January 26th, 1949

Born on January 26th, 1949

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 26th, 1949?

January 26th, 1949

The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).

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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.

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What else 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, 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.

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

Born on January 26th, 1949

75

David Strathairn

American actor (born 1949)

*January 26th, 1949, San Francisco

75

Jonathan Carroll

American fiction writer

*January 26th, 1949, New York City

75

Marie Seurat

Syrian novelist

*January 26th, 1949, Aleppo

75

Alain Flick

French actor

*January 26th, 1949, Paris

75

Frank Kendall III

26th United States Secretary of the Air Force

*January 26th, 1949, Pittsfield

75

Nebiha Gueddana

Tunisian politician

*January 26th, 1949, Tunis

75

Nand Kishore Garg

Indian politician

*January 26th, 1949, Delhi

71

Nella Brambatti

Italian politician (1949-2020)

*January 26th, 1949, Fermo †November 12th, 2020, Fermo

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

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

41

Lee Jae-jin

South Korean badminton player

*January 26th, 1983, Miryang

76

Corky Laing

Canadian musician

*January 26th, 1948, Montreal

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

71

Klaus Müller

German footballer (1953–)

*January 26th, 1953, Dresden

97

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

40

Silvi Antarini

Indonesian badminton player

*January 26th, 1984, Jakarta

58

Jörg Haider

Austrian politician (1950-2008)

*January 26th, 1950, Bad Goisern am Hallstättersee †October 11th, 2008, Köttmannsdorf

69

Lucía Méndez

Mexican recording artist, actress and singer

*January 26th, 1955, León Municipality

66

Ellen DeGeneres

American television hoste

*January 26th, 1958, Metairie

83

Paul Newman

American actor and film director (1925–2008)

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

74

Jack Youngblood

American football player (born 1950)

*January 26th, 1950, Jacksonville

78

Bernard Tapie

French businessman and politician

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

71

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Former Prime Minister of Denmark and former Secretary General of NATO

*January 26th, 1953, Ginnerup Parish

73

Christoph Butterwegge

German political scientist

*January 26th, 1951, Albersloh

29

Kim Peyton

American swimmer

*January 26th, 1957, Hood River †December 13th, 1986, Stanford

56

Matt Rippy

American actor

*January 26th, 1968, Houston

45

Huang Chia-Chi

Australian badminton player, former Taiwanese badminton player

*January 26th, 1979, Taipei

Same year
Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

74

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

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No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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