September 26th, 1954

Born on September 26th, 1954

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What happened on September 26th, 1954?

September 26th, 1954

The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tōya_Maru

What else happened on September 26th?

September 26th, 2010

Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove and three Afghan colleagues were kidnapped by members of the Taliban in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.

September 26th, 2008

Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy flew a wingpack powered by jet engines across the English Channel.

September 26th, 1983

Cold War: Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war by identifying as a false alarm signals that appeared to indicate an impending U.S. missile attack.

September 26th, 1968

The Beatles completed the recording of John Lennon's song "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", regarded by all the band members as their favourite on the album The Beatles.

September 26th, 1959

Japan was struck by Typhoon Vera, the strongest and deadliest typhoon on record to make landfall on the country, causing damage in excess of US$261 million and more than 5,000 deaths.

September 26th, 1944

World War II: The Soviet Army completed the Tallinn Offensive, driving German forces out of Estonia.

September 26th, 1928

The Nationalist government of China adopted Gwoyeu Romatzyh as the official system for the romanization of Mandarin Chinese.

September 26th, 1917

World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood, part of the Battle of Passchendaele, began near Ypres, Belgium.

September 26th, 1907

The British Colony of New Zealand officially became a dominion to reflect its political independence since the 1850s.

September 26th, 1580

English explorer Francis Drake's galleon the Golden Hind (replica pictured) sailed into Plymouth, completing his circumnavigation of the globe.

September 26th, 1493

Pope Alexander VI issued the papal bull Dudum siquidem, one of the Bulls of Donation, marking the beginning of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

September 26th, 1087

William II, son of William the Conqueror, was crowned king of England.

January 1st, 1970

Julius Caesar dedicated the Temple of Venus Genetrix in Rome to Venus, the mythical ancestor of his family.

September 26th, 2014

A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico.

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

Born on September 26th, 1954

69

Birgitte Raaberg

Danish actress

*September 26th, 1954, Frederiksberg

69

Cesar Rosas

Mexican musician

*September 26th, 1954, Hermosillo

69

Alice

Italian singer

*September 26th, 1954, Forlì

69

Craig Chaquico

American guitarist

*September 26th, 1954, Sacramento

69

Mauro Sandreani

Italian football player and manager (born 1954)

*September 26th, 1954, Rome

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Who's birthday is on September 26th?

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

66

Klaus Augenthaler

German association football player and manager

*September 26th, 1957, Fürstenzell

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

67

Linda Hamilton

American actress

*September 26th, 1956, Salisbury

73

Olivia Newton-John

British-Australian singer (1948-2022)

*September 26th, 1948, Cambridge †August 8th, 2022, Santa Ynez Valley

27

Marina Sena

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*September 26th, 1996, Taiobeiras

42

Serena Williams

American tennis player (born 1981)

*September 26th, 1981, Saginaw

50

Christine Wiegand

German director and screenwriter (1965-2016)

*September 26th, 1965, Dortmund †June 5th, 2016, Berlin

36

Scott Evans

Irish badminton player

*September 26th, 1987, Dublin

61

Steve Moneghetti

Australian long distance runner

*September 26th, 1962, Ballarat

70

Hans-Heinrich Jordan

German politician (1948-2019)

*September 26th, 1948, Jübar †June 18th, 2019

47

Michael Ballack

German association football player

*September 26th, 1976, Görlitz

68

Richy Müller

German actor

*September 26th, 1955, Mannheim

78

Gib Guilbeau

Musician and songwriter

*September 26th, 1937, Sunset †April 12th, 2016, Los Angeles

68

Carlene Carter

American country singer-songwriter

*September 26th, 1955, Nashville

58

Petro Poroshenko

President of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019

*September 26th, 1965, Bolhrad

77

Mary Beth Hurt

American stage and film actress

*September 26th, 1946, Marshalltown

76

T. S. Eliot

US-born British poet (1888–1965)

*September 26th, 1888, St. Louis †January 4th, 1965, Kensington

80

Paul VI

Head of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978

*September 26th, 1897, Concesio †August 6th, 1978, Castel Gandolfo

79

Christiane Rohde

Danish actress, born in 1944

*September 26th, 1944, Copenhagen

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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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