April 26th, 1899

Born on April 26th, 1899

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 26th?

April 26th, 2012

The International Hydrographic Organization abandoned South Korean-led 'attempts to rename the Sea of Japan.

April 26th, 2007

Controversy surrounding the relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a Soviet Red Army World War II memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, erupted into mass protests and riots.

April 26th, 1994

Just before landing at Nagoya Airport, Japan, the copilot of China Airlines Flight 140 inadvertently triggered the takeoff/go-around switch, causing the aircraft to crash and killing 264 of the 271 people on board.

April 26th, 1989

A tornado struck the Manikganj District of Bangladesh and killed an estimated 1,300 people, making it the deadliest tornado in history.

April 26th, 1970

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) came into being when the WIPO Convention entered into force.

April 26th, 1958

Service ended on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue Line, one of the first major electrified train lines in the U.S. (steam train pictured).

April 26th, 1944

World War II: U.S. Navy submarines began attacks on Japan's Take Ichi convoy as it sailed in waters between Taiwan and the Philippines, eventually sinking four vessels and killing more than 4,000 troops.

April 26th, 1941

Boris Kidrič and Edvard Kardelj founded the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation, the main anti-fascist Slovene civil-resistance and political organization during World War II.

April 26th, 1933

The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, was established.

April 26th, 1915

First World War: Britain, France and Russia signed a secret treaty promising territory to Italy if it joined the war on their side.

April 26th, 1865

U.S. Army soldiers cornered and fatally shot John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, ending a twelve-day manhunt.

April 26th, 1478

In a conspiracy to replace the Medici family as rulers of the Republic of Florence, the Pazzi family attacked Lorenzo de' Medici (pictured) and killed his brother Giuliano at Florence Cathedral.

April 26th, 2015

Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97.7% of the vote.

April 26th, 2005

Cedar Revolution: Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).

April 26th, 2002

Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 26th

Born on April 26th, 1899

84

Juana Mordó

Spanish art dealer and gallerist

*April 26th, 1899, Thessaloniki †March 12th, 1984, Madrid

59

Oscar Rabin

Bandleader, Musical Director, Musician

*April 26th, 1899, Riga †June 20th, 1958, London

97

Joseph Fuchs

American violinist

*April 26th, 1899, New York City †March 14th, 1997, New York City

63

Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

American actor (1899-1962)

*April 26th, 1899, Decatur †June 6th, 1962, Hollywood

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 26th?

62

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

*April 26th, 1889, Neuwaldegg †April 29th, 1951, Cambridge

45

Ernst Udet

German flying ace (1896–1941)

*April 26th, 1896, Frankfurt †November 17th, 1941, Berlin

86

Vicente Aleixandre

Spanish poet

*April 26th, 1898, Seville †December 14th, 1984, Madrid

87

Zvi Yavetz

Israeli historian, professor

*April 26th, 1925, Chernivtsi †January 7th, 2013, Tel Aviv

35

Amelia Alicia Anscelly

Malaysian badminton player

*April 26th, 1988, Kota Kinabalu

93

Rudolf Heß

German Nazi leader and Reich Minister without Portfolio (1894–1987)

*April 26th, 1894, Alexandria †August 17th, 1987, Spandau Prison

53

Melania Trump

First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

90

Carol Burnett

American actress, comedian and singer

*April 26th, 1933, San Antonio

43

Channing Tatum

American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)

*April 26th, 1980, Cullman

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

45

Stana Katic

Canadian actress

*April 26th, 1978, Hamilton

65

Giancarlo Esposito

American actor

*April 26th, 1958, Copenhagen

85

Duane Eddy

American guitarist

*April 26th, 1938, Corning

68

Peter Neururer

German association football manager

*April 26th, 1955, Marl

84

Charles Francis Richter

Seismologist and mathematician

*April 26th, 1901, Overpeck †September 30th, 1985, Pasadena

89

Douglas Sirk

German film director (1897–1987)

*April 26th, 1897, Hamburg †January 14th, 1987, Lugano

72

Werner Biskup

German association football player and manager (1942–2014)

*April 26th, 1942, Bottrop †June 22nd, 2014, Quakenbrück

34

Luke Bracey

Australian actor

*April 26th, 1989, Sydney

60

Jet Li

Chinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor (born 1963)

*April 26th, 1963, Beijing

92

Anita Loos

American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981)

*April 26th, 1889, Mount Shasta †August 18th, 1981, New York City

Same year
Born in 1899

76

Gustav Heinemann

German politician, President of Germany 1969–1974

*July 23rd, 1899, Schwelm †July 7th, 1976, Essen

80

Alfred Hitchcock

English filmmaker (1899–1980)

*August 13th, 1899, Leytonstone †April 29th, 1980, Bel Air

61

Ernest Hemingway

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

*July 21st, 1899, Oak Park †July 2nd, 1961, Ketchum

86

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)

*August 24th, 1899, Buenos Aires †June 14th, 1986, Geneva

57

Humphrey Bogart

American actor (1899–1957)

*December 25th, 1899, New York City †January 14th, 1957, Los Angeles

73

Noël Coward

English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer

*December 16th, 1899, Teddington †March 26th, 1973, Firefly Estate

82

Huang Xianfan

Chinese historian, ethnologist and educator (1899-1982)

*November 13th, 1899, Fusui County †January 18th, 1982, Guilin

72

Yasunari Kawabata

Japanese novelist (1899–1972)

*June 11th, 1899, Osaka †April 16th, 1972, Zushi

73

Paul-Henri Spaak

Belgian politician (1899-1972)

*January 25th, 1899, Schaerbeek †July 31st, 1972, Braine-l'Alleud

88

Fred Astaire

American dancer, actor, and singer (1899–1987)

*May 10th, 1899, Omaha †June 22nd, 1987, Los Angeles

52

Edwin L. Marin

American film director

*February 21st, 1899, Jersey City †May 2nd, 1951, Los Angeles

92

Friedrich Hayek

Austrian and British economist

*May 8th, 1899, Vienna †March 23rd, 1992, Freiburg im Breisgau

86

Marcel Arland

French writer

*July 5th, 1899, Varennes-sur-Amance †January 12th, 1986, Saint-Sauveur-sur-École

86

Gale Sondergaard

American actress (1899-1985)

*February 15th, 1899, Litchfield †August 14th, 1985, Woodland Hills

56

Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg

Austrian politician and nobleman (1899-1956)

*May 10th, 1899, Eferding †March 15th, 1956, Schruns

66

Gertrude Berg

American actress, screenwriter (1899-1966)

*October 3rd, 1899, New York City †September 14th, 1966, New York City

84

Gloria Swanson

American actress (1899–1983)

*March 27th, 1899, Chicago †April 4th, 1983, Weill Cornell Medical Center

69

Lucio Fontana

Italian-Argentine sculptor, painter and theorist, Manifiesto blanco, Spatialism (1899-1968)

*February 19th, 1899, Rosario †September 7th, 1968, Comabbio

75

Duke Ellington

American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)

*April 29th, 1899, Washington, D.C. †May 24th, 1974, New York City

78

Vladimir Nabokov

Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)

*April 10th, 1899, Saint Petersburg †July 2nd, 1977, Montreux

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 26th

Fixed holidays (Chernobyl disaster related observances, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on April 26th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1899 is a normal year and no leap year.

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