January 26th
177 Notable deaths
William Jackson
Scottish curler.
Born March 14th, 1871 in South Lanarkshire.
Died January 26th, 1955 at 83 years old in South Lanarkshire.
Yukiaki Okabe
Japanese olympic swimmer (1941-2018).
Born April 24th, 1941 in Takatsuki.
Died January 26th, 2018 at 76 years old in Osaka Prefecture (pneumonia). [ref]
Witold Doroszewski
Polish lexicographer and linguist.
Born May 1st, 1899 in Moscow. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1976 at 76 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Boris Evseevitch Bychowsky
Russian scientist (parasitologist).
Born August 27th, 1908 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 26th, 1974 at 65 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Karl-Heinz Narjes
German politician (1924-2015).
Born January 30th, 1924 in Soltau.
Died January 26th, 2015 at 90 years old in Bonn.
Gaositwe Keagakwa Tibe Chiepe
Motswana politician (1922–2025).
Born October 20th, 1922 in Serowe.
Died January 26th, 2025 at 102 years old [ref]
Keith Thomson
New zealand cricketer and field hockey player.
Born February 26th, 1941 in Methven.
Died January 26th, 2023 at 81 years old in Christchurch. [ref]
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir