January 26th, 1955

Born on January 26th, 1955

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 26th?

January 26th, 1974

Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashed while taking off from İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, killing 67 people.

January 26th, 1545

The Council of Trent officially separates Roman Catholicism and Protestantism

January 26th, 2009

Rioting broke out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that led to the deposal of President Marc Ravalomanana.

January 26th, 2001

An earthquake in the Indian state of Gujarat killed at least 13,000 people, injured 167,000 others and destroyed nearly 400,000 homes.

January 26th, 1998

In a nationally televised press conference, U.S. president Bill Clinton denied having "sexual relations" with intern Monica Lewinsky.

January 26th, 1972

JAT Flight 367 exploded in mid-air over Czechoslovakia; the only survivor of the 28 on board, flight attendant Vesna Vulović, fell 10,160 m (33,330 ft), setting the record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute.

January 26th, 1966

The three Beaumont children disappeared from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.

January 26th, 1952

Spontaneous anti-British riots erupted in Cairo following the killings of 50 Egyptian auxiliary police officers the previous day.

January 26th, 1950

Indian independence movement: India became a republic under a new constitution, with Rajendra Prasad as president and Jawaharlal Nehru as prime minister.

January 26th, 1949

The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory (pictured) in California, the largest aperture optical telescope in the world for 28 years, saw first light.

January 26th, 1945

Audie Murphy engaged in action at the Colmar Pocket that won him a Medal of Honor and made him one of the most famous and decorated U.S. soldiers of World War II.

January 26th, 1918

A group of Red Guards hung a red lantern atop the tower of the Helsinki Workers' House, symbolically marking the start of the Finnish Civil War.

January 26th, 1905

The 3,106-carat (621 g) Cullinan Diamond (pictured), the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, was discovered at the Premier Mine in Gauteng, South Africa.

January 26th, 1841

Commodore Gordon Bremer took formal possession of Hong Kong Island for the United Kingdom at Possession Point.

January 26th, 1808

William Bligh, the governor of New South Wales, was deposed in the only military coup in Australian history.

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

Born on January 26th, 1955

69

Lucía Méndez

Mexican recording artist, actress and singer

*January 26th, 1955, León Municipality

65

Eddie Van Halen

Dutch-American rock guitarist (1955–2020)

*January 26th, 1955, Amsterdam †October 6th, 2020, Santa Monica

69

Roberto Citran

Italian actor

*January 26th, 1955, Padua

69

Björn Andrésen

Swedish actor and musician

*January 26th, 1955, Stockholm

69

Joe Pettini

American baseball player and coach

*January 26th, 1955, Wheeling

69

Edward Troup

British tax lawyer and civil servant

*January 26th, 1955, Reading

69

Nadia Urbinati

Italian-American political scientist

*January 26th, 1955, Rimini

69

Philippe Martin

Belgian racing driver

*January 26th, 1955, City of Brussels

69

Shane Howard

Australian singer

*January 26th, 1955, Dennington

69

George Tokoro

Japanese Singer-songwriter, comedian, tarento

*January 26th, 1955, Saitama Prefecture

69

Pete Wagner

American editorial cartoonist

*January 26th, 1955, Milwaukee

69

Dora Irizarry

Puerto Rican judge serving in New York, US

*January 26th, 1955, San Sebastián

69

Bob Hensgens

Member of Louisiana State Legislature

*January 26th, 1955, Cameron Parish

69

Valerii Semenets

Rector of the Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics, head of Academic Council, head of Admmission Board, professor of MTE Department, member of the specialized scientific council, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor.

*January 26th, 1955, Hrebinka

69

Jonathan Gregg

American musician

*January 26th, 1955, New York City

69

Nicolas Michelin

French architect

*January 26th, 1955, Neuilly-sur-Seine

69

José Irene Álvarez Ramos

Mexican politician

*January 26th, 1955, Navojoa

69

Ted Long

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 26th, 1955, Woodstock

69

Paolo Dal Fiume

Italian association football player

*January 26th, 1955, Giacciano con Baruchella

69

Roger Hansbury

English footballer (born 1955)

*January 26th, 1955, Barnsley

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Who's birthday is on January 26th?

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

41

Lee Jae-jin

South Korean badminton player

*January 26th, 1983, Miryang

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

71

Klaus Müller

German footballer (1953–)

*January 26th, 1953, Dresden

66

Ellen DeGeneres

American television hoste

*January 26th, 1958, Metairie

29

Kim Peyton

American swimmer

*January 26th, 1957, Hood River †December 13th, 1986, Stanford

71

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Former Prime Minister of Denmark and former Secretary General of NATO

*January 26th, 1953, Ginnerup Parish

40

Silvi Antarini

Indonesian badminton player

*January 26th, 1984, Jakarta

97

Heinz Kessler

German military officer, Armeegeneral in the former National People's Army of East Germany (1920-2017)

*January 26th, 1920, Lubań †May 2nd, 2017, Berlin

56

Matt Rippy

American actor

*January 26th, 1968, Houston

83

Paul Newman

American actor and film director (1925–2008)

*January 26th, 1925, Shaker Heights †September 26th, 2008, Westport

45

Huang Chia-Chi

Australian badminton player, former Taiwanese badminton player

*January 26th, 1979, Taipei

79

Jeremy Rifkin

American economist

*January 26th, 1945, Denver

39

Adam Cwalina

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1985, Częstochowa

32

Marvin Plattenhardt

German association football player

*January 26th, 1992, Filderstadt

66

Kerstin Gerschau

East German gymnast

*January 26th, 1958, Leipzig

61

José Mourinho

Portuguese association football manager and former player

*January 26th, 1963, Setúbal

31

Yang Li Lian

Malaysian badminton player

*January 26th, 1993, Selangor

Same year
Born in 1955

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

68

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

68

Guillermo Lasso

47 president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

68

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, London

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

56

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

68

Steve Jones

English guitarist

*September 3rd, 1955, Shepherd's Bush

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

61

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

68

Caroline Loeb

French actress and singer

*October 5th, 1955, Neuilly-sur-Seine

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

69

Uwe Reinders

German association football player and manager

*January 19th, 1955, Essen

61

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

69

Steve Mann

British chemist

*April 1st, 1955, Leeds

69

Jair Bolsonaro

President of Brazil from 2019 to 2022

*March 21st, 1955, Glicério

68

Adolf Sauerland

German politician

*June 4th, 1955, Duisburg

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

69

Martin Jehne

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 27th, 1955, Hamburg

68

Isabelle Adjani

French actress

*June 27th, 1955, 17th arrondissement of Paris

68

Whoopi Goldberg

American actress, comedian, author and television personality

*November 13th, 1955, New York City

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No: With 365 days 1955 is a normal year and no leap year.

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