WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2011

Today is Wednesday, January 26, the 26th day of 2011. There are 339 days left in the year.

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

1838 ― Tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol

1841 ― Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain

1875 ― Electric dental drill is patented by George F. Green

1905 ― Han Yong-un [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea

1926 ― Television first demonstrated (John L Baird, London)

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

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

1961 ― ``Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley peaks to No. 1

1998 ― President Clinton says ``I want to say one thing to the American people, I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky"