Every day there are events, anecdotes, birthdays or deaths that need to be remembered.
Berlin – The current calendar page for January 26, 2026
Name day
Table of Contents
Notburg, Paula, Timotheus, Titus
Historical data
2021 – The number of confirmed corona cases worldwide increases to more than 100 million, according to data from the US University of Johns Hopkins. Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 2.1 million have died.
1976 – The University Framework Act comes into force in Germany. It is the first cross-state higher education law in the Federal Republic of Germany for studying, teaching and study reform.
1956 – In Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, West German and GDR athletes compete as a joint German team at the Winter Olympics for the first time.
1926 – John Logie Baird publicly presents his telescreen, a mechanical-technical forerunner of the television, in London for the first time.
1911 – Richard Strauss’s opera “Der Rosenkavalier” premieres in Dresden.
Birthdays
1981 – Gustavo Dudamel (45), Venezuelan conductor, chief conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 2009, of the New York Philharmonic from the 2026/2027 season
1971 – Hubert Aiwanger (55), German politician (Free Voters), Deputy Prime Minister of Bavaria and Minister of Economics since 2018
1951 – Christoph Butterwegge (75), German political scientist and poverty researcher, Federal Presidential candidate of the Left in 2017
1941 – Heinrich von Pierer (85), German manager, chairman of the board of Siemens AG 1992-2005
Todestage
1891 – Nicolaus Otto, German mechanical engineer, inventor of the internal combustion engine named after him (Otto engine), which came onto the market in 1876, born in 1832
