January 26 is the 26th day of the year. There are 340 days remaining until the end of 2016.
The sun will rise in at 7:18 am
and sunset will be at 5:27 pm.
Today we will have 10 hours and 9 minutes of sun.
The first high tide was at 1:31 am
and the next high tide will be at 12:33 pm.
The first low tide will be at 6:37 am
and the next low tide at 7:00 pm.
The lunar phase is a Waning Gibbous. 93.7 percent illuminated
Today is...
National Green Juice Day
National Spouses Day
National Peanut Brittle Day
Australia Day (Australia)
Duarte Day (Dominican Republic)
Liberation Day (Uganda)
Republic Day (India)
If today is your birthday, you get to celebrate with:
1813 – Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican philosopher and poet (d. 1876)
1880 – Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964)
1900 – Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967)
1905 – Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (d. 1987)
1908 – Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (d. 1997)
1913 – Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (d. 1990)
1918 – Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian general and politician, 1st President of
Romania (d. 1989)
1918 – Philip José Farmer, American author (d. 2009)
1925 – Paul Newman, American actor, director, race car driver, and businessman,
co-founded Newman's Own (d. 2008)
1928 – Roger Vadim, French actor and director (d. 2000)
1929 – Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist, screenwriter, and educator
1934 – Huey "Piano" Smith, American pianist
1944 – Angela Davis, American activist, author, and scholar
1946 – Gene Siskel, American journalist and critic (d. 1999)
1949 – David Strathairn, American actor
1953 – Lucinda Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 – Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Van
Halen)
1958 – Anita Baker, American singer-songwriter
1958 – Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
1961 – Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1970 – Kirk Franklin, American singer-songwriter and producer (One Nation Crew)
1974 – Rokia Traoré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist
2008 – Paul the Octopus, English-German octopus that predicted many soccer games (d. 2010)
On this day in history...
1837 – Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
1838 – Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
1911 – Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier receives its debut performance at
the Dresden State Opera.
1915 – The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S.
Congress.
1934 – The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
1949 – The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the
direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until
BTA-6 is built in 1976).
1965 – Hindi becomes the official language of India.
1980 – Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
1998 – Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies
having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
2015 – Libby Lane becomes the first woman to be ordained a bishop of the Church
of England.