Discover what happened on 26 January 1916 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
- Hans Martin (German composer (1916-2007))
- Rudolf Heinz Fischer (Austrian politician (1916–2011))
- Isidore Newman (British spy (1916-1944))
- Ted Allan (Canadian writer (1916-1995))
- Feliciano Benvenuti (Italian jurist (1916-1999))
- Giovanni Venditto (Italian association football player (1916-1974))
- Giuseppe Maria Scotese (Italian painter and film director (1916-2002))
- Loris Biagioni (Italian politician (1916–1998))
- Pavel Kolesnik (Russian military personnel)
- Nikolay Solomin (painter (1916-1999))
- Asoka Karunaratne (Sri Lankan politician (1916-1988))
- Benjamin Munson (American physician)
- David Steuart (Canadian politician)
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- Q19705456 (Bulgarian politician)
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- Hugh Howison Hotson (United States botanist (1916-1995))
- Hr̥dayacandasiṃha Pradhāna (Nepalese writer)
- Börje Negelius
- Velia Abdel-Huda (Turkish art historian and socialite)
- William Wynkoop
- K Ragnar Oldberg
- Bohuslav Teplý
- Gordon Watson (World class Australian squash player and coach)
- Tom Gaskell (British oceanographer and geophysicist)
- Stan Puls (American musician (1916–1998))
- Aleksander Kierek (Polish economist)
- Marius Jeuken (Dutch scientist)
- Oleg Stepanenko (Soviet and Ukrainian theater and film production designer)
- Béla Németh (Hungarian ophthalmologist, university teacher (1916–1988))
- Zikmund Schlik (Czech nobleman (1916-1988))
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- Alo Hoidre (Estonian artist)
- Frances Fraser ((born 1916))
- John Michael Richmond Paton (Peerage person ID=357198)
- Cynthia Nina Seddon-Brown ((born 1916))
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- František Kostrbel
- Jaroslav Pokorný
- Jerzy Roszak
- Josef Macheiner
- Edvard Fried (Holocaust victim (born 1916))
- Susanne Krausz (Holocaust victim (born 1916))
- Augusta Kriesserová (Holocaust victim (born 1916))
- Geraldo Zago (person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection)
- Leon Adamczak (Polish law student named Righteous Among the Nations)
- Oldřich Březina
- Pavel Kudlač
- James B. Stephenson (American judge (c. 1916–2005))
- Toshio Tamagawa (Japanese business manager)
- Hilda Truslow Berry Sanford
- Jens Peder Dall (Danish architect)
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- Jakob Dübendorfer
Deaths
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