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26JAN2012
Mission Reaccomplished: Libya militias prepare to retake Bani Walid from Gaddafi loyalists
At a stop in Las Vegas, Nevada, Obama will seek to counter Republican criticisms of his energy policies by rolling out a proposal to offer tax incentives for companies to buy natural gas trucks, which would help build demand for abundant supplies of the fuel.
Speed limits to hit 75 or more on most Texas interstates.
Judge Malihi just ruled Obama OFF the Georgia ballot.
MIAMI — Fighting to curry favor with Florida’s large pool of Hispanic voters, Newt Gingrich on Wednesday called for a guest-worker program for most illegal immigrants...
Newt also scheduled a big rally in Roswell, NM to discuss the future of moon colonies. Newt will pledge a US moon base by the end of his second term. He plans to hide his mistress on it.
Newt is going to balance the budget and restore our military BEFORE we colonize the moon, right?
Right?
White House bypasses Senate to ink agreement that could allow Chinese companies to demand ISPs remove web content in US with no legal oversight
But that's okay, we never go after China here.
Births for January 26
- 1814 Rufus King, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1876
- 1816 Lloyd Tilghman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
- 1819 Abner Doubleday, US, inventor (baseball)
- 1826 Julia Dent Grant, 1st lady (1862-76)
- 1880 Douglas MacArthur, US, general (WW II), he did return!
- 1893 Bessie Coleman, 1st black airplane pilot
- 1915 William Hopper, NYC, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason)
- 1918 Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian president (1967-90)
- 1925 Paul Newman, Cleve, racer/popcorn mogul/actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler)
- 1928 Eartha Kitt, SC, singer/actress (Catwoman-Batman)
- 1928 Philip Jose Farmer, Indiana, science fiction novelist (Riverworld)
- 1946 Gene Siskel, movie critic (Siskel & Ebert)
- 1957 Eddie Van Halen, rock guitarist (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)
- 1958 Anita Baker, Toledo Oh, singer (Giving You the Best That I Got)
- 1961 Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oiler/LA Kings (NHL MVP 1980-1987), Great One
Passings for January 26
- 1893 Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthda
- 1949 Victor Fleming, director, dies at 65
- 1962 Charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies at 65
- 1973 Edward G Robinson, (Emmanuel Goldenberg), actor, dies at 82
- 1979 Nelson Rockefeller, former VP & 4 time governor of NY, dies at 70
Special events for January 26
- 66 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
- 1531 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die
- 1788 Capt Arthur Phillip lands in Sydney Aust to start a penal colony
- 1837 Michigan admitted as 26th US state
- 1838 Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol
- 1861 Louisiana becomes 6th state to secede
- 1863 War Dept authorizes Mass governor to recruit black troops
- 1870 Virginia rejoins the US
- 1871 US income tax repealed
- 1915 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo established
- 1918 Pres Hoover calls for "wheatless" & "meatless" days for war effort
- 1926 Television 1st demonstrated (J L Baird, London)
- 1939 Filming begins on "Gone With the Wind"
- 1942 1st US force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland
- 1957 India annexes Kashmir
- 1971 Charles Manson convicted of murder
- 1972 Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute
- 1976 Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon
- 1978 Frank Herbert completes his novel "Destination: Void"
- 1979 "The Dukes of Hazzard" premiers on CBS's vast wasteland
- 1980 Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4« minutes
- 1989 AT&T reports 1st loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988
Songs for date January 26
- 01/26/63 --- Ruby Baby (Dion)
- 01/26/63 --- Walk Like A Man (Four Seasons)
- 01/26/80 --- Working My Way Back To You (Spinners)
- 01/26/80 --- On The Radio (Summer, Donna)
- 01/26/85 --- California Girls (Roth, David Lee)
- 01/26/85 --- Can't Fight This Feeling (Reo Speedwagon)
- 01/26/91 --- Show Me The Way (Styx)
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