February 26th, 1945

Born on February 26th, 1945

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What happened on February 26th, 1945?

February 26th, 1945

World War II: US troops reclaim the Philippine island of Corregidor from the Japanese.

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What else happened on February 26th?

February 26th, 2014

Former editor-in-chief of Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao Kevin Lau was stabbed, prompting concerns and protests about media freedom.

February 26th, 2013

A hot air balloon crashed near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people in the deadliest ballooning disaster in history.

February 26th, 2012

African-American teenager Trayvon Martin was killed by neighborhood-watch coordinator George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, prompting a nationwide controversy.

February 26th, 2008

In the first significant cultural visit from the United States to North Korea since the Korean War, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang.

February 26th, 1995

Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in London, was declared insolvent after its head derivatives trader in Singapore, Nick Leeson, lost £827 million while making unauthorised trades on futures contracts.

February 26th, 1979

The Superliner railcar entered revenue service with Amtrak.

February 26th, 1936

Imperial Japanese Army troops attempted a coup d'etat, occupying parts of Tokyo, and killing several politicians, including finance minister Takahashi Korekiyo.

February 26th, 1935

With the aid of a radio station in Daventry, England, and two receiving antennae, Scottish engineer and inventor Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrated the use of radar.

February 26th, 1917

The Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded "Livery Stable Blues", the first jazz single ever released.

February 26th, 1914

RMS Britannic, the third and largest Olympic-class ocean liner of the White Star Line after RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, was launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast.

February 26th, 1815

Napoleon escaped from the Italian island of Elba (depicted), to which he had been exiled after the signing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau.

February 26th, 1266

Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: Manfred, King of Sicily, was killed in the Battle of Benevento against the forces of Charles of Anjou.

February 26th, 2019

Indian Air Force fighter-jets targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot.

February 26th, 2013

A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.

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

Born on February 26th, 1945

79

Mitch Ryder

American singer

*February 26th, 1945, Livonia

79

Marta Kristen

Norwegian actress

*February 26th, 1945, Oslo

79

Roland Berland

Cyclist

*February 26th, 1945, Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salle

79

Rosie Hardman

British musician

*February 26th, 1945, Manchester

77

Jan Klijnjan

Dutch footballer

*February 26th, 1945, Papendrecht †June 15th, 2022, Dordrecht

69

Siegfried Pater

German journalist and author

*February 26th, 1945, Thum †February 7th, 2015, Bonn

79

Pedro Carcuro

Chilean journalist

*February 26th, 1945, Santiago

79

Jan Jansen

Dutch track cyclist

*February 26th, 1945, Basdorf, Vöhl

79

Tina Sainz

Spanish actress

*February 26th, 1945, Madrid

61

Peter Brock

Australian racing driver

*February 26th, 1945, Richmond †September 8th, 2006, Gidgegannup

66

Vladimir Kosinsky

Swimmer

*February 26th, 1945, Kotlas †July 14th, 2011, Saint Petersburg

79

Steve Hertz

American baseball player and coach

*February 26th, 1945, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

79

Juan Carlos Buzzetti

Association football manager

*February 26th, 1945, Paso de los Toros

79

Ed Mooney

American football player

*February 26th, 1945, Brooklyn

79

Karin Erskine

Swedish costume designer

*February 26th, 1945, Stockholm

79

Károly Buzás

Hungarian amateur wrestler

*February 26th, 1945, Monor

79

Ferenc Habony

Cyclist

*February 26th, 1945, Budapest

79

Johann Schmidradner

Austrian association football player

*February 26th, 1945, Austria

79

Suzanne Bassi

American politician

*February 26th, 1945, Santa Ana

75

Ross Dykes

New Zealand cricketer (1945–2020)

*February 26th, 1945, Auckland †November 30th, 2020, Auckland

78

Giannis Ioannidis

Greek basketball player, coach, and politician

*February 26th, 1945, Thessaloniki †October 4th, 2023, Athens

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Who's birthday is on February 26th?

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

27

Zheng Siwei

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1997, Wenzhou

70

Ahmed Zewail

Egyptian scientist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipient

*February 26th, 1946, Damanhur †August 2nd, 2016, Pasadena

30

Neslihan Arın

Turkish female badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Osmangazi

30

Kalle Koljonen

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Helsinki

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

41

Laura de Boer

Dutch actress

*February 26th, 1983, Amsterdam

71

Johnny Cash

American country singer (1932–2003)

*February 26th, 1932, Kingsland †September 12th, 2003, Nashville

24

Yeat

American rapper singer-songwriter, and record producer (born. 2000)

*February 26th, 2000, Irvine

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

66

Tim Kaine

United States Senator from Virginia since 2013

*February 26th, 1958, Saint Paul

65

Ásdís Thoroddsen

Icelandic actress and film director

*February 26th, 1959, Reykjavík

86

Lawrence Montaigne

American actor (1931-2017)

*February 26th, 1931, Brooklyn †March 17th, 2017, Henderson

74

Helen Clark

Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008

*February 26th, 1950, Te Pahu

83

Victor Hugo

French novelist, poet, and dramatist (1802–1885)

*February 26th, 1802, Besançon †May 22nd, 1885, Paris

80

Dossie Easton

American author and family therapist

*February 26th, 1944, Andover

43

Jiang Yanmei

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1981, Guangdong

36

Rie Eto

Japanese badminton player

*February 26th, 1988, Oita Prefecture

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Born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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