January 26th, 1966

Born on January 26th, 1966

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What happened on January 26th, 1966?

January 26th, 1966

The three Beaumont children disappear from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_the_Beaumont_children

January 26th, 1966

The three Beaumont children disappeared from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_the_Beaumont_children

What else happened on January 26th?

January 26th, 1974

Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashed while taking off from İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, killing 67 people.

January 26th, 1545

The Council of Trent officially separates Roman Catholicism and Protestantism

January 26th, 2009

Rioting broke out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that led to the deposal of President Marc Ravalomanana.

January 26th, 2001

An earthquake in the Indian state of Gujarat killed at least 13,000 people, injured 167,000 others and destroyed nearly 400,000 homes.

January 26th, 1998

In a nationally televised press conference, U.S. president Bill Clinton denied having "sexual relations" with intern Monica Lewinsky.

January 26th, 1972

JAT Flight 367 exploded in mid-air over Czechoslovakia; the only survivor of the 28 on board, flight attendant Vesna Vulović, fell 10,160 m (33,330 ft), setting the record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute.

January 26th, 1952

Spontaneous anti-British riots erupted in Cairo following the killings of 50 Egyptian auxiliary police officers the previous day.

January 26th, 1950

Indian independence movement: India became a republic under a new constitution, with Rajendra Prasad as president and Jawaharlal Nehru as prime minister.

January 26th, 1949

The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory (pictured) in California, the largest aperture optical telescope in the world for 28 years, saw first light.

January 26th, 1945

Audie Murphy engaged in action at the Colmar Pocket that won him a Medal of Honor and made him one of the most famous and decorated U.S. soldiers of World War II.

January 26th, 1918

A group of Red Guards hung a red lantern atop the tower of the Helsinki Workers' House, symbolically marking the start of the Finnish Civil War.

January 26th, 1905

The 3,106-carat (621 g) Cullinan Diamond (pictured), the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, was discovered at the Premier Mine in Gauteng, South Africa.

January 26th, 1841

Commodore Gordon Bremer took formal possession of Hong Kong Island for the United Kingdom at Possession Point.

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

Born on January 26th, 1966

58

Conny Aerts

Belgian astronomer and astrophysicist

*January 26th, 1966, Brasschaat

58

Bruce Billson

Australian politician

*January 26th, 1966, Albury

58

Thierry Pauk

French association football player

*January 26th, 1966, Metz

58

Kazushige Nagashima

Baseball player, actor, and sports commentator

*January 26th, 1966, Ota

58

Daniel Berthiaume

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 26th, 1966, Longueuil

58

Anita Nair

Indian writer

*January 26th, 1966, Shoranur

58

Igor Vukić

Croatian journalist and revisionist pseudohistorian

*January 26th, 1966, Zagreb

58

Francesco Porzio

Italian water polo player

*January 26th, 1966, Naples

58

Alena Matejka

Czech glassmaker and sculptor

*January 26th, 1966, Jindřichův Hradec

58

Karen Blachford

Canadian wheelchair curler

*January 26th, 1966, Brockville

58

Peter Power

Irish politician and Development Aid Executive

*January 26th, 1966, Limerick

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

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

41

Lee Jae-jin

South Korean badminton player

*January 26th, 1983, Miryang

57

Jean-Paul Rouve

French actor, film director and screenwriter

*January 26th, 1967, Dunkirk

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

56

Matt Rippy

American actor

*January 26th, 1968, Houston

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

40

Silvi Antarini

Indonesian badminton player

*January 26th, 1984, Jakarta

61

José Mourinho

Portuguese association football manager and former player

*January 26th, 1963, Setúbal

45

Huang Chia-Chi

Australian badminton player, former Taiwanese badminton player

*January 26th, 1979, Taipei

66

Ellen DeGeneres

American television hoste

*January 26th, 1958, Metairie

39

Adam Cwalina

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1985, Częstochowa

32

Marvin Plattenhardt

German association football player

*January 26th, 1992, Filderstadt

59

Catherine Martin

Australian designer

*January 26th, 1965, Lindfield

97

Heinz Kessler

German military officer, Armeegeneral in the former National People's Army of East Germany (1920-2017)

*January 26th, 1920, Lubań †May 2nd, 2017, Berlin

31

Yang Li Lian

Malaysian badminton player

*January 26th, 1993, Selangor

30

Rhys Walker

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1994, Nuneaton

69

Lucía Méndez

Mexican recording artist, actress and singer

*January 26th, 1955, León Municipality

29

Kim Peyton

American swimmer

*January 26th, 1957, Hood River †December 13th, 1986, Stanford

27

Evelyn Siamupangila

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1997, Kabwe

Same year
Born in 1966

57

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

57

Marcus Marin

German football player and manager

*December 13th, 1966, Hamburg

56

Sinéad O'Connor

Irish singer-songwriter (1966–2023)

*December 8th, 1966, Glenageary †July 26th, 2023, London

57

David Cameron

British politician (born 1966)

*October 9th, 1966, Marylebone

57

Kiefer Sutherland

British-Canadian actor

*December 21st, 1966, St. Mary's Hospital

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

57

Olaf Thon

German association football player and manager

*May 1st, 1966, Gelsenkirchen

57

Lutz Heilmann

German politician

*September 7th, 1966, Zittau

58

Thomas Doll

German association football player and manager

*April 9th, 1966, Malchin

58

Olaf Marschall

German association football player and manager (1966–)

*March 19th, 1966, Torgau

57

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

58

Ludwig Kögl

German footballer

*March 7th, 1966, Penzberg

58

Catrin Striebeck

German actress

*April 18th, 1966, Vienna

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

57

Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Danish composer

*July 2nd, 1966, Faxe

58

Marin Hinkle

American actress

*March 23rd, 1966, Dar es Salaam

57

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

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No: With 365 days 1966 is a normal year and no leap year.

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