Discover what happened on 26 January 1903 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Births
- Edward Killy (American film director (1903-1981))
- Franz Marx (German politician (1903-1985))
- Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German legal historian (1903-1989))
- Johannes Ludwig Rupp (German politician and lawyer (1903-1978))
- Josephine Klee-Helmdach (German actor and journalist (1903–1994))
- Maurice Delbouille (Belgian politician (1903-1984))
- Madeline Gleason (American poet (1903–1979))
- Pierre Lagarde (French journalist)
- David Granger (bobsledder)
- Geoffrey Legge (Cricket player of England. (1903-1940))
- Knut Ellingsrud (Norwegian association football player (1903-1988))
- Han Lih-wu (Chinese educator, politician and diplomat)
- Francis Matthews (British Army general)
- George Neville Jones (British-American botanist (1903-1970))
- José Muñoz Román (Spanish writer (1903-1968))
- N. E. Cameron (Guyanese writer)
- Vivian Hultman (American football player (1903-1987))
- Antonio Tanguma (Mexican composer)
- Akira Mikami (Japanese linguist)
- Katsuji Itano (Japanese politician)
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- László Muskát (Hungarian athlete (1903-1966))
- Mario M. DeOptatis (American politician in New York (1903-1979))
- Pavel Henckel (Russian biologist (1903-1985))
- Max Galler (Swiss association football player (1903-1970))
- Iosif Bakhar
- Frank Mechau (American painter)
- Carmen Portinho (Brazilian civil engineer, urbanist, city planner and feminist (1903-2001))
- Jean Donald Gow (Canadian illustrator)
- Richard Schauffele (association football player (1903-1983))
- Pio Eroli (Italian painter and politician (1903-1980))
- Erik Lidström
- Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst, 6th Baronet ((1903-1995))
- Maude Evelyn Aldrich ((1903-1991))
- Bernard de Menthon (French diplomat and writer (1903-?))
- Karl Springis (Soviet geologist)
- Václav Žižka (Czechoslovak journalist)
- Samuel Bittersfeld (Holocaust victim (born 1903))
- Marjorie Ruth Dilley (American political scientist)
- Jindřich Bloch (holocaust victim, b. 1903-01-26)
- Johann Glass (Holocaust victim (born 1903))
- Lotte Herzberg-Pinthus (Holocaust victim (born 1903))
- Truda Singerová (holocaust victim, b. 1903-01-26)
- Matthias Gatterer
- Alberta van Nieuwkoop (Dutch Righteous Among the Nations)
- August Liivik (Estonian sport shooter)
- Cyril Buček
- Joseph Rytmann (cinema operator)
- John C. O’Pry (Father of Julian R. O’Pry)
- Nikolaj Rosing
- Henry Jansson
- Teógenes Ortego
- Alain Joset
- Dorothy Benrimo (jewelry artist and writer from Chile)
- Alain Joset
- Dorothy Benrimo (jewelry artist and writer from Chile)
Deaths
- Benedictus Caers