DC, USA; actress (A Man Alone, Maggie - Investigators).
- 1935 - Birth of Bob Uecker in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; baseball catcher, actor (Mr Belvedere).
- 1941 - Birth of Henry Jaglom in London, England; actor (Eating, Lucky Ducks, Always).
- 1942 - Birth of Scott Glenn in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (The Right Stuff, Personal Best, Backdraft).
- 1947 - Birth of Patrick Dewaere [Bordeaux] in France; actor (Les Valseuses).
- 1950 - Birth of David Strathairn; actor (LA Confidential, Eight Men Out).
- 1951 - Birth of Walt Willey in Ottawa, Illinois, USA; actor (Joe Novak - Ryan's Hope, Jackson Montgomery - All My Children).
- 1963 - Birth of Claudia Lonow in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Diana - Knots Landing).
- 1965 - Birth of Allison Hossack in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada; actress (Olivia - Another World).
- 1970 - Birth of Tracy Middendorf in Miami Beach, Florida, USA; actress (Beverly Hills 90210, Carrie - Days of Our Lives).
Deaths on January 26
- 1947 - Grace Moore, American soprano/actress (One Night of Love), dies at age 45.
- 1950 - Betsy van den Arend Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs), dies at age 78.
- 1967 - Albert Remy, actor (Blows), dies at age 55.
- 1967 - Kenneth Thomson, actor (White Gold), dies of emphysema at age 68.
- 1973 - Edward G Robinson [Goldenberg], actor (Little Caesar), dies at age 79.
- 1975 - Lubov Orlova, actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at age 72.
- 1977 - Margaret Hayes, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at age 61.
- 1978 - Death of Leo Genn at age 72, English actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover, Henry V) (born 1905).
- 1992 - Death of Jose Ferrer at age 80 of colon cancer; actor/director (Cyrano de Bergerac, George Washington, The Rhinemann Exchange, The French Atlantic Affair, Young Harry Houdini, Blood Feud, Newhart, Your Show of Shows).
- 2022 - Death of Moses J. Moseley at age 31, found dead in Stockbridge, Georgia, USA; actor (The Walking Dead TV show).
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