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January 20, 1926
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Headlines from January 20, 1926
M'LAUGHLIN OUSTS DRINKING POLICEMAN; Summary Action Jolts Whole Force -- He Warns That the Unfit Will Have to Go. TAKES CHARGE OF TRIALS Appears Suddenly at Brooklyn Headquarters and Deals Severely With Offenders. M'LAUGHLIN OUSTS DRINKINGPOLICEMAN
Dismisses 2 firemen on intoxication charges
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MEXICO DEFENDS LAND AND OIL LAW AS WITHIN RIGHTS; Foreign Secretary Denies It Is Retroactive or Confiscatory or Infringes Citizenship.
Text and analysis of statement in defense of Mexican Land Petroleum bills sent to Amb Tellez in Wash
Highest Price for Autograph, $22,500, Paid For That of Gwinnett, Signer of Declaration
Highest price ever paid for a single signature paid for autograph of B Gwinnett, signer of Declaration of Independence
Notable Births
1926Patricia Neal, American actress (died 2010)[†]
Patricia Neal was an American actress of stage and screen. She is well known for, among other roles, playing World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), radio journalist Marcia Jeffries in A Face in the Crowd (1957), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and the worn-out housekeeper Alma Brown in Hud (1963). She also featured as the matriarch in the television film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971); her role as Olivia Walton was re-cast for the series it inspired, The Waltons. A major star of the 1950s and 1960s, she was the recipient of an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and two British Academy Film Awards, and was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards.

1926David Tudor, American pianist and composer (died 1996)[†]
David Eugene Tudor was an American pianist and composer of experimental music.