| 1861 |
|
Louisiana
secedes from the Union. |
| 1863 |
|
President
Lincoln names General Joseph Hooker to replace Burnside as
commander of the Army of the Potomac. |
| 1875 |
|
Pinkerton
agents, hunting Jesse James, kill his 18-year-old half-brother
and seriously injure his mother with a bomb. |
| 1942 |
|
American
Expeditionary Force lands in Northern Ireland. |
| 1943 |
|
The
first OSS (Office of Strategic Services) agent parachutes behind
Japanese lines in Burma.Detachment
101 in Burma. |
| 1964 |
|
Eighty-four
people are arrested in a segregation protest in Atlanta. |
| 1969 |
|
California
is declared a disaster area after two days of flooding and mud
slides. |
Born on January 26 |
| 1826 |
|
Julia
Dent Grant, wife of Ulysses S. Grant. |
| 1880 |
|
Douglas
MacArthur, U.S. general in World War I, World War II and Korea. |
| 1893 |
|
Bessie
Coleman, pioneer aviator. |
| 1944 |
|
Angela
Davis, American activist. |
