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January 26

3 sourced moments from January 26 in history: Spain's Pinzón probably reached Brazil before Cabral (1500); Australia Day marks Sydney Cove, not the First Fleet's arrival (1788); and The day a doll's head became television (1926).

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3 things happened on January 26

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1926 Technology · Inventions

The day a doll's head became television

In a cramped Soho attic, a Scottish inventor showed startled scientists the flickering moving image that would reshape the century.

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1788 History · Modern

Australia Day marks Sydney Cove, not the First Fleet's arrival

The fleet reached Botany Bay on 18 January 1788 and judged it unfit; the 26 January date is when it settled at Sydney Cove instead.

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1500 History · Modern

Spain's Pinzón probably reached Brazil before Cabral

Three months before Portugal's Cabral, a former captain of Columbus's Niña probably landed in Brazil and found the Amazon. So why did Portugal keep it?

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