Charles Jewtraw was the inaugural winner at the Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix

On January 26, 1924

The first Winter Olympics medal was awarded to American Skater Charles Jewtraw after skating 5,000 meters in just 44 seconds.

This Day in History - January 26

1972

Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survived the world's highest fall without a parachute after falling 33,330 feet.

1531

Thirty thousand lives were lost after a major earthquake shook Lisbon.

2015

A drone crashed onto the White House lawn.

1961

Elvis Presley reached number one in the UK charts with 'Are You Lonesome Tonight?'

1926

Scottish inventor John Logie Baird changed the world of communication and entertainment forever when he demonstrated television for the first time.

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