February 26th, 1957

Born on February 26th, 1957

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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, 1957

67

Connie Carpenter-Phinney

American racing cyclist and speed skater

*February 26th, 1957, Madison

67

Keena Rothhammer

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder

*February 26th, 1957, Little Rock

67

Ryszard Kalisz

Polish politician

*February 26th, 1957, Warsaw

67

Marcel Claude

Chilean academic and politician

*February 26th, 1957, Santiago

67

Antonello Zappadu

Italian photo reporter and publicist (born 1957)

*February 26th, 1957, Pattada

67

Bradley Mark

Australian male shooter Paralympian

*February 26th, 1957, New Zealand

67

Shaktikanta Das

Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

*February 26th, 1957, Bhubaneswar

67

Konstantinos Alexandropoulos

Greek sailor

*February 26th, 1957, Thessaloniki

67

Tzachi Hanegbi

Israeli politician

*February 26th, 1957, Jerusalem

67

Hervé Giraud

French archbishop

*February 26th, 1957, Tournon-sur-Rhône

67

David Beasley

American politician, UN official and 113th Governor of South Carolina

*February 26th, 1957, Darlington

67

Joe Mullen

American ice hockey player

*February 26th, 1957, New York City

67

Ian Villafana

American jazz musician

*February 26th, 1957, Trinidad and Tobago

67

Michael Zadoorian

American novelist

*February 26th, 1957, Detroit

67

Marco Beasley

Italian opera singer

*February 26th, 1957, Naples

67

Paul Root Wolpe

Bioethicist

*February 26th, 1957, Charleston

67

Paul J. Fishman

United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey

*February 26th, 1957, New York City

67

Miguel Zerolo Aguilar

Canarian politician

*February 26th, 1957, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

67

Charlie Nelligan

Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer

*February 26th, 1957, Castleisland

67

Alan Biley

English footballer (born 1957)

*February 26th, 1957, Leighton Buzzard

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

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

66

Tim Kaine

United States Senator from Virginia since 2013

*February 26th, 1958, Saint Paul

27

Zheng Siwei

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1997, Wenzhou

65

Ásdís Thoroddsen

Icelandic actress and film director

*February 26th, 1959, Reykjavík

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

30

Neslihan Arın

Turkish female badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Osmangazi

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

30

Kalle Koljonen

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Helsinki

41

Laura de Boer

Dutch actress

*February 26th, 1983, Amsterdam

65

Ahmet Davutoğlu

Turkish politician

*February 26th, 1959, Taşkent

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

24

Yeat

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

*February 26th, 2000, Irvine

68

Catherine Byrne

Irish politician

*February 26th, 1956, Bluebell

70

Leon de Winter

Dutch writer and director

*February 26th, 1954, 's-Hertogenbosch

43

Jiang Yanmei

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1981, Guangdong

71

Johnny Cash

American country singer (1932–2003)

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

36

Rie Eto

Japanese badminton player

*February 26th, 1988, Oita Prefecture

50

Sébastien Loeb

French racing driver

*February 26th, 1974, Haguenau

30

Xiong Mengjing

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Jiangsu

Same year
Born in 1957

66

Julian Cope

Welsh musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator

*October 21st, 1957, Deri

66

John Kassir

American actor and comedian

*October 24th, 1957, Baltimore

67

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*February 17th, 1957, Copenhagen

66

Stephen Morris

British drummer

*October 28th, 1957, Macclesfield

67

Kristin Clemet

Norwegian politician

*April 20th, 1957, Harstad Municipality

54

Osama bin Laden

Saudi terrorist and co-founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)

*March 10th, 1957, Riyadh †May 2nd, 2011, Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad

66

Dagfinn Høybråten

Norwegian politician

*December 2nd, 1957, Oslo

67

Peter Aude

Danish actor

*January 19th, 1957, Copenhagen

66

Klaus Augenthaler

German association football player and manager

*September 26th, 1957, Fürstenzell

66

Frances McDormand

American actress

*June 23rd, 1957, Gibson City

41

Adrian Borland

English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer (1957–1999)

*December 6th, 1957, London †April 26th, 1999, Wimbledon

66

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

67

Henning Krautmacher

German singer and actor

*March 5th, 1957, Leverkusen

60

Alain Defossé

French writer and translator (1957-2017)

*February 11th, 1957, Nantes †May 14th, 2017, 19th arrondissement of Paris

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

67

Timothy Spall

English actor

*February 27th, 1957, London

66

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

66

Christian Michelides

Austrian psychotherapist

*July 19th, 1957, Graz

66

Daniel Day-Lewis

British-Irish actor

*April 29th, 1957, Kensington

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No: With 365 days 1957 is a normal year and no leap year.

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