April 26th, 1971

Born on April 26th, 1971

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What happened on April 26th?

April 26th, 2012

The International Hydrographic Organization abandoned South Korean-led 'attempts to rename the Sea of Japan.

April 26th, 2007

Controversy surrounding the relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a Soviet Red Army World War II memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, erupted into mass protests and riots.

April 26th, 1994

Just before landing at Nagoya Airport, Japan, the copilot of China Airlines Flight 140 inadvertently triggered the takeoff/go-around switch, causing the aircraft to crash and killing 264 of the 271 people on board.

April 26th, 1989

A tornado struck the Manikganj District of Bangladesh and killed an estimated 1,300 people, making it the deadliest tornado in history.

April 26th, 1970

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) came into being when the WIPO Convention entered into force.

April 26th, 1958

Service ended on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue Line, one of the first major electrified train lines in the U.S. (steam train pictured).

April 26th, 1944

World War II: U.S. Navy submarines began attacks on Japan's Take Ichi convoy as it sailed in waters between Taiwan and the Philippines, eventually sinking four vessels and killing more than 4,000 troops.

April 26th, 1941

Boris Kidrič and Edvard Kardelj founded the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation, the main anti-fascist Slovene civil-resistance and political organization during World War II.

April 26th, 1933

The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, was established.

April 26th, 1915

First World War: Britain, France and Russia signed a secret treaty promising territory to Italy if it joined the war on their side.

April 26th, 1865

U.S. Army soldiers cornered and fatally shot John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, ending a twelve-day manhunt.

April 26th, 1478

In a conspiracy to replace the Medici family as rulers of the Republic of Florence, the Pazzi family attacked Lorenzo de' Medici (pictured) and killed his brother Giuliano at Florence Cathedral.

April 26th, 2015

Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97.7% of the vote.

April 26th, 2005

Cedar Revolution: Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).

April 26th, 2002

Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.

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

Born on April 26th, 1971

52

Shondrella Avery

American actress

*April 26th, 1971, Los Angeles

52

Giorgia

Italian singer

*April 26th, 1971, Rome

52

Steffen Stiebler

German handball player

*April 26th, 1971, Merseburg

52

Christoph Silber

German screenwriter, film producer and film director

*April 26th, 1971, Berlin

52

Naoki Tanaka

Japanese comedian

*April 26th, 1971, Osaka Prefecture

52

Jay DeMarcus

American guitarist

*April 26th, 1971, Columbus

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

53

Melania Trump

First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

35

Amelia Alicia Anscelly

Malaysian badminton player

*April 26th, 1988, Kota Kinabalu

45

Stana Katic

Canadian actress

*April 26th, 1978, Hamilton

43

Channing Tatum

American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)

*April 26th, 1980, Cullman

65

Giancarlo Esposito

American actor

*April 26th, 1958, Copenhagen

60

Jet Li

Chinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor (born 1963)

*April 26th, 1963, Beijing

51

Sylvain Tesson

French writer

*April 26th, 1972, Paris

34

Luke Bracey

Australian actor

*April 26th, 1989, Sydney

68

Peter Neururer

German association football manager

*April 26th, 1955, Marl

62

Anthony Cumia

American talk radio broadcaster

*April 26th, 1961, Elwood

87

Zvi Yavetz

Israeli historian, professor

*April 26th, 1925, Chernivtsi †January 7th, 2013, Tel Aviv

62

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

*April 26th, 1889, Neuwaldegg †April 29th, 1951, Cambridge

56

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

British actress

*April 26th, 1967, London

51

Bronagh Gallagher

Irish singer and actress

*April 26th, 1972, Derry

63

Allan Peiper

Road cyclist

*April 26th, 1960, Alexandra

58

Kevin James

American actor and comedian

*April 26th, 1965, Mineola

90

Carol Burnett

American actress, comedian and singer

*April 26th, 1933, San Antonio

67

Diethard Prengel

German cinematographer

*April 26th, 1956, Celle

85

Duane Eddy

American guitarist

*April 26th, 1938, Corning

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

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

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

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Public holidays on April 26th

Fixed holidays (Chernobyl disaster related observances, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on April 26th.

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Born on April 26th, 1971
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Leap year

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

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