Lady Gaga (left) and Beyoncé (right)

"Telephone" is a song by Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé (both pictured) and released on January 26, 2010. "Telephone" conveys Gaga's fear of not finding time for fun given the increasing pressure for her to work harder. The song consists of an expanded bridge and verse-rap; Beyoncé appears in the middle of the song, singing the verses in a "rapid-fire" way, accompanied by double beats. "Telephone" received positive reviews from critics who praised Gaga's chemistry with Beyoncé. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. The song charted in many countries and sold 7.4 million digital copies worldwide in 2010, making it the year's fourth best-selling single. The music video follows Beyoncé as she bails Gaga out of prison for killing her boyfriend and ends with the two trying to escape a high-speed police chase. The video received generally positive reviews and was nominated for three awards at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. (Full article...)

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Sam Kee Building

• ... that the Sam Kee Building (pictured), recognized by Guinness World Records as the narrowest commercial building in the world, was built on a bet between two businessmen?
• ... that a group of 25 women disfigured by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima traveled to the United States in the 1950s to receive reconstructive surgery?
• ... that Mary Sheffield is the youngest elected member and the youngest president in the Detroit City Council's history?
• ... that fans speculated that Charli XCX wrote "Sympathy Is a Knife" about Taylor Swift and her relationship with Matty Healy?
• ... that the capture of the crusader Bertrand of Toulouse by Muslims was blamed by an anonymous monk on the "treachery" of Queen Melisende and Countess Hodierna?
• ... that the Chinook Indian Nation became a federally recognized tribe in 2001, but had its status revoked the following year?
• ... that Liang Sishun published an anthology of Chinese poetry in 1908, when she was about fifteen years old?
• ... that Eoscorpius, despite living hundreds of millions of years ago, has been noted for its similarity to modern scorpions?
• ... that a Greek academic compared the Frankish Tower in Athens with the droppings of birds of prey?

Grand Kartal Hotel in 2007

• A fire at a ski resort hotel (pictured) in Kartalkaya, Turkey, leaves at least 78 people dead and 51 others injured.
• A series of attacks by the National Liberation Army in the Catatumbo region of Colombia leaves more than 80 people dead.
• A ceasefire agreement suspends the Israel–Hamas war, involving the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners.
• Two Supreme Court judges are assassinated in a shooting at the Supreme Court of Iran in Tehran.

January 26: Australia Day (1788); Republic Day in India (1950)

Painting of Ali's assassination

• 661 – Ali, the fourth Rashidun caliph, was assassinated (depicted) by Ibn Muljim, leading to the end of the caliphate.
• 1788 – Captain Arthur Phillip and the British First Fleet landed at Sydney Cove on the shore of Port Jackson, establishing the first permanent European settlement in Australia.
• 1885 – Mahdist War: The siege of Khartoum ended as Mahdist forces defeated the Egyptian garrison and captured the city.
• 1934 – Hurtig & Seamon's New Burlesque Theater in New York City reopened as the Apollo Theater, becoming one of the nation's premier venues for African-American performers.
• 2015 – A jet fighter crashed at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people and injuring 21 others.