February 26th, 1955

Born on February 26th, 1955

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What happened on February 26th?

February 26th, 2014

Former editor-in-chief of Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao Kevin Lau was stabbed, prompting concerns and protests about media freedom.

February 26th, 2013

A hot air balloon crashed near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people in the deadliest ballooning disaster in history.

February 26th, 2012

African-American teenager Trayvon Martin was killed by neighborhood-watch coordinator George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, prompting a nationwide controversy.

February 26th, 2008

In the first significant cultural visit from the United States to North Korea since the Korean War, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang.

February 26th, 1995

Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in London, was declared insolvent after its head derivatives trader in Singapore, Nick Leeson, lost £827 million while making unauthorised trades on futures contracts.

February 26th, 1979

The Superliner railcar entered revenue service with Amtrak.

February 26th, 1936

Imperial Japanese Army troops attempted a coup d'etat, occupying parts of Tokyo, and killing several politicians, including finance minister Takahashi Korekiyo.

February 26th, 1935

With the aid of a radio station in Daventry, England, and two receiving antennae, Scottish engineer and inventor Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrated the use of radar.

February 26th, 1917

The Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded "Livery Stable Blues", the first jazz single ever released.

February 26th, 1914

RMS Britannic, the third and largest Olympic-class ocean liner of the White Star Line after RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, was launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast.

February 26th, 1815

Napoleon escaped from the Italian island of Elba (depicted), to which he had been exiled after the signing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau.

February 26th, 1266

Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: Manfred, King of Sicily, was killed in the Battle of Benevento against the forces of Charles of Anjou.

February 26th, 2019

Indian Air Force fighter-jets targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot.

February 26th, 2013

A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.

February 26th, 2012

Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida.

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

Born on February 26th, 1955

69

Eusebio Unzué

Spanish cycling team manager

*February 26th, 1955, Orkoien

69

Andreas Maislinger

Austrian political scientist

*February 26th, 1955, Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg

69

Stuart Etherington

British charity executive and former social worker

*February 26th, 1955, Epsom

69

Udo Corts

German politician

*February 26th, 1955, Hanover

69

Rupert Keegan

Racecar driver

*February 26th, 1955, Westcliff-on-Sea

69

Verka Borisova

Volleyball player

*February 26th, 1955, Bulgaria

69

Nico Bodonczy

American soccer player

*February 26th, 1955, Santiago

69

Stan Mavis

American distance runner

*February 26th, 1955, United States of America

69

Barry Dean

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 26th, 1955, Maple Creek

69

Michael Lorkowski

German footballer and manager

*February 26th, 1955, Hamburg

69

John Inge

Bishop of Worcester; Bishop of Huntingdon (born 1955)

*February 26th, 1955, Folkestone

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Who's birthday is on February 26th?

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

27

Zheng Siwei

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1997, Wenzhou

30

Neslihan Arın

Turkish female badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Osmangazi

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

30

Kalle Koljonen

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Helsinki

70

Leon de Winter

Dutch writer and director

*February 26th, 1954, 's-Hertogenbosch

66

Tim Kaine

United States Senator from Virginia since 2013

*February 26th, 1958, Saint Paul

65

Ásdís Thoroddsen

Icelandic actress and film director

*February 26th, 1959, Reykjavík

41

Laura de Boer

Dutch actress

*February 26th, 1983, Amsterdam

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

68

Catherine Byrne

Irish politician

*February 26th, 1956, Bluebell

24

Yeat

American rapper singer-songwriter, and record producer (born. 2000)

*February 26th, 2000, Irvine

71

Johnny Cash

American country singer (1932–2003)

*February 26th, 1932, Kingsland †September 12th, 2003, Nashville

65

Ahmet Davutoğlu

Turkish politician

*February 26th, 1959, Taşkent

43

Jiang Yanmei

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1981, Guangdong

74

Helen Clark

Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008

*February 26th, 1950, Te Pahu

36

Rie Eto

Japanese badminton player

*February 26th, 1988, Oita Prefecture

83

Victor Hugo

French novelist, poet, and dramatist (1802–1885)

*February 26th, 1802, Besançon †May 22nd, 1885, Paris

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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

56

Steve Jobs

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

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

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

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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