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Today in History: Thursday, January\u00a0 26, 2017<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Jan. 26, 1998, President Bill Clinton denied having an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, telling reporters, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.”
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1788<\/td>\nThe first European settlers in Australia landed in present-day Sydney.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1802<\/td>\nCongress passed an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1837<\/td>\nMichigan became the 26th state.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1861<\/td>\nLouisiana seceded from the Union.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1870<\/td>\nVirginia rejoined the Union.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1925<\/td>\nActor Paul Newman was born in Cleveland, Ohio.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950<\/td>\nIndia proclaimed itself a republic.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1979<\/td>\nFormer Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller died at age 70.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nThe Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Phantom of the Opera,” the longest-running show in Broadway history, opened at the Majestic Theater in New York.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1993<\/td>\nFormer Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel was elected president of the new Czech Republic.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nFirst lady Hillary Rodham Clinton testified before a grand jury connected to the Whitewater probe.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nAn earthquake hit the Indian subcontinent, killing more than 13,000 people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nCondoleezza Rice was sworn in as secretary of state.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nConfronted by Oprah Winfrey on her syndicated talk show, author James Frey acknowledged lies in his addiction memoir “A Million Little Pieces.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\n“Octomom” Nadya Suleman of Whittier, Calif., gave birth to octuplets conceived by in vitro fertilization. Suleman was already a mother of six.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres turns 59 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Bob Uecker<\/td>\nSportscaster-actor<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scott Glenn<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark Dayton<\/td>\nGovernor of Minnesota<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Strathairn<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jack Youngblood<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lucinda Williams<\/td>\nCountry singer<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eddie Van Halen<\/td>\nRock musician (Van Halen)<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wayne Gretzky<\/td>\nHockey Hall of Famer<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew Ridgeley<\/td>\nRock musician (Wham!)<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sara Rue<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emily Hughes<\/td>\nFigure skater<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Dallas Mavericks guard Vince Carter turns 40 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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