This Day: January 26

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Zodiac

Aquarius

Highlights

1788 - The British establish the first European settlement in Australia with a shipful of convicts

1950 - India gained independence from Britain

1988 - The Phantom of the Opera premiered in New York

Birthdays

1880 - Douglas MacArthur, U.S. general

1891 - Frank Costello, gangster

1892 - Zara Cully, actress "The Jeffersons"

1892 - Bessie Coleman, pilot

1925 - Paul Newman, actor

1944 -Angela Davis, activist

1955 - Eddie Van Halen, guitarist

1958 - Anita Baker, R&B singer

1958 - Ellen DeGeneres, host

1961 - Wayne Gretzky, hockey player

1970 - Kirk Franklin, gospel singer

1976 - Tye Tribbett, gospel singer

1977 - Vince Carter, basketball player

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