March 26th, 1960

Born on March 26th, 1960

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

March 26th, 2010

An explosion, allegedly caused by a North Korean torpedo, sank the South Korean warship ROKS Cheonan near Baengnyeongdo in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 sailors.

March 26th, 1999

A jury began deliberations in the trial of Jack Kevorkian, an American practitioner of physician-assisted suicide who was charged with murder in the death of a terminally ill patient.

March 26th, 1997

Police in Rancho Santa Fe, California, discovered the bodies of 39 members of the religious group Heaven's Gate who had died in an apparent cult suicide.

March 26th, 1979

With the signing of a peace treaty in Washington, D.C., Egypt became the first Arab country officially to recognize Israel.

March 26th, 1975

The Biological Weapons Convention, the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of an entire category of weapons, entered into force.

March 26th, 1953

Jonas Salk announced the successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children.

March 26th, 1939

Spanish Civil War: Nationalists began their final offensive of the war, at the end of which they controlled almost the entire country.

March 26th, 1917

First World War: Attempting to advance into Palestine, the British were defeated by Ottoman troops at the First Battle of Gaza.

March 26th, 1913

First Balkan War: After a five-month siege, Bulgarian and Serbian forces (artillery pictured) captured the Ottoman city of Adrianople.

March 26th, 1896

An explosion at the Brunner Mine in New Zealand killed 65 coal miners in the country's deadliest mining accident.

March 26th, 1885

Perceiving that the Canadian government was failing to protect their rights, the Métis people led by Louis Riel began the North-West Rebellion.

March 26th, 1873

A Dutch military expedition was launched to bombard Banda Aceh, the capital of the Aceh Sultanate in present-day Indonesia, beginning the Aceh War.

March 26th, 1812

The Boston Gazette printed a cartoon coining the term "gerrymander", named after Governor Elbridge Gerry (pictured), who approved the legislation that created oddly shaped electoral districts.

March 26th, 1697

The Safavid Empire began a four-year occupation of the Ottoman city of Basra on the Persian Gulf.

March 26th, 1484

William Caxton (pictured) printed the first English translation of Aesop's Fables.

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

Born on March 26th, 1960

64

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

American politician, businessman and diplomat (born 1960)

*March 26th, 1960, Palo Alto

64

Axel Prahl

German actor

*March 26th, 1960, Eutin

64

Øystein Mæland

Norwegian physician, psychiatrist, hospital director and politician (born 1960)

*March 26th, 1960, Rjukan

64

Jennifer Grey

American actress

*March 26th, 1960, New York City

64

Sándor Sallai

Hungarian football player

*March 26th, 1960, Debrecen

64

Katharina Meinecke

German actress

*March 26th, 1960, Brunswick

64

Ray Kaczynski

American musician

*March 26th, 1960, Detroit

64

Marcus Allen

American football player and analyst (born 1960)

*March 26th, 1960, San Diego

64

Graeme Rutjes

Dutch footballer

*March 26th, 1960, Sydney

64

Sally Smart

Australian painter (born 1960)

*March 26th, 1960, Quorn

64

Nelson Rangell

American musician

*March 26th, 1960, Castle Rock

64

Stefano Palatchi

Spanish opera singer

*March 26th, 1960, Barcelona

64

Vladimir Pivtsov

Russian footballer

*March 26th, 1960, Moscow

64

Judy Strong

Field hockey player

*March 26th, 1960, Northampton

64

Jarle Aambø

Sports official

*March 26th, 1960, Norway

64

Ellia English

American actress

*March 26th, 1960, Covington

64

Elhan Rasulov

Footballer

*March 26th, 1960, Baku

64

Dawn McGuire

Canadian ice hockey player

*March 26th, 1960, Edmonton

64

Alain Deneef

Belgian businessman

*March 26th, 1960, City of Brussels

64

Damir Keretić

West German tennis player

*March 26th, 1960, Zagreb

64

Isabel Mozún

Spanish athlete

*March 26th, 1960, Madrid

64

Michael Voudouris

Greek skeleton racer

*March 26th, 1960, New York City

64

Willy van Bladel

Olympic sailor

*March 26th, 1960, Eindhoven

64

Brian Till

American racing driver

*March 26th, 1960, Houston

64

Michal Vejsada

Czechoslovak Olympic athlete and wrestler

*March 26th, 1960, Prague

64

Chris Viehbacher

Canadian businessman

*March 26th, 1960, Kitchener

60

Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Machado

Mexican politician (1960-2020)

*March 26th, 1960, Yucatán †December 29th, 2020

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76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

60

Michael Frontzeck

German association football player and manager

*March 26th, 1964, Mönchengladbach

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

67

Shirin Neshat

Iranian artist, film director, and photographer

*March 26th, 1957, Qazvin

31

Suci Rizky Andini

Indonesia badminton player

*March 26th, 1993, Bandung City

52

Marleve Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1972, Ternate City

60

Maria Miller

British politician

*March 26th, 1964, Wolverhampton

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

61

Hermann Färber

German politician

*March 26th, 1963, Böhmenkirch

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

66

Alar Karis

President of Estonia

*March 26th, 1958, Tartu

54

Martin McDonagh

British-Irish filmmaker and playwright

*March 26th, 1970, London

71

Lincoln Chafee

American politician and former United States Senator from Rhode Island

*March 26th, 1953, Providence

51

Larry Page

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*March 26th, 1973, East Lansing

37

Nic Strange

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1987, Bangor

75

Uwe Beckmeyer

German politician

*March 26th, 1949, Bremerhaven

63

William Hague

British politician (born 1961)

*March 26th, 1961, Rotherham

83

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

*March 26th, 1941, Nairobi

27

Ruthvika Shivani

Indian badminton player

*March 26th, 1997, Vijayawada

Same year
Born in 1960

63

Vince Clarke

English synth-pop musician and songwriter

*July 3rd, 1960, South Woodford tube station

63

Sydney Youngblood

American/German singer

*December 2nd, 1960, San Antonio

63

Åse Michaelsen

Norwegian politician

*June 4th, 1960, Mandal Municipality

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

64

Lene Kaaberbøl

Danish writer

*March 24th, 1960, Copenhagen

63

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

64

Pierre Littbarski

German association football player and manager

*April 16th, 1960, West Berlin

32

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder

*April 28th, 1960, Hafnarfjörður †January 16th, 1993, Reykjavík

60

Diego Maradona

Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)

*October 30th, 1960, Lanús †November 25th, 2020, Dique Luján

63

Christopher Barker

Swiss actor

*May 2nd, 1960, Rome

63

Friederike Seyfried

German archaeologist and egyptologist

*November 19th, 1960, Mosbach

63

John Leguizamo

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)

*July 22nd, 1960, Bogotá

63

Jane Lynch

American actress

*July 14th, 1960, Evergreen Park

63

Susanne Zimmer

Danish politician

*June 9th, 1960, Brønderslev

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung City

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

64

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

63

Colin Firth

English actor and producer

*September 10th, 1960, Grayshott

63

Denyse Julien

Badminton player

*July 22nd, 1960, Rouyn-Noranda

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Leap year

Yes: 1960 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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