SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2008

Today is Saturday, January 26, the 26th day of 2008. There are 340 days left in the year.

66 _ The fifth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

1340 _ English king Edward III proclaimed king of France

1531 _ Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die

1699 _ Venice, Poland and Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey

1748 _ England, the Netherlands, Austria and Sardinia sign anti-French treaty

1790 _ Mozart's opera ``Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna

1797 _ Russia, Prussia and Austria sign treaty

1838 _ Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to prohibit alcohol

1871 _ U.S. income tax repealed

1886 _ Karl Benz patents the first auto with burning motor

1905 _ Han Yong-woon (Manhae) (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea

1915 _ Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, established

1929 _ Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence

1939 _ Filming begins on ``Gone With the Wind"

1939 _ Franco conquers Barcelona

1940 _ Nazis forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains

1945 _ Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp

1950 _ India becomes a republic ceasing to be a British dominion

1965 _ South Vietnam military coup under General Nguyen Khanh

1998 _ Intel launches 333 MHz Pentium II chip