Thursday, January 26, 2012

TODAY IN HISTORY

JANUARY 26

1788:The first European settlers landed in Sydney, Australia.

1802:Congress passed an act calling for establishment of a library within the US Capitol.

1837:Michigan became the 26th state in the United States.

1950:India, three years after gaining its independence from the United Kingdom, formally became a republic.

1988:Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera opened on Broadway. It would go on to become the longest-running Broadway show.

1993:Vaclav Havel was elected president of the new Czech Republic.

2001:A magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked the Indian state of Gujarat, killing more than 20,000 people.


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