Today is Monday, Jan. 26, the 26th day of 2026. There are 339 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 26, 2020, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others were killed when their helicopter plunged into a steep hillside in dense fog in Southern ...
Today is Saturday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 2026. There are 341 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in northern California, a discovery that sparked the California gold rush.
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In 1835, a ...
Today is Friday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2026. There are 342 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 23, 1870, approximately 200 Piegan Blackfoot tribe members, mostly women, children and older adults, were killed by U.S. Army troops under the command of Major Eugene Mortimer ...
Today in History: January 22, Supreme Court issues Roe v. Wade decision
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Today is Thursday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2026. There are 343 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, declared ...
Today in History: January 21, first US case of COVID-19 confirmed
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Today is Wednesday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of 2026. There are 344 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 21, 2020, the U.S. reported its first known case of the 2019 novel coronavirus ...
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2026. There are 345 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 20, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president of the United States, succeeding Jimmy Carter.
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Today in History: January 17, US alcohol prohibition begins
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Today is Saturday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2026. There are 348 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 17, 1920, prohibition of alcohol began in the United States as the Volstead Act went into ...
Today in History: January 16, Bush announces Operation Desert Storm
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Today is Friday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2026. There are 349 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 16, 1991, in a televised address to the nation, U.S. President George H.W. Bush ...
Today in History: January 15, US Airways jet makes emergency landing in Hudson River
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Today is Thursday, Jan. 15, the 15th day of 2026. There are 350 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 15, 2009, US Airways Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger landed ...
Today in History: January 14, Lance Armstrong admits to using performance-enhancing drugs
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Today is Wednesday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of 2026. There are 351 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 14, 2013, cyclist Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denial by ...
Today is Monday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2026. There are 353 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 12, 1969, the biggest upset in Super Bowl history occurred as the New York Jets of the American Football League defeated the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League 16-7 in ...
Today is Saturday, Jan. 10, the 10th day of 2026. There are 355 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 10, 1982, San Francisco 49ers receiver Dwight Clark caught a touchdown pass from Joe Montana with 58 seconds left in the NFC Championship Game; one of the most famous plays in ...
Today is Friday, Jan. 9, the ninth day of 2026. There are 356 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 9, 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone at the Macworld conference in San Francisco.
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In 1861, Mississippi became the second state to secede from ...
Today is Thursday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2026. There are 357 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union address, declared an "unconditional war on poverty in America."
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In 1790, President George ...
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2026. There are 358 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 7, 2015, masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French newspaper that had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, methodically killing 12 people, including the ...
Today in History: January 6, Trump supporters storm Capitol to stop certification of Biden victory
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Today is Tuesday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2026. There are 359 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 6, 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump, fueled ...
Today in History: January 5, construction begins on Golden Gate Bridge
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Today is Monday, Jan. 5, the fifth day of 2026. There are 360 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 5, 1933, construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge; the bridge was completed in ...
Today in History: January 3, the ‘Curse of the Bambino’ begins
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Today is Saturday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2026. There are 362 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 3, 1920, Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold the contract of Babe Ruth to the New ...
Today is Friday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2026. There are 363 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 2, 2016, a heavily armed group led by brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, beginning a 41-day standoff to protest the imprisonment ...
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 31, the 366th and final day of 2025. This is New Year's Eve.
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On Dec. 31, 1879, Thomas Edison first demonstrated his electric incandescent lights for the public by illuminating some 100 bulbs in and around his laboratory in Menlo Park, New ...
