October 26th, 1959

Born on October 26th, 1959

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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, 1959

64

Evo Morales

President of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019

*October 26th, 1959, Oruro

64

François Chau

Cambodian American actor

*October 26th, 1959, Phnom Penh

62

Paul Farmer

American anthropologist, 1959-2022

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

64

Marilyn Jess

French pornographic actress

*October 26th, 1959, Île-de-France

64

Dana Kimmell

American actress

*October 26th, 1959, Texarkana

64

Brian Bovell

British actor

*October 26th, 1959, London

57

Lika Kavzharadze

Georgian actor (1959-2017)

*October 26th, 1959, Tbilisi †October 11th, 2017, Tbilisi

58

Laura Aguilar

American photographer (1959-2018)

*October 26th, 1959, San Gabriel †April 25th, 2018, Long Beach

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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

62

Uhuru Kenyatta

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

*October 26th, 1961, Nairobi

29

Melati Daeva Oktavianti

Indonesian badminton player

*October 26th, 1994, Serang City

50

Seth MacFarlane

American writer, actor, and producer (born 1973)

*October 26th, 1973, Kent

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

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

69

D. W. Moffett

American actor

*October 26th, 1954, Highland Park

63

Patrick Breen

American actor

*October 26th, 1960, Brooklyn

90

Diana Ingro

Argentinian actress

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

71

Bob Hoskins

English actor (1942–2014)

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

67

Mike Godwin

American attorney and author

*October 26th, 1956, United States of America

52

Nicole Bass

American bodybuilder, professional wrestler and actress

*October 26th, 1964, Queens †February 17th, 2017, Queens

52

Anthony Rapp

American actor

*October 26th, 1971, Chicago

60

Leon Trotsky

Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)

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

79

François Mitterrand

21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995

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

41

Nicola Adams

British boxer

*October 26th, 1982, Leeds

62

Dylan McDermott

American actor

*October 26th, 1961, Waterbury

51

Hamdi Ulukaya

Kurdish-Turkish businessman

*October 26th, 1972, Erzincan

69

James Pickens

American actor

*October 26th, 1954, Cleveland

59

Elisabeta Lipă

Romanian rower (born 1964)

*October 26th, 1964, Siret

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Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

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No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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