February 26th, 1953

Born on February 26th, 1953

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What 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.

February 26th, 2012

Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida.

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

Born on February 26th, 1953

71

Michael Bolton

American singer-songwriter

*February 26th, 1953, New Haven

71

Hubert Linard

Cyclist

*February 26th, 1953, Clérey

71

Bree Walker

American actor and reporter

*February 26th, 1953, Oakland

69

Jean Teulé

French writer

*February 26th, 1953, Saint-Lô †October 18th, 2022, 3rd arrondissement of Paris

71

Theodore Mook

American musician

*February 26th, 1953, Mount Kisco

71

Halvor Nordhaug

Norwegian bishop

*February 26th, 1953, Norway

71

Fernando Villapol

Spanish sculptor

*February 26th, 1953, San Tiso d'Abres

71

Sergei Loiko

Russian journalist, writer, photographer and translator

*February 26th, 1953, Mikkeli

71

Peter Staengle

German germanist, philologist and specialist in literature

*February 26th, 1953, Heidenheim an der Brenz

71

Barbara Niven

American actress

*February 26th, 1953, Portland

71

Marcel Gumbs

Prime Minister of Sint Maarten

*February 26th, 1953, Curaçao

71

Helge Svensen

Norwegian luger

*February 26th, 1953, Oslo

71

Gary L. Stewart

Writer, mystic

*February 26th, 1953, Stockton

71

Dino Porrini

Italian bicycle racer

*February 26th, 1953, Volta Mantovana

71

Alan McGuckian

Irish Roman Catholic prelate (born 1953)

*February 26th, 1953, Ballymena

71

David Millage

American politician

*February 26th, 1953, Portland

71

John Tresize

Australian rules footballer

*February 26th, 1953, Bendigo

71

Jim Crichton

Canadian musician

*February 26th, 1953, Oakville

67

Douglas Rolfe

Cricketer

*February 26th, 1953, Melbourne †June 1st, 2020, Adelaide

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70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

27

Zheng Siwei

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1997, Wenzhou

30

Neslihan Arın

Turkish female badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Osmangazi

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

30

Kalle Koljonen

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Helsinki

70

Leon de Winter

Dutch writer and director

*February 26th, 1954, 's-Hertogenbosch

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

41

Laura de Boer

Dutch actress

*February 26th, 1983, Amsterdam

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

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

74

Helen Clark

Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008

*February 26th, 1950, Te Pahu

71

Johnny Cash

American country singer (1932–2003)

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

43

Jiang Yanmei

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1981, Guangdong

70

Ahmed Zewail

Egyptian scientist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipient

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

36

Rie Eto

Japanese badminton player

*February 26th, 1988, Oita Prefecture

83

Victor Hugo

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

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

71

John Giblin

British musician

*February 26th, 1952, Lanarkshire †May 14th, 2023

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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

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

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

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

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