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1871 _ U.S. income tax repealed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