January 26th, 1953

Born on January 26th, 1953

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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, 1953

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

71

Klaus Müller

German footballer (1953–)

*January 26th, 1953, Dresden

71

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Former Prime Minister of Denmark and former Secretary General of NATO

*January 26th, 1953, Ginnerup Parish

71

Lucinda Williams

American rock, folk, blues, and country music singer, songwriter and musician

*January 26th, 1953, Lake Charles

71

Margarita María Birriel Salcedo

Spanish professor, women's studies specialist

*January 26th, 1953, Madrid

71

Ulrike Poppe

Member of the East German opposition

*January 26th, 1953, Rostock

71

Csaba Markus

Hungarian artist

*January 26th, 1953, Budapest

71

Tom Bruno

Baseball player

*January 26th, 1953, Chicago

71

Geoff Bruce

American alpine skier

*January 26th, 1953, Corning

67

Alik L. Alik

Micronesian diplomat and politician

*January 26th, 1953, Kosrae †November 7th, 2020

71

Valerian Netedu

Romanian ice hockey player

*January 26th, 1953, Bucharest

71

Mark Welsh

United States general

*January 26th, 1953, San Antonio

71

Larry Hanks

American entomologist

*January 26th, 1953, Alameda County

71

Shiba Kumar Rai

Professor

*January 26th, 1953, Bhojpur Municipality

68

Ľubor Štark

Czechoslovakian sprint canoe, born 1953

*January 26th, 1953, Nitra †November 30th, 2021

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53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

41

Lee Jae-jin

South Korean badminton player

*January 26th, 1983, Miryang

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

69

Lucía Méndez

Mexican recording artist, actress and singer

*January 26th, 1955, León Municipality

66

Ellen DeGeneres

American television hoste

*January 26th, 1958, Metairie

40

Silvi Antarini

Indonesian badminton player

*January 26th, 1984, Jakarta

29

Kim Peyton

American swimmer

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

65

Eddie Van Halen

Dutch-American rock guitarist (1955–2020)

*January 26th, 1955, Amsterdam †October 6th, 2020, Santa Monica

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

79

Jeremy Rifkin

American economist

*January 26th, 1945, Denver

83

Paul Newman

American actor and film director (1925–2008)

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

56

Matt Rippy

American actor

*January 26th, 1968, Houston

73

Christoph Butterwegge

German political scientist

*January 26th, 1951, Albersloh

45

Huang Chia-Chi

Australian badminton player, former Taiwanese badminton player

*January 26th, 1979, Taipei

39

Adam Cwalina

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1985, Częstochowa

32

Marvin Plattenhardt

German association football player

*January 26th, 1992, Filderstadt

75

David Strathairn

American actor (born 1949)

*January 26th, 1949, San Francisco

78

Bernard Tapie

French businessman and politician

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

31

Yang Li Lian

Malaysian badminton player

*January 26th, 1993, Selangor

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Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

71

Jeb Bush

Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007

*February 11th, 1953, Midland

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No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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