June 26th, 1953

Born on June 26th, 1953

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What happened on June 26th, 1953?

June 26th, 1953

Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavrentiy_Beria

What else happened on June 26th?

June 26th, 2015

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that the right of same-sex couples to marry is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.

June 26th, 2013

The U.S. Supreme Court granted federal recognition to same-sex marriage when it overturned the Defense of Marriage Act.

June 26th, 2003

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down sodomy laws in the country in the landmark decision Lawrence v. Texas.

June 26th, 1997

J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first book in the Harry Potter fantasy novel series, is released.

June 26th, 1945

At a conference in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations signed a charter establishing the United Nations.

June 26th, 1918

World War I: The 26-day Battle of Belleau Wood near the Marne River in France ended with American forces finally clearing that forest of German troops.

June 26th, 1907

Organized by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, among others, Bolshevik revolutionaries robbed a bank stagecoach in Tiflis, present-day Georgia.

June 26th, 1906

The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing competition, began near Le Mans.

June 26th, 1889

Bangui, the capital and largest city of the present-day Central African Republic, was founded in French Congo.

June 26th, 1886

French chemist Henri Moissan successfully isolated elemental fluorine (pictured in liquid state), for which he later won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

June 26th, 1848

French authorities suppressed the June Days uprising, in which workers rioted in response to plans to close the National Workshops.

June 26th, 1844

Despite a thirty year age gap, Julia Gardiner Tyler married John Tyler at the Church of the Ascension and became the First Lady of the United States.

June 26th, 1740

War of Jenkins' Ear: Spanish troops stormed the British-held strategically crucial position of Fort Mose in Spanish Florida.

June 26th, 1409

The Council of Pisa elected Peter of Candia as Pope Alexander V (pictured), becoming the third simultaneous claimant of the title of leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

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

Born on June 26th, 1953

70

Robert Davi

American actor, singer, filmmaker (born 1951)

*June 26th, 1953, Astoria

70

Magnus F. Andersson

Swedish composer

*June 26th, 1953, Karlskrona

70

Daniel Senet

Weightlifter

*June 26th, 1953, Amiens

70

Fauziah Nawi

Malaysian actress, singer and dancer

*June 26th, 1953, Ipoh

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

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

30

Ariana Grande

American singer and actress (born 1993)

*June 26th, 1993, Boca Raton

62

Greg LeMond

American racing cyclist

*June 26th, 1961, Lakewood

40

Simon Stenspil

Danish actor

*June 26th, 1983, Glostrup

67

Chris Isaak

American rock musician

*June 26th, 1956, Stockton

55

Paolo Maldini

Italian association football player

*June 26th, 1968, Milan

65

Salvador Allende

28th president of Chile (1908–1973)

*June 26th, 1908, Valparaíso †September 11th, 1973, Santiago

69

Miroslav Nemec

German actor

*June 26th, 1954, Zagreb

67

Philippe Streiff

French racing driver

*June 26th, 1955, La Tronche †December 23rd, 2022, Puteaux

75

Robert Coleman Richardson

American physicist

*June 26th, 1937, Washington, D.C. †February 19th, 2013, Ithaca

72

Jürgen Rüttgers

German politician

*June 26th, 1951, Cologne

80

Claudio Abbado

Italian conductor (1933–2014)

*June 26th, 1933, Milan †January 20th, 2014, Bologna

36

Samir Nasri

French association football player (born 1987)

*June 26th, 1987, Marseille

68

Maxime Bossis

French association football player and manager

*June 26th, 1955, Saint-André-Treize-Voies

60

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Russian businessman, philanthropist and former oligarch

*June 26th, 1963, Moscow

81

Gilberto Gil

Brazilian recording artist, singer, guitarist, songwriter and politician

*June 26th, 1942, Salvador

69

Catherine Samba-Panza

Central African politician

*June 26th, 1954, N'Djamena

89

Pyotr Kapitsa

Soviet physicist

*June 26th, 1894, Kronstadt †April 8th, 1984, Moscow

68

Tom Platz

American professional bodybuilder

*June 26th, 1955, Fort Sill

66

Patty Smyth

American singer

*June 26th, 1957, New York City

Same year
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

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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