26 de Janeiro

Events

1788 - Austalia Day

1934 - German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed

1988 - Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre in New York

1992 - Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia is going to stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons

1998 - Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky

2000 - Rap-metal band Rage Against the Machine plays in front of Wall Street, prompting an early closing of trading due to the crowds

Births

1857 - the 12th Dalai Lama

1891 - Frank Costello, Italian-born gangster

1905 - Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer

1925 - Paul Newman, American actor, philanthropist, race car driver and race team owner

1958 - Ellen DeGeneres, American actress and comedian

1963 - José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager

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