26 Jan 1925: U.S. #actor, race car driver and #philanthropist Paul Newman is born in #Cleveland, Ohio. He won an Academy Award for his performance in the 1986 movie The Color of Money. He died in Westport, #Connecticut on Sept. 26, 2008. #AcademyAwards #ad amzn.to/366yXfu
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26 Jan 1819/1893: U.S. Civil War General Abner Doubleday, who is credited with inventing #baseball in Cooperstown, New York, is born in Ballston Spa, NY. He also died #OTD in Mendham, New Jersey. He's buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. #ad amzn.to/2Y7DoSO
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26 Jan 1880: General Douglas #MacArthur is born in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was the youngest general in the U.S. #Army in #WWI, commander of all U.S. Army forces in the South Pacific in #WWII, and commanded U.N. forces in South #Korea. #HappyBirthday #ad amzn.to/3qOPpZz
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26 Jan 1699: The Treaty of #Carlowitz is signed, ending war between the #Ottoman Empire and the #Holy League (Austria, Poland, Venice, and Russia), resulting in the transfer of Transylvania and much of #Hungary from Turkey to Austrian. #history #OTD #ad amzn.to/3c9wLro
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26 Jan 1944: Under pressure from the U.S., #Argentina severs relations with Germany and Japan after the U.S. uncovers a German spy ring in the country. Argentina was officially neutral but was supportive of Germany during #WWII up to this point. #OTD #ad amzn.to/3QiASlu
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26 Jan 1823: Edward Jenner, who created the concept of vaccines and created the #smallpox vaccine- the world's first vaccine- dies in Berkeley, England. #history #vaccine #OnThisDay #ad amzn.to/2VWdnbz bit.ly/3rdxeQQ
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26 Jan 1788: Australians celebrate to commemorate the arrival of the First Fleet of #British ships at Port Jackson, New South #Wales, and the raising of the flag of Great #Britain by #Governor Arthur #Phillip. Known as #Australia Day. #history #OTD #ad amzn.to/2KPYhio
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26 Jan 1934: Nazi #Germany and Poland sign a 10-year non-aggression pact. #Poland became the first country to form such an agreement with Germany after Adolf Hitler took power just a year before. #WW2 #WWII #history #HistoryMatters #OTD #ad amzn.to/3c7wODX
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26 Jan 1925: U.S. #actor, race car driver and philanthropist Paul Newman is born in #Cleveland, Ohio. He won an Academy Award for his performance in the 1986 movie The Color of Money. He died in Westport, #Connecticut on Sept. 26, 2008. #AcademyAwards #ad amzn.to/366yXfu
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26 Jan 1819/1893: U.S. Civil War General Abner #Doubleday, who is credited with inventing #baseball in Cooperstown, New York, is born in Ballston Spa, NY. He also died #OTD in Mendham, New Jersey. He's buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. #ad amzn.to/2Y7DoSO
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26 Jan 1880: General Douglas MacArthur is born in Little Rock, #Arkansas. He was the youngest general in the U.S. #Army in #WWI, commander of all U.S. Army forces in the South Pacific in #WWII, and commanded U.N. forces in South #Korea. #HappyBirthday #ad amzn.to/3qOPpZz
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26 Jan 1699: The Treaty of #Carlowitz is signed, ending war between the #Ottoman Empire and the #Holy League (Austria, Poland, Venice, and Russia), resulting in the transfer of #Transylvania and much of #Hungary from Turkey to Austrian. #history #OTD #ad amzn.to/3c9wLro
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26 Jan 1944: Under pressure from the U.S., Argentina severs relations with Germany and Japan after the U.S. uncovers a German spy ring in the country. Argentina was officially neutral but was supportive of Germany during #WWII up to this point. #OTD #ad amzn.to/3QiASlu
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26 Jan 1823: Edward Jenner, who created the concept of vaccines and created the #smallpox vaccine- the world's first vaccine- dies in Berkeley, England. #history #vaccine #OTD #ad amzn.to/2VWdnbz bit.ly/3rdxeQQ
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26 Jan 1788: Australians celebrate to commemorate the arrival of the First Fleet of #British ships at Port Jackson, New South #Wales, and the raising of the flag of Great #Britain by #Governor Arthur #Phillip. Known as #Australia Day. #history #ad amzn.to/2KPYhio
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25 Jan 1946: Soviets begin their quest for an #atomic bomb. #Soviet dictator #Stalin calls physicist Igor #Kurchatov to #Moscow where he orders him to spare no expense in getting #nuclear weapons. By 1950, there were 400K people working on the project. #ad amzn.to/3c6mxrz
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25 Jan 1858: "The Wedding March" by Felix #Mendelssohn is played at the wedding of #Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of #Prussia at St. James Place in #London, making it the popular #weddingmarch it is today. #weddingmarch #history #ad amzn.to/39aIGmP
