What Happened on January 26, 1970

• "Bridge over Troubled Water" 5th and final studio album by Simon & Garfunkel is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year, Best Engineered Non-Classical Album 1971)
• Australian Open Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats fellow Australian Kerry Melville Reid 6-1, 6-3; Court retains title for 9th Australian singles crown and 1st leg of her Grand Slam
• Pendleton, Ford & Cryer's "Last Sweet Days of Isaac," premieres in NYC

• Kirk Franklin, American gospel singer, choir director, and 16 time Grammy Award-winner, born in Fort Worth, Texas

Holidays: Australia Day (Australia), Republic Day (India)

• #1 Song: I Want You Back - Jackson 5
• #1 Song: Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse