January 26th, 1941

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Born on January 26th, 1941 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
Born on January 26th, 1941: When to retire?
What happened on January 26th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 26th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1941)

Born on January 26th, 1941

Weekday

Sunday

January 26th, 1941 was a Sunday.

Age

People born on January 26th, 1941 turned 83 this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1941 - February 19th, 1941

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 30,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 597 days, exactly on December 11th, 2025, people who were born on January 26th, 1941 will be 31,000 days old!

30,403 Days

4,343 Weeks

998 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

Born on January 26th, 1941: When to retire?

Birth

67 80

Childhood & Education 20 Years

Work 47 Years

Retirement 13 Years

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What happened on January 26th?

January 26th, 1974

Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashed while taking off from İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, killing 67 people.

January 26th, 1545

The Council of Trent officially separates Roman Catholicism and Protestantism

January 26th, 2009

Rioting broke out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that led to the deposal of President Marc Ravalomanana.

January 26th, 2001

An earthquake in the Indian state of Gujarat killed at least 13,000 people, injured 167,000 others and destroyed nearly 400,000 homes.

January 26th, 1998

In a nationally televised press conference, U.S. president Bill Clinton denied having "sexual relations" with intern Monica Lewinsky.

January 26th, 1972

JAT Flight 367 exploded in mid-air over Czechoslovakia; the only survivor of the 28 on board, flight attendant Vesna Vulović, fell 10,160 m (33,330 ft), setting the record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute.

January 26th, 1966

The three Beaumont children disappeared from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.

January 26th, 1952

Spontaneous anti-British riots erupted in Cairo following the killings of 50 Egyptian auxiliary police officers the previous day.

January 26th, 1950

Indian independence movement: India became a republic under a new constitution, with Rajendra Prasad as president and Jawaharlal Nehru as prime minister.

January 26th, 1949

The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory (pictured) in California, the largest aperture optical telescope in the world for 28 years, saw first light.

January 26th, 1945

Audie Murphy engaged in action at the Colmar Pocket that won him a Medal of Honor and made him one of the most famous and decorated U.S. soldiers of World War II.

January 26th, 1918

A group of Red Guards hung a red lantern atop the tower of the Helsinki Workers' House, symbolically marking the start of the Finnish Civil War.

January 26th, 1905

The 3,106-carat (621 g) Cullinan Diamond (pictured), the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, was discovered at the Premier Mine in Gauteng, South Africa.

January 26th, 1841

Commodore Gordon Bremer took formal possession of Hong Kong Island for the United Kingdom at Possession Point.

January 26th, 1808

William Bligh, the governor of New South Wales, was deposed in the only military coup in Australian history.

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

Born on January 26th, 1941

Kurt Laurenz Metzler

Swiss sculptor

*January 26th, 1941, Balgach

Scott Glenn

American actor

*January 26th, 1941, Pittsburgh

Joan A. Steitz

American biochemist

*January 26th, 1941, Minneapolis

Doug Rogers

Canadian Judoka (1941-2020)

*January 26th, 1941, Truro †July 20th, 2020, Vancouver

Jochen Missfeldt

German screenwriter and writer

*January 26th, 1941, Satrup

Heinrich von Pierer

German businessman

*January 26th, 1941, Erlangen

Waldemar Franklin Quintero

Commander of the Colombian National Police in Antioquia Province

*January 26th, 1941, Bucaramanga †August 1st, 1989, Medellín

Louwrien Wijers

Dutch artist and writer

*January 26th, 1941, Aerdenhout

Arturo Di Modica

Italian-American sculptor (1941-2021)

*January 26th, 1941, Vittoria †February 19th, 2021, Vittoria

Bekele Alemu

Ethiopian boxer

*January 26th, 1941, Addis Ababa

Gary Moeller

American football player and coach (1941–2022)

*January 26th, 1941, Lima †July 11th, 2022, Lima

Manfred Wuttich

German footballer (1941-2018)

*January 26th, 1941, Frankfurt (Oder) †August 1st, 2018, Brunswick

Jaakko Asikainen

Finnish sport shooter

*January 26th, 1941, Ekenäs †November 4th, 2017

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

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

Lee Jae-jin

South Korean badminton player

*January 26th, 1983, Miryang

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

Bernard Tapie

French businessman and politician

*January 26th, 1943, 20th arrondissement of Paris †October 3rd, 2021, hôtel de Cavoye

Heinz Kessler

German military officer, Armeegeneral in the former National People's Army of East Germany (1920-2017)

*January 26th, 1920, Lubań †May 2nd, 2017, Berlin

Jeremy Rifkin

American economist

*January 26th, 1945, Denver

Paul Newman

American actor and film director (1925–2008)

*January 26th, 1925, Shaker Heights †September 26th, 2008, Westport

Silvi Antarini

Indonesian badminton player

*January 26th, 1984, Jakarta

Martín von Hildebrand

American ethnologist (1943-)

*January 26th, 1943, New York City

Klaus Müller

German footballer (1953–)

*January 26th, 1953, Dresden

Ellen DeGeneres

American television hoste

*January 26th, 1958, Metairie

Lucía Méndez

Mexican recording artist, actress and singer

*January 26th, 1955, León Municipality

Marvin Plattenhardt

German association football player

*January 26th, 1992, Filderstadt

Huang Chia-Chi

Australian badminton player, former Taiwanese badminton player

*January 26th, 1979, Taipei

Adam Cwalina

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1985, Częstochowa

Matt Rippy

American actor

*January 26th, 1968, Houston

Nicolae Ceaușescu

Romanian communist leader from 1965 to 1989

*January 26th, 1918, Scornicești †December 25th, 1989, Târgoviște

Ercole Baldini

Italian professional road racing cyclist

*January 26th, 1933, Forlì †December 1st, 2022, Forlì

Same year
Born in 1941

Rolf Zacher

German actor (1941–2018)

*March 28th, 1941, Berlin †February 3rd, 2018, Hamburg

Volker Fadinger

German classical scholar and historian

*February 7th, 1941, Schulzendorf

Dieter Wedel

German director and screenwriter

*November 12th, 1941, Frankfurt †July 13th, 2022, Hamburg

Bernie Sanders

United States Senator from Vermont since 2007

*September 8th, 1941, Brooklyn

Bob Dylan

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

*May 24th, 1941, Duluth

Sergio Mattarella

President of Italy since 2015

*July 23rd, 1941, Palermo

Nicole Leblanc

Canadian actress

*September 2nd, 1941, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine †May 23rd, 2017, Montreal

Daniel Toscan du Plantier

French film producer

*April 7th, 1941, Chambéry †February 11th, 2003, Berlin

Gary Austin

American theatre director (1941-2017)

*October 18th, 1941, Duncan †April 1st, 2017, Los Angeles

Heinz Heinen

German-Belgian historian (1941-2013)

*September 14th, 1941, Sankt Vith †June 21st, 2013, Trier

Cesária Évora

Cape Verdean singer (1941–2011)

*August 27th, 1941, Mindelo †December 17th, 2011, Mindelo

Hans-Peter Reinecke

German actor (1941-2005)

*May 16th, 1941, Magdeburg †November 20th, 2005, Berlin

Jared Martin

American actor (1941-2017)

*December 21st, 1941, Queens †May 24th, 2017, Philadelphia

Karin Tietze-Ludwig

German television presenter

*May 31st, 1941, Siegen

Diethelm Ferner

German association football player and manager

*July 13th, 1941 †November 7th, 2023

Anne Rice

American writer

*October 4th, 1941, New Orleans †December 11th, 2021, Rancho Mirage

Faye Dunaway

American actress

*January 14th, 1941, Bascom

Patrick Gomes

*November 3rd, 1941, Georgetown

Martha Stewart

American businesswoman, writer, television personality, and former fashion model

*August 3rd, 1941, Jersey City

Kim Jong-il

Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011

*February 16th, 1941, Vyatskoye †December 17th, 2011, Pyongyang

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 26th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 26th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVI.I.MCMXLI

26.1.1941

Legend

M = 1000

CM = 900

XL = 40

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Born on January 26th, 1941
Future birthdays

85

2026Monday, January 26th

88

2029Friday, January 26th

90

2031Sunday, January 26th

95

2036Saturday, January 26th

99

2040Thursday, January 26th

100

2041Saturday, January 26th

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1941 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1941

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1			1	2	3	4	5
2	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
3	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
4	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
5	27	28	29	30	31

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January 26th, 1941

Born on January 26th, 1941

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 30,000 days old!

30,403 Days

4,343 Weeks

998 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

Born on January 26th, 1941: When to retire?

Please adjust life expectancy

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What happened on January 26th?

Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashed while taking off from İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, killing 67 people.

The Council of Trent officially separates Roman Catholicism and Protestantism

Rioting broke out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that led to the deposal of President Marc Ravalomanana.

An earthquake in the Indian state of Gujarat killed at least 13,000 people, injured 167,000 others and destroyed nearly 400,000 homes.

In a nationally televised press conference, U.S. president Bill Clinton denied having "sexual relations" with intern Monica Lewinsky.

JAT Flight 367 exploded in mid-air over Czechoslovakia; the only survivor of the 28 on board, flight attendant Vesna Vulović, fell 10,160 m (33,330 ft), setting the record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute.

The three Beaumont children disappeared from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.

Spontaneous anti-British riots erupted in Cairo following the killings of 50 Egyptian auxiliary police officers the previous day.

Indian independence movement: India became a republic under a new constitution, with Rajendra Prasad as president and Jawaharlal Nehru as prime minister.

The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory (pictured) in California, the largest aperture optical telescope in the world for 28 years, saw first light.

Audie Murphy engaged in action at the Colmar Pocket that won him a Medal of Honor and made him one of the most famous and decorated U.S. soldiers of World War II.

A group of Red Guards hung a red lantern atop the tower of the Helsinki Workers' House, symbolically marking the start of the Finnish Civil War.

The 3,106-carat (621 g) Cullinan Diamond (pictured), the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, was discovered at the Premier Mine in Gauteng, South Africa.

Commodore Gordon Bremer took formal possession of Hong Kong Island for the United Kingdom at Possession Point.

William Bligh, the governor of New South Wales, was deposed in the only military coup in Australian history.

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

Born on January 26th, 1941

Swiss sculptor

American actor

American biochemist

Canadian Judoka (1941-2020)

German screenwriter and writer

German businessman

Commander of the Colombian National Police in Antioquia Province

Dutch artist and writer

Italian-American sculptor (1941-2021)

Ethiopian boxer

American football player and coach (1941–2022)

German footballer (1941-2018)

Finnish sport shooter

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

Same year Born in 1941

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 26th

Alberic of Cîteaux

Blessed Gabriele Allegra

Paula

Timothy and Titus

January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Australia Day (Australia)

Duarte Day (Dominican Republic)

Engineer's Day (Panama)

International Customs Day

Liberation Day (Uganda)

Republic Day (India)

Saint Alberic of Cîteaux

Saint Paula of Rome

Saint Timothy and Saint Titus

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

26.1.1941

Legend

Born on January 26th, 1941 Future birthdays

85

88

90

95

99

100

Leap year

Calendar January 1941

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 30,000 days old!

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

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

Same year
Born in 1941

Born on January 26th, 1941
Future birthdays

Calendar
January 1941