April 26th, 1945

Born on April 26th, 1945

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What happened on April 26th, 1945?

April 26th, 1945

World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army liberate Baguio as they fight against the Japanese forces under General Tomoyuki Yamashita.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baguio

What else 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).

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

Born on April 26th, 1945

71

Howard Davies

British theatre and television director (1945-2016)

*April 26th, 1945, Durham †October 25th, 2016

78

Winfried Glatzeder

German actor

*April 26th, 1945, Sopot

78

Osmel Sousa

Cuban-Venezuelan beauty pageant gurú

*April 26th, 1945, Rodas

78

Ondřej Neff

Czech photographer, publicist, translator and writer

*April 26th, 1945, Prague

78

Petr Oslzlý

Czech theater manager

*April 26th, 1945, Konice

78

Richard Armitage

American diplomat and government official (born 1945)

*April 26th, 1945, Boston

78

Jorge Serrano Elías

President of Guatemala

*April 26th, 1945, Guatemala City

78

Sylvain Simard

Canadian politician

*April 26th, 1945, Saguenay

78

Dick Johnson

Australian racing driver

*April 26th, 1945, Queensland

72

Chuck Blazer

American soccer administrator

*April 26th, 1945, Queens †July 12th, 2017, New Jersey

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

72

Werner Biskup

German association football player and manager (1942–2014)

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

35

Amelia Alicia Anscelly

Malaysian badminton player

*April 26th, 1988, Kota Kinabalu

53

Melania Trump

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

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

87

Zvi Yavetz

Israeli historian, professor

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

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

90

Carol Burnett

American actress, comedian and singer

*April 26th, 1933, San Antonio

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

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

83

Giorgio Moroder

Italian record producer and composer

*April 26th, 1940, Urtijëi

43

Channing Tatum

American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)

*April 26th, 1980, Cullman

45

Stana Katic

Canadian actress

*April 26th, 1978, Hamilton

74

John Deely

American philosopher and semiotician

*April 26th, 1942, Chicago †January 7th, 2017, Greensburg

62

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

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

80

Peter Zumthor

Swiss architect

*April 26th, 1943, Basel

60

Jet Li

Chinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor (born 1963)

*April 26th, 1963, Beijing

67

Diethard Prengel

German cinematographer

*April 26th, 1956, Celle

62

Anthony Cumia

American talk radio broadcaster

*April 26th, 1961, Elwood

34

Luke Bracey

Australian actor

*April 26th, 1989, Sydney

63

Allan Peiper

Road cyclist

*April 26th, 1960, Alexandra

Same year
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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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1945 is a normal year and no leap year.

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