February 26th, 1973

Born on February 26th, 1973

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 18,000 days old!

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What happened on February 26th?

February 26th, 2014

Former editor-in-chief of Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao Kevin Lau was stabbed, prompting concerns and protests about media freedom.

February 26th, 2013

A hot air balloon crashed near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people in the deadliest ballooning disaster in history.

February 26th, 2012

African-American teenager Trayvon Martin was killed by neighborhood-watch coordinator George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, prompting a nationwide controversy.

February 26th, 2008

In the first significant cultural visit from the United States to North Korea since the Korean War, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang.

February 26th, 1995

Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in London, was declared insolvent after its head derivatives trader in Singapore, Nick Leeson, lost £827 million while making unauthorised trades on futures contracts.

February 26th, 1979

The Superliner railcar entered revenue service with Amtrak.

February 26th, 1936

Imperial Japanese Army troops attempted a coup d'etat, occupying parts of Tokyo, and killing several politicians, including finance minister Takahashi Korekiyo.

February 26th, 1935

With the aid of a radio station in Daventry, England, and two receiving antennae, Scottish engineer and inventor Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrated the use of radar.

February 26th, 1917

The Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded "Livery Stable Blues", the first jazz single ever released.

February 26th, 1914

RMS Britannic, the third and largest Olympic-class ocean liner of the White Star Line after RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, was launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast.

February 26th, 1815

Napoleon escaped from the Italian island of Elba (depicted), to which he had been exiled after the signing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau.

February 26th, 1266

Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: Manfred, King of Sicily, was killed in the Battle of Benevento against the forces of Charles of Anjou.

February 26th, 2019

Indian Air Force fighter-jets targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot.

February 26th, 2013

A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.

February 26th, 2012

Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida.

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

Born on February 26th, 1973

51

Anders Björler

Swedish guitarist

*February 26th, 1973, Gothenburg

51

ATB

German DJ and music producer

*February 26th, 1973, Freiberg

51

Ole Gