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Sunday, 26 January 2020

2005

Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles.

2004

President Hamid Karzai signs the new constitution of Afghanistan.

A whale explodes in the town of Tainan, Taiwan. A build-up of gas in the decomposing sperm whale is suspected of causing the explosion.

2001

An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.

1998

Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

1992

Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.

1991

Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.

1980

Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.

1978

The Great Blizzard of 1978, a rare blizzard|severe blizzard with the lowest non-tropical atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the US, strikes the Ohio

1966

The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia.

FACTOIDS

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh sold only one painting in his lifetime.

Blue Whale

The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived.

Gold

Every ton of seawater contains approximately 1 milligram of dissolved gold.

Mosquito

Studies show that mosquitoes prefer biting blondes to brunettes.

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