THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012

Today is Thursday, January 26, the 26th day of 2012. There 340 days left in the year.

1697 ― Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's six-month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night

1833 ― Gaetano Donizetti's opera ``Lucrezia Borgia" premieres in Milan

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

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

1905 ― World's largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa

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

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

1956 ― Buddy Holly's first formal recording session

1988 ― ``Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 4,000+ performances

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"