Today in History: 26th January

Hello there Gentle Readers. Lets fiddle with the knob of history as we try to tune the idiot box of time.

1885: General Gordon is killed as the Mahdi's troops capture Khartoum.

1905: The largest diamond ever found. The Cullinan is found in South Africa. It weighed over 3000 carats.

1925: Actor and salad dressing king Paul Newman is born.

1926: John Logie Baird demonstrates television for the first time.

1955: Guitarist Eddie Van Halen is born.

1998: US president Bill Clinton famously denies having sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky.

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