January 26th, 1971

Born on January 26th, 1971

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What 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, 1966

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

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.

January 26th, 1808

William Bligh, the governor of New South Wales, was deposed in the only military coup in Australian history.

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

Born on January 26th, 1971

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

53

Hubert Aiwanger

German politician

*January 26th, 1971, Ergoldsbach

53

Rick Kavanian

German actor and author

*January 26th, 1971, Munich

53

Clara Grima

Spanish applied mathematician

*January 26th, 1971, Coria del Río

53

Dorian Gregory

American actor

*January 26th, 1971, Washington, D.C.

53

Regina Doherty

Irish Fine Gael politician (b. 1971)

*January 26th, 1971, Dublin

53

Aygün Kazimova

Azerbaijani singer and actress

*January 26th, 1971, Baku

53

Vladimir Petkov

Bulgarian chess player

*January 26th, 1971, Vidin

53

Lotta Lundgren

Swedish television host and food writer

*January 26th, 1971, Gothenburg

53

Takanori Aki

Japanese corporate executive

*January 26th, 1971, Kagawa Prefecture

53

Bojan Žirović

Serbian actor

*January 26th, 1971, Zrenjanin

53

Máximo Huerta Hernández

Spanish television presenter and minister

*January 26th, 1971, Utiel

53

Olev Vinn

Estonian paleontologist

*January 26th, 1971, Tallinn

53

Jose Andrëa

Spanish singer and musical teacher

*January 26th, 1971, La Paz

53

Jean-Marc Degraeve

French chess player

*January 26th, 1971, Tourcoing

53

Emilie Brown

American actress

*January 26th, 1971, Encino

53

Brian Despain

Artist

*January 26th, 1971, Calumet

53

Svetoslav Vitkov

Bulgarian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Sofia

53

Erdinç Gülener

Turkish actor

*January 26th, 1971, İzmit

53

Robbie Painter

English footballer (born 1971)

*January 26th, 1971, Wigan

53

Nicola Bruno

Italian tennis player

*January 26th, 1971, Lodi

53

Kurt Rappaport

American real estate businessman

*January 26th, 1971, Los Angeles

53

Dena Westerfield

American bodybuilder

*January 26th, 1971, St. Petersburg

53

Brett Boylan

Australian Paralympic wheelchair rugby player

*January 26th, 1971, Sydney

53

Bjarne Røyland

Norwegian bobsledder

*January 26th, 1971, Mandal Municipality

53

Andrzej Jaskot

Polish footballer

*January 26th, 1971, Mielec

53

Ahmad Tourson

Chinese Guantanamo detainee

*January 26th, 1971, Xinjiang

53

Nélio da Silva Melo

Brazilian footballer

*January 26th, 1971, Rio de Janeiro

53

Ivan Cerioli

Italian racing cyclist

*January 26th, 1971, Codogno

53

Ricardo Ismael Rojas

Paraguayan footballer

*January 26th, 1971, Posadas

53

Raveesh Kumar

Ambassador of India to Finland & Estonia

*January 26th, 1971, Bhagalpur

53

Jyldyz Mambetaliyeva

Politician

*January 26th, 1971, Bishkek

53

Jamal Fountaine

American football player (born 1971)

*January 26th, 1971, San Francisco

53

Maite Andreu

Spanish handball player

*January 26th, 1971, Almoradí

53

Grigor Hovhannissian

Armenian diplomat

*January 26th, 1971, Yerevan

53

Muyiwa Ademola

Nigerian actor

*January 26th, 1971, Abeokuta

53

Lamar Mills

American football player

*January 26th, 1971, Detroit

53

Jana Carpenter

British actor and singer

*January 26th, 1971, Glen Ellyn

53

Hideki Nagai

Japanese association football player and manager

*January 26th, 1971, Oita Prefecture

53

Vitali Culibaba

Moldovan association football player born 1971

*January 26th, 1971, Chișinău

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

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

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

56

Matt Rippy

American actor

*January 26th, 1968, Houston

40

Silvi Antarini

Indonesian badminton player

*January 26th, 1984, Jakarta

45

Huang Chia-Chi

Australian badminton player, former Taiwanese badminton player

*January 26th, 1979, Taipei

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

57

Jean-Paul Rouve

French actor, film director and screenwriter

*January 26th, 1967, Dunkirk

39

Adam Cwalina

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1985, Częstochowa

32

Marvin Plattenhardt

German association football player

*January 26th, 1992, Filderstadt

31

Yang Li Lian

Malaysian badminton player

*January 26th, 1993, Selangor

30

Rhys Walker

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1994, Nuneaton

43

Gustavo Dudamel

Venezuelan conductor and violinist

*January 26th, 1981, Barquisimeto

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

66

Ellen DeGeneres

American television hoste

*January 26th, 1958, Metairie

27

Evelyn Siamupangila

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1997, Kabwe

28

Tedi Supriadi

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1996, Bandung City

61

José Mourinho

Portuguese association football manager and former player

*January 26th, 1963, Setúbal

19

Alex Lanier

Badminton player

*January 26th, 2005, Caen

83

Paul Newman

American actor and film director (1925–2008)

*January 26th, 1925, Shaker Heights †September 26th, 2008, Westport

Same year
Born in 1971

52

Kali Rocha

American actress

*December 5th, 1971, Memphis

52

Christina Cox

Canadian actress

*July 31st, 1971, Toronto

52

Billy Bush

American radio and television host (born 1971)

*October 13th, 1971, Los Angeles

52

Stephan Groth

Danish-Norwegian singer

*August 10th, 1971, Odense

52

Anna Netrebko

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

*September 18th, 1971, Krasnodar

52

Elon Musk

Businessman (born 1971)

*June 28th, 1971, Pretoria

53

Susi Susanti

Indonesian badminton player

*February 11th, 1971, Tasikmalaya City

52

Chen Ying

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1971, Xijiang, Guizhou

52

John 5

American guitarist

*July 31st, 1971, Grosse Pointe

53

Ricky Subagja

Badminton player

*January 27th, 1971, Bandung City

52

Zarinah Abdullah

Badminton player

*July 12th, 1971, Singapore

52

Mario Abdo Benítez

50st President of Paraguay

*November 10th, 1971, Asunción

52

David Gauke

British politician and solicitor (born 1971)

*October 8th, 1971, Ipswich

52

Raoul Bova

Italian actor

*August 14th, 1971, Rome

52

Martin Gerster

German politician

*August 30th, 1971, Biberach an der Riss

52

Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister of Canada since 2015

*December 25th, 1971, Ottawa

52

Valentina Polkhanova

Russian racing cyclist

*August 15th, 1971, Saransk

53

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

53

Ewan McGregor

Scottish-American actor

*March 31st, 1971, Perth

53

Pep Guardiola

Spanish association football manager (born 1971)

*January 18th, 1971, Santpedor

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1971 is a normal year and no leap year.

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