May 26th, 1954

Born on May 26th, 1954

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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 462 days, exactly on August 1st, 2025, people who were born on May 26th, 1954 will be 26,000 days old!

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What happened on May 26th?

May 26th, 2002

Barges being towed destroyed part of a bridge near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, causing vehicles to fall into the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River.

May 26th, 1999

Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League to become the first English football club to win three major championships in the same season.

May 26th, 1989

Tropical Storm Cecil dissipated over Laos after devastating Quảng Nam province, Vietnam, and causing the deaths of 751 people.

May 26th, 1967

The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the first progressive rock albums, was released.

May 26th, 1940

Second World War: The Allies began a mass evacuation of British, French and Belgian troops cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk.

May 26th, 1938

The House Un-American Activities Committee was established to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities by people or organizations in the U.S. suspected of having communist or fascist ties.

May 26th, 1933

American singer Jimmie Rodgers (pictured) died at the Taft Hotel in New York City.

May 26th, 1932

Donoghue v Stevenson is decided, ultimately establishing the foundation for negligence in common law jurisdictions worldwide.

May 26th, 1906

Vauxhall Bridge in London opened, crossing the River Thames between Vauxhall and Westminster.

May 26th, 1897

The Church of England returned the original manuscript of William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, an account of the Pilgrims and the early years of the Plymouth Colony, to the state of Massachusetts.

May 26th, 1894

Germany's Emmanuel Lasker defeated Wilhelm Steinitz to become world chess champion, beginning a record 27-year reign.

May 26th, 1888

The comic novel The Diary of a Nobody by brothers George and Weedon Grossmith first appeared in serial form in Punch.

May 26th, 1865

American Civil War: General Edmund Kirby Smith negotiated the surrender of his army, the only significant Confederate Army force remaining in the war.

May 26th, 1822

The deadliest fire in Norwegian history occurred at a church in Grue, killing at least 113 people.

May 26th, 1644

Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claimed victory at the Battle of Montijo.

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

Born on May 26th, 1954

69

Wolfgang Sidka

German footballer-manager

*May 26th, 1954, Lengerich

69

Marian Gold

German musician

*May 26th, 1954, Herford

69

Kevin Kennedy

American baseball manager

*May 26th, 1954, Los Angeles

69

Allan Wellman

Guatemalan footballer

*May 26th, 1954, Guatemala

69

Denis Lebel

Canadian politician

*May 26th, 1954, Roberval

69

Lisbeth Zwerger

Austrian illustrator

*May 26th, 1954, Vienna

69

Erich Hackl

Austrian writer

*May 26th, 1954, Steyr

69

Alan Hollinghurst

English writer, translator and poet

*May 26th, 1954, Stroud

27

Michael Devine

Irish hunger striker

*May 26th, 1954, Derry †August 20th, 1981, HM Prison Maze

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Who's birthday is on May 26th?

65

Wayne Hussey

English musician, singer of The Mission

*May 26th, 1958, Bristol

67

Mehdi El Glaoui

French-Moroccan actor and director

*May 26th, 1956, Choisy-le-Roi

65

Margaret Colin

American actress

*May 26th, 1958, Brooklyn

73

Wolfgang Bochow

Badminton player

*May 26th, 1944, Brunswick †September 14th, 2017, Siegburg

60

Simon Armitage

British poet, playwright, and novelist

*May 26th, 1963, Huddersfield

61

Sally Ride

American astronaut and physicist (1951-2012)

*May 26th, 1951, Los Angeles †July 23rd, 2012, La Jolla

74

Jeremy Corbyn

Former Leader of the British Labour Party, MP for Islington North

*May 26th, 1949, Chippenham

57

Helena Bonham Carter

British actress (born 1966)

*May 26th, 1966, Islington

72

Ramón Calderón

Spanish lawyer

*May 26th, 1951, Palencia

70

Michael Portillo

British journalist, broadcaster, and former politician (born 1953)

*May 26th, 1953, Bushey

66

Ulrike Lunacek

Austrian politician

*May 26th, 1957, Krems

64

Ole Bornedal

Danish film director

*May 26th, 1959, Nørresundby

37

Alexander Pushkin

Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)

*May 26th, 1799, Moscow †January 29th, 1837, Saint Petersburg

81

Peggy Lee

American recording artist; singer, songwriter, composer and actress (1920-2002)

*May 26th, 1920, Jamestown †January 21st, 2002, Los Angeles

59

Lenny Kravitz

American musician and actor (born 1964)

*May 26th, 1964, New York City

67

Simon Tahamata

Dutch footballer (born 1956)

*May 26th, 1956, Vught

72

John Wayne

American actor (1907–1979)

*May 26th, 1907, Winterset †June 11th, 1979, Westwood

89

Walter Rudersdorf

German teacher

*May 26th, 1926, Ellar †June 1st, 2015

94

Roy Dotrice

British actor (1923–2017)

*May 26th, 1923, Bailiwick of Guernsey †October 16th, 2017, London

67

Lisa Niemi

American actress and director

*May 26th, 1956, Houston

Same year
Born in 1954

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

69

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

69

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

69

Lorraine Bracco

American actress

*October 2nd, 1954, Brooklyn

70

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

67

Shinzō Abe

Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954-2022)

*September 21st, 1954, Shinjuku †July 8th, 2022, Nara Medical University Hospital

58

Hugo Chávez

President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013

*July 28th, 1954, Sabaneta †March 5th, 2013, Hospital Militar de Caracas

69

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

69

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager

*December 1st, 1954, Dossenheim

69

Sven-Erik Bucht

Swedish politician

*December 28th, 1954, Karungi

70

Eckhardt Rehberg

German politician

*April 3rd, 1954, Ribnitz-Damgarten

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

69

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

69

Kathy Kinney

American actress

*November 3rd, 1954, Stevens Point

69

Petra Uhlig

East German handball player

*July 22nd, 1954, Penig

69

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

70

Isabelle McEwen

Canadian film director

*January 6th, 1954, Montreal

69

Renate Franz

German journalist and sport historian

*November 18th, 1954, Solingen

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No: With 365 days 1954 is a normal year and no leap year.

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