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25 Jan 1963: #Canadian William Wilson #Kettle dies at the age of 102, leaving an amazing 582 #descendants, including 65 grandchildren, 201 great-grandchildren, and 305 great-great-grandchildren. #family #prolific #history #OTD #ad amzn.to/36a5otf
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25 Jan 1972: Shirley Chisholm announces her candidacy for the President of the United States at the Concord #Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn. She is the first African #American to seek a major party’s nomination for President. #OTD #BlackHistory #ad amzn.to/3WhPN2b
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25 Jan 1533: #King Henry VIII of #England secretly #marries his second wife Anne #Boleyn. He would marry six different #women in all. #history #HistoryMatters #OTD #BritishHistory #ad bit.ly/3rdxeQQ amzn.to/3pgqsps
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25 Jan 1942: During World War II, Thailand, whose prime minister was pro-Japanese, declares war on the United States and #Britain. Originally, when the war first started, #Thailand had declared its #neutrality. #WWII #WW2 #history #HistoryMatters #OTD #ad amzn.to/399Mpkt
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25 Jan 1943: During the Battle of #Stalingrad, the Soviet Red #Army captures the last German airfield in the city. The #Germans would #surrender on February 2. #WWII #WW2 #history #HistoryMatters #OnThisDay #ad amzn.to/3qH85dE
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25 Jan 1861: Ferdinand #Schavers, an African-American, becomes U.S. #President Abraham Lincoln's first #bodyguard. #history #HistoryMatters #OTD #SecretService #ad amzn.to/3obkrJn
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25 Jan 1858: "The Wedding March" by Felix #Mendelssohn is played at the wedding of #Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of #Prussia at St. James Place in #London, making it the popular #wedding march it is today. #weddingmarch #history #ad amzn.to/39aIGmP
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25 Jan 1963: #Canadian William Wilson #Kettle dies at the age of 102, leaving an amazing 582 #descendants, including 65 grandchildren, 201 great-#grandchildren, and 305 great-great-grandchildren. #family #prolific #history #OnThisDate #ad amzn.to/36a5otf
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25 Jan 1972: #ShirleyChisholm announces her candidacy for the President of the United States at the Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn. She is the first African American to seek a major party’s nomination for President. #history #OTD #ad amzn.to/3WhPN2b
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25 Jan 1533: #King Henry VIII of #England secretly #marries his second wife Anne #Boleyn. He would marry six different #women in all. #history #HistoryMatters #OnThisDate #BritishHistory #ad bit.ly/3rdxeQQ amzn.to/3pgqsps
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25 Jan 1942: During World War II, #Thailand, whose prime minister was pro-Japanese, declares war on the United States and #Britain. Originally, when the war first started, Thailand had declared its #neutrality. #WWII #WW2 #history #HistoryMatters #OTD #ad amzn.to/399Mpkt
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25 Jan 1943: During the Battle of #Stalingrad, the Soviet Red #Army captures the last German airfield in the city. The #Germans would #surrender on February 2. #WWII #WW2 #history #HistoryMatters #OnThisDate #ad amzn.to/3qH85dE
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25 Jan 1861: Ferdinand #Schavers, an African-American, becomes U.S. #President Abraham #Lincoln's first #bodyguard. #history #HistoryMatters #OnThisDate #SecretService #ad amzn.to/3obkrJn
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25 Jan 1858: "The Wedding March" by Felix #Mendelssohn is played at the wedding of #Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of #Prussia at St. James Place in #London, making it the popular #wedding march it is today. #weddingmarch #history #ad amzn.to/39aIGmP
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25 Jan 1963: #Canadian William Wilson #Kettle dies at the age of 102, leaving an amazing 582 #descendants, including 65 grandchildren, 201 great-#grandchildren, and 305 great-great-grandchildren. #family #prolific #history #OTD #ad amzn.to/36a5otf
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25 Jan 1972: Shirley Chisholm announces her candidacy for the President of the United States at the Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn. She is the first African American to seek a major party’s nomination for President. #history #BlackHistory #ad amzn.to/3WhPN2b
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25 Jan 1533: #King Henry VIII of #England secretly #marries his second wife Anne #Boleyn. He would marry six different #women in all. #history #HistoryMatters #OTD #BritishHistory #ad bit.ly/3rdxeQQ amzn.to/3pgqsps
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