October 26th, 1954

Born on October 26th, 1954

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What happened on October 26th?

October 26th, 1871

Liberian president Edward James Roye (pictured) was overthrown in modern Africa's first coup d'état.

October 26th, 2001

President George W. Bush signed the Patriot Act into law (pictured), significantly expanding the authority of United States law enforcement agencies.

October 26th, 2000

Following protests against military leader Robert Guéï, Laurent Gbagbo became the president of Ivory Coast.

October 26th, 1977

Somali hospital cook Ali Maow Maalin began displaying symptoms of smallpox, becoming the last person known to be naturally infected by the disease.

October 26th, 1955

The first buildings in the sacred Oyasato-yakata complex of the Japanese new religious movement Tenrikyo in Tenri, Nara, were completed.

October 26th, 1921

The Chicago Theatre (pictured), the oldest surviving grand movie palace, opened.

October 26th, 1905

The Saint Petersburg Soviet held its first meeting, becoming the first elected body in Russia to represent workers.

October 26th, 1902

A group of Russian explorers led by Baron von Toll left their camp on Bennett Island and disappeared without a trace.

October 26th, 1892

Ida B. Wells (pictured) began to publish her research on lynching in the United States, for which she was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2020.

October 26th, 1813

War of 1812: British forces and Mohawk allies under Charles de Salaberry repulsed an American attempt to invade Canada.

October 26th, 1597

Japanese invasions of Korea: Thirteen Korean ships commanded by Admiral Yi Sun-sin defeated a far larger Japanese invading fleet at the Battle of Myeongnyang in the Myeongnyang Strait.

October 26th, 1341

The Byzantine army proclaimed chief minister John VI Kantakouzenos emperor, triggering a civil war between his supporters and those of John V Palaiologos, the heir to the throne.

October 26th, 2015

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in South Asia, killing 399 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.

October 26th, 2012

Microsoft made a public release of Windows 8 and made it available on new PCs.

October 26th, 2004

Rockstar Games releases Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the PlayStation 2 in North America, which sold 12 million units for the PS2, becoming the console's best-selling video game.

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

Born on October 26th, 1954

69

D. W. Moffett

American actor

*October 26th, 1954, Highland Park

69

James Pickens

American actor

*October 26th, 1954, Cleveland

69

Lauren Tewes

American actress

*October 26th, 1954, Braddock

69

Stephen L. Carter

American legal academic and writer

*October 26th, 1954, Washington, D.C.

69

Olivia Bucio

Mexican actor, television actor and stage actor

*October 26th, 1954, Uruapan

69

Christoph Nix

German intendant, lawyer, writer

*October 26th, 1954, Ehringshausen

69

Gilbert Rozon

Canadian businessman

*October 26th, 1954, Montreal

69

Adam Mars-Jones

British writer

*October 26th, 1954, London

69

Vasilis Hatzipanagis

Greek footballer born in the Soviet Union

*October 26th, 1954, Tashkent

69

Gavin de Becker

American engineer

*October 26th, 1954, United States of America

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

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

67

Rita Wilson

American actress, singer and producer

*October 26th, 1956, Hollywood

64

Evo Morales

President of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019

*October 26th, 1959, Oruro

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

29

Melati Daeva Oktavianti

Indonesian badminton player

*October 26th, 1994, Serang City

64

François Chau

Cambodian American actor

*October 26th, 1959, Phnom Penh

71

Bob Hoskins

English actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

90

Diana Ingro

Argentinian actress

*October 26th, 1926, Ramos Mejía †March 23rd, 2017, Buenos Aires

50

Seth MacFarlane

American writer, actor, and producer (born 1973)

*October 26th, 1973, Kent

70

Keith Strickland

American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, composer

*October 26th, 1953, Athens

67

Mike Godwin

American attorney and author

*October 26th, 1956, United States of America

62

Uhuru Kenyatta

4th President of Republic of Kenya (2013–2022)

*October 26th, 1961, Nairobi

79

François Mitterrand

21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995

*October 26th, 1916, Jarnac †January 8th, 1996, 7th arrondissement of Paris

60

Leon Trotsky

Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)

*October 26th, 1879, Bereslavka †August 21st, 1940, Coyoacán

71

Lars Peter Hansen

American economist

*October 26th, 1952, Urbana

70

Robert Westenberg

American actor

*October 26th, 1953, Miami Beach

52

Anthony Rapp

American actor

*October 26th, 1971, Chicago

72

Julian Schnabel

American painter and filmmaker

*October 26th, 1951, New York City

41

Nicola Adams

British boxer

*October 26th, 1982, Leeds

62

Paul Farmer

American anthropologist, 1959-2022

*October 26th, 1959, North Adams †February 21st, 2022, Butaro

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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