May 26th, 1965

Born on May 26th, 1965

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What happened on May 26th?

May 26th, 2002

Barges being towed destroyed part of a bridge near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, causing vehicles to fall into the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River.

May 26th, 1999

Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League to become the first English football club to win three major championships in the same season.

May 26th, 1989

Tropical Storm Cecil dissipated over Laos after devastating Quảng Nam province, Vietnam, and causing the deaths of 751 people.

May 26th, 1967

The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the first progressive rock albums, was released.

May 26th, 1940

Second World War: The Allies began a mass evacuation of British, French and Belgian troops cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk.

May 26th, 1938

The House Un-American Activities Committee was established to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities by people or organizations in the U.S. suspected of having communist or fascist ties.

May 26th, 1933

American singer Jimmie Rodgers (pictured) died at the Taft Hotel in New York City.

May 26th, 1932

Donoghue v Stevenson is decided, ultimately establishing the foundation for negligence in common law jurisdictions worldwide.

May 26th, 1906

Vauxhall Bridge in London opened, crossing the River Thames between Vauxhall and Westminster.

May 26th, 1897

The Church of England returned the original manuscript of William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, an account of the Pilgrims and the early years of the Plymouth Colony, to the state of Massachusetts.

May 26th, 1894

Germany's Emmanuel Lasker defeated Wilhelm Steinitz to become world chess champion, beginning a record 27-year reign.

May 26th, 1888

The comic novel The Diary of a Nobody by brothers George and Weedon Grossmith first appeared in serial form in Punch.

May 26th, 1865

American Civil War: General Edmund Kirby Smith negotiated the surrender of his army, the only significant Confederate Army force remaining in the war.

May 26th, 1822

The deadliest fire in Norwegian history occurred at a church in Grue, killing at least 113 people.

May 26th, 1644

Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claimed victory at the Battle of Montijo.

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

Born on May 26th, 1965

58

Christina Lux

German composer

*May 26th, 1965, Karlsruhe

58

Kami Asgar

American sound editor

*May 26th, 1965, United States of America

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

65

Wayne Hussey

English musician, singer of The Mission

*May 26th, 1958, Bristol

57

Helena Bonham Carter

British actress (born 1966)

*May 26th, 1966, Islington

60

Simon Armitage

British poet, playwright, and novelist

*May 26th, 1963, Huddersfield

59

Lenny Kravitz

American musician and actor (born 1964)

*May 26th, 1964, New York City

65

Margaret Colin

American actress

*May 26th, 1958, Brooklyn

59

Tobias Künzel

German singer

*May 26th, 1964, Leipzig

56

Philip Treacy

Irish designer and milliner

*May 26th, 1967, Ahascragh

57

Alison Wyeth

English long-distance runner

*May 26th, 1966, Southampton

67

Mehdi El Glaoui

French-Moroccan actor and director

*May 26th, 1956, Choisy-le-Roi

73

Wolfgang Bochow

Badminton player

*May 26th, 1944, Brunswick †September 14th, 2017, Siegburg

37

Alexander Pushkin

Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)

*May 26th, 1799, Moscow †January 29th, 1837, Saint Petersburg

64

Ole Bornedal

Danish film director

*May 26th, 1959, Nørresundby

81

Peggy Lee

American recording artist; singer, songwriter, composer and actress (1920-2002)

*May 26th, 1920, Jamestown †January 21st, 2002, Los Angeles

72

John Wayne

American actor (1907–1979)

*May 26th, 1907, Winterset †June 11th, 1979, Westwood

74

Jeremy Corbyn

Former Leader of the British Labour Party, MP for Islington North

*May 26th, 1949, Chippenham

61

Bobcat Goldthwait

American comedian, actor, film director and screenwriter

*May 26th, 1962, Syracuse

46

Luca Toni

Italian association football player

*May 26th, 1977, Pavullo nel Frignano

66

Ulrike Lunacek

Austrian politician

*May 26th, 1957, Krems

89

Walter Rudersdorf

German teacher

*May 26th, 1926, Ellar †June 1st, 2015

61

Sally Ride

American astronaut and physicist (1951-2012)

*May 26th, 1951, Los Angeles †July 23rd, 2012, La Jolla

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

58

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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Born on May 26th, 1965
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Leap year

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

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