February 26th, 1965

Born on February 26th, 1965

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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, 1965

59

Hernán Díaz

Argentine footballer

*February 26th, 1965, Barrancas, La Guajira

59

László Domokos

Hungarian economist, politician

*February 26th, 1965, Békéscsaba

59

Cho Minhaeng

South Korean scientist

*February 26th, 1965, South Korea

59

Tim Armstead

American politician

*February 26th, 1965, Charleston

59

Shafqat Amanat Ali

Pakistani singer

*February 26th, 1965, Lahore

59

Megan Maxwell

Spanish writer

*February 26th, 1965, Nuremberg

59

Raju Shah

Nepalese film director

*February 26th, 1965, Nuwakot District

59

Nansi Tireli

Politician

*February 26th, 1965, Vinež

59

James Mitchell

American professional wrestling manager

*February 26th, 1965, Orlando

59

Kosei Akaishi

Olympic medalist in wrestling

*February 26th, 1965, Hirosaki

59

Alison Armitage

British actress

*February 26th, 1965, High Wycombe

59

Bradley C. Birkenfeld

American banker and whistleblower

*February 26th, 1965, Brookline

59

Tim Cresswell

British human geographer

*February 26th, 1965, Cambridge

59

Juan Trigos

Mexican composer and conductor

*February 26th, 1965, Mexico City

59

Michael Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille

Danish count and landowner

*February 26th, 1965, Svendborg

59

Susan O'Mara

Irish racing cyclist

*February 26th, 1965, Dublin

59

Alejandra Melfo

Uruguayan/Venezuelan physicist

*February 26th, 1965, Montevideo

59

Erik Bjørkum

Sailor

*February 26th, 1965, Sandefjord Municipality

59

Geremias Steinmetz

Brazilian archbishop

*February 26th, 1965, Sulina

59

Don Narcisse

American football player

*February 26th, 1965, Port Arthur

59

Alonzo Highsmith

American football player and Vice President of Player Personnel for the Cleveland Browns

*February 26th, 1965, Bartow

59

Aleksandr Khalzov

Russian footballer

*February 26th, 1965, Tambov

59

Adrian Owers

English footballer (born 1965)

*February 26th, 1965, Chelmsford

59

Serghei Alexandrov

Soviet association football player

*February 26th, 1965, Bender

59

Grant Gardiner

Cricketer

*February 26th, 1965, Melbourne

59

Sonja Yelich

New Zealand poet

*February 26th, 1965, Auckland

59

Krzysztof Walencik

Polish sportsperson

*February 26th, 1965, Sochaczew

59

Greg Handevidt

American musician

*February 26th, 1965, California

59

Stephen Graham

British urban theorist

*February 26th, 1965, North Shields

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Who's birthday is on February 26th?

27

Zheng Siwei

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1997, Wenzhou

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

30

Neslihan Arın

Turkish female badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Osmangazi

30

Kalle Koljonen

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Helsinki

41

Laura de Boer

Dutch actress

*February 26th, 1983, Amsterdam

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

65

Ásdís Thoroddsen

Icelandic actress and film director

*February 26th, 1959, Reykjavík

60

Mark Dacascos

American actor and martial artist

*February 26th, 1964, Honolulu

24

Yeat

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

*February 26th, 2000, Irvine

57

Artūras Kasputis

Lithuanian cyclist

*February 26th, 1967, Klaipėda

66

Tim Kaine

United States Senator from Virginia since 2013

*February 26th, 1958, Saint Paul

43

Jiang Yanmei

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1981, Guangdong

50

Sébastien Loeb

French racing driver

*February 26th, 1974, Haguenau

36

Rie Eto

Japanese badminton player

*February 26th, 1988, Oita Prefecture

62

Viorica Ioja

Romanian rower

*February 26th, 1962, Uivar

30

Xiong Mengjing

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Jiangsu

29

Takuto Inoue

Japanese badminton player

*February 26th, 1995, Genkai

Same year
Born in 1965

58

Martin Sonneborn

German satirist, journalist and politician

*May 15th, 1965, Göttingen

58

J. K. Rowling

British author and philanthropist (born 1965)

*July 31st, 1965, Yate

58

Norbert Röttgen

German politician (CDU)

*July 2nd, 1965, Meckenheim

59

Hansi Flick

German association football player and manager

*February 24th, 1965, Heidelberg

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

58

Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen

Danish badminton player and administrator

*September 20th, 1965, Esbønderup

58

Dmitry Medvedev

President of Russia from 2008 to 2012

*September 14th, 1965, Saint Petersburg

58

Karl-Heinz Riedle

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1965, Weiler-Simmerberg

58

Andreas Thom

German association football player and manager

*September 7th, 1965, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin

59

Claudine Loquen

French painter and sculptor

*February 22nd, 1965, Sainte-Adresse

58

Jan Tore Sanner

Norwegian politician

*May 6th, 1965, Bærum Municipality

58

Karin Beier

German theatre director

*December 14th, 1965, Cologne

58

Gunnar Beck

German EU lawyer and legal philosopher

*May 1st, 1965, Düsseldorf

59

Inger Lise Hegge

Norwegian cross-country skier

*January 6th, 1965, Steinkjer Municipality

48

Wolfgang Herrndorf

German novelist, painter, and illustrator (1965-2013)

*June 12th, 1965, Hamburg †August 26th, 2013, Berlin

58

Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum

German assyriologist

*August 29th, 1965, Tübingen

59

Sven Demandt

German footballer

*February 13th, 1965, Cologne

53

Jörg Stübner

German footballer (1965–2019)

*July 23rd, 1965, Freiberg †June 24th, 2019, Dresden

59

Zhao Jianhua

Badminton player

*April 21st, 1965, Nantong

58

Viola Davis

American actress and producer (born 1965)

*August 11th, 1965, St. Matthews

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No: With 365 days 1965 is a normal year and no leap year.

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