March 26th, 1952

Born on March 26th, 1952

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

March 26th, 2010

An explosion, allegedly caused by a North Korean torpedo, sank the South Korean warship ROKS Cheonan near Baengnyeongdo in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 sailors.

March 26th, 1999

A jury began deliberations in the trial of Jack Kevorkian, an American practitioner of physician-assisted suicide who was charged with murder in the death of a terminally ill patient.

March 26th, 1997

Police in Rancho Santa Fe, California, discovered the bodies of 39 members of the religious group Heaven's Gate who had died in an apparent cult suicide.

March 26th, 1979

With the signing of a peace treaty in Washington, D.C., Egypt became the first Arab country officially to recognize Israel.

March 26th, 1975

The Biological Weapons Convention, the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of an entire category of weapons, entered into force.

March 26th, 1953

Jonas Salk announced the successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children.

March 26th, 1939

Spanish Civil War: Nationalists began their final offensive of the war, at the end of which they controlled almost the entire country.

March 26th, 1917

First World War: Attempting to advance into Palestine, the British were defeated by Ottoman troops at the First Battle of Gaza.

March 26th, 1913

First Balkan War: After a five-month siege, Bulgarian and Serbian forces (artillery pictured) captured the Ottoman city of Adrianople.

March 26th, 1896

An explosion at the Brunner Mine in New Zealand killed 65 coal miners in the country's deadliest mining accident.

March 26th, 1885

Perceiving that the Canadian government was failing to protect their rights, the Métis people led by Louis Riel began the North-West Rebellion.

March 26th, 1873

A Dutch military expedition was launched to bombard Banda Aceh, the capital of the Aceh Sultanate in present-day Indonesia, beginning the Aceh War.

March 26th, 1812

The Boston Gazette printed a cartoon coining the term "gerrymander", named after Governor Elbridge Gerry (pictured), who approved the legislation that created oddly shaped electoral districts.

March 26th, 1697

The Safavid Empire began a four-year occupation of the Ottoman city of Basra on the Persian Gulf.

March 26th, 1484

William Caxton (pictured) printed the first English translation of Aesop's Fables.

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

Born on March 26th, 1952

69

David Amess

British politician (1952–2021)

*March 26th, 1952, Plaistow †October 15th, 2021, Leigh-on-Sea

72

Yoshitaka Amano

Japanese painter, character designer, illustrator, book designer (1952-)

*March 26th, 1952, Shizuoka

72

Franz Hiesl

Austrian politician

*March 26th, 1952, Waizenkirchen

72

Pedro J. Ramírez

Spanish journalist

*March 26th, 1952, Logroño

35

Didier Pironi

French racing driver (1952-1987)

*March 26th, 1952, Alès †August 23rd, 1987, Isle of Wight

72

T. A. Barron

American writer

*March 26th, 1952, Boston

72

Bill Ingebrigtsen

American politician

*March 26th, 1952, Karlstad

72

Jan Burian

Czech presenter, writer and singer

*March 26th, 1952, Prague

72

Monika Peikert

German pentathlete

*March 26th, 1952, Forst

72

Mark Stanhope

Royal Navy officer

*March 26th, 1952, Hammersmith

72

Dato Sri Tahir

Indonesian businessman

*March 26th, 1952, Surabaya

72

Ueli Leuenberger

Swiss politician

*March 26th, 1952, Herzogenbuchsee

72

Bodo Henkel

German presenter (radio and TV) and voice actor

*March 26th, 1952, Kiel

69

Pavol Szikora

Slovak racewalker

*March 26th, 1952, Lučenec †May 22nd, 2021, Fiľakovo

72

Virgil Livers

American football player

*March 26th, 1952, Fairfield

72

Steve T. Kirby

American politician

*March 26th, 1952, Sioux Falls

72

Randy Poltl

American football player (born 1952)

*March 26th, 1952, Long Beach

72

Martin O'Doherty

Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer

*March 26th, 1952, Galway

72

Hans Wieselgren

Swedish fencer

*March 26th, 1952, Gothenburg

72

Gary Ruvkun

American geneticist

*March 26th, 1952, Berkeley

72

Ylli Pango

Albanian academic

*March 26th, 1952, Tirana

72

Willington Ortiz

Colombian footballer

*March 26th, 1952, Tumaco

72

Paolo Damiani

Jazz cellist

*March 26th, 1952, Rome

72

Toyohiko Hozumi

Japanese handball player

*March 26th, 1952, Hyōgo Prefecture

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74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

71

Lincoln Chafee

American politician and former United States Senator from Rhode Island

*March 26th, 1953, Providence

73

Carl Wieman

Nobel prize winning US physicist

*March 26th, 1951, Corvallis

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

75

Uwe Beckmeyer

German politician

*March 26th, 1949, Bremerhaven

31

Suci Rizky Andini

Indonesia badminton player

*March 26th, 1993, Bandung City

71

Elaine Chao

18th United States Secretary of Transporation and 24th United States Secretary of Labor

*March 26th, 1953, Taipei

74

Alan Silvestri

American composer and conductor

*March 26th, 1950, New York City

83

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

*March 26th, 1941, Nairobi

67

Shirin Neshat

Iranian artist, film director, and photographer

*March 26th, 1957, Qazvin

52

Marleve Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1972, Ternate City

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

60

Michael Frontzeck

German association football player and manager

*March 26th, 1964, Mönchengladbach

77

John Rowles

New Zealand singer

*March 26th, 1947, Whakatāne

71

Stefan Armbruster

German rower

*March 26th, 1953, Baden-Baden

37

Nic Strange

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1987, Bangor

76

Steven Tyler

American singer

*March 26th, 1948, New York City

80

Diana Ross

American vocalist, music artist and actress

*March 26th, 1944, Detroit

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Born in 1952

71

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

*October 7th, 1952, V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6

71

Larry Elder

American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952)

*April 27th, 1952, Los Angeles

71

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

64

Ina-Maria Federowski

German singer (1952-2017)

*September 28th, 1952, Freital †July 13th, 2017, Berlin

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

49

Douglas Adams

English author and humourist (1952–2001)

*March 11th, 1952, Cambridge †May 11th, 2001, Santa Barbara

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

*February 2nd, 1952, Sonneberg †October 24th, 2016, Dresden

72

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

72

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

72

Lennart Fagerlund

Cyclist

*April 2nd, 1952, Nässjö

72

Magnar Åm

Norwegian composer

*April 9th, 1952, Trondheim

71

Joachim Kaps

German actor and voice actor

*November 3rd, 1952, Görlitz

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

71

Liam Neeson

Northern Irish actor (born 1952)

*June 7th, 1952, Ballymena

71

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist

*June 7th, 1952, Istanbul

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

71

Mandy Patinkin

American actor and singer

*November 30th, 1952, Chicago

71

John Goodman

American actor, voice artist and comedian (born 1952)

*June 20th, 1952, Affton

71

Stephen Lang

American actor

*July 11th, 1952, New York City

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

*July 31st, 1952, Montevideo †February 19th, 2017, Montevideo

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Leap year

Yes: 1952 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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