July 26th, 1972

Born on July 26th, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 26th?

July 26th, 2016

A former employee carried out a mass stabbing at a care home for disabled people in Sagamihara, Japan, killing 19 people and wounding 26 others.

July 26th, 2007

After widespread controversy throughout Wales, Shambo, a black Friesian bull that had been adopted by the local Hindu community, was slaughtered due to concerns about bovine tuberculosis.

July 26th, 1993

Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed into a mountain during a failed attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea, leading to the deaths of 68 of the people on board.

July 26th, 1968

After coming second to Nguyễn Văn Thiệu in a rigged presidential election, Trương Đình Dzu was jailed by a South Vietnamese military court for illicit currency transactions.

July 26th, 1953

In Short Creek, Arizona, police conducted a mass arrest of approximately 400 Mormon fundamentalists for polygamy.

July 26th, 1936

The Canadian National Vimy Memorial (unveiling pictured), dedicated to the Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in the First World War, was unveiled in Pas-de-Calais, France.

July 26th, 1887

L. L. Zamenhof (pictured) published Unua Libro, the first publication to describe Esperanto, a constructed international language.

July 26th, 1882

Boer mercenaries established the Republic of Stellaland (later flag pictured) in land claimed by the United Kingdom as part of British Bechuanaland.

July 26th, 1778

On the orders of Catherine the Great the first of tens of thousands of Greek and Armenian Christians were removed from Crimea and resettled in Pryazovia.

July 26th, 1759

French and Indian War: Rather than defend Fort Carillon, near present-day Ticonderoga, New York, from approaching British forces, French brigadier general François-Charles de Bourlamaque withdrew his troops and attempted to blow up the fort.

July 26th, 2016

Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.

July 26th, 2011

A Royal Moroccan Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes near Guelmim Airport in Guelmim, Morocco. All 80 people on board are killed.

July 26th, 2009

The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities.

July 26th, 2005

Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.

July 26th, 1999

Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.

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

Born on July 26th, 1972

51

Nathan Buckley

Australian rules footballer

*July 26th, 1972, Adelaide

51

Spencer Wilding

Welsh stunt actor

*July 26th, 1972, St Asaph

51

Jugal Hansraj

Indian actor

*July 26th, 1972, Mumbai

51

Jonny Pasvolsky

Australian actor

*July 26th, 1972, Cape Town

51

Alexander Marcus

German musician

*July 26th, 1972, Berlin

51

Julian Koster

American musician

*July 26th, 1972, New York City

51

Carlos Morell

Argentinian singer

*July 26th, 1972, Santa Fe

51

Nicola Reynolds

British actress

*July 26th, 1972, Pontypridd

51

Steve Fletcher

English footballer (born 1972)

*July 26th, 1972, Hartlepool

51

Mark Richardson

British athlete

*July 26th, 1972, Slough

50

Rebecka Teper

Swedish actress

*July 26th, 1972, Kungsholm parish †April 8th, 2023, Hägersten

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

48

Liz Truss

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022

*July 26th, 1975, Oxford

50

Kate Beckinsale

English actress

*July 26th, 1973, Chiswick

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

43

Jacinda Ardern

Prime Minister of New Zealand (2017–2023)

*July 26th, 1980, Hamilton

56

Jason Statham

English actor (born 1967)

*July 26th, 1967, Shirebrook

29

Guro Reiten

Norwegian association football player

*July 26th, 1994, Sunndalsøra

59

Sandra Bullock

American-German actress and producer

*July 26th, 1964, Arlington County

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

44

Juliet Rylance

British actress

*July 26th, 1979, London

23

Zoe Turnes

Argentinian handball player

*July 26th, 2000, Buenos Aires

64

Kevin Spacey

American actor (b. 1959)

*July 26th, 1959, South Orange

54

Oliver Krischer

German politician

*July 26th, 1969, Zülpich

55

Olivia Williams

British actress

*July 26th, 1968, Camden Town

21

Rui Hirokami

Badminton player

*July 26th, 2002, Takaoka

67

Dorothy Hamill

American figure skater

*July 26th, 1956, Chicago

94

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)

*July 26th, 1856, Dublin †November 2nd, 1950, Ayot St Lawrence

80

Mick Jagger

British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones

*July 26th, 1943, Dartford

57

Anna Rita Del Piano

Italian actress and theater director

*July 26th, 1966, Cassano delle Murge

68

Asif Ali Zardari

President of Pakistan since 2024

*July 26th, 1955, Nawabshah

59

Mareike Carrière

German actress

*July 26th, 1954, Hanover †March 16th, 2014, Hamburg

Same year
Born in 1972

52

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

52

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*May 28th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

52

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player (born 1972)

*June 23rd, 1972, 16th arrondissement of Marseille

52

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

52

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

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Leap year

Yes: 1972 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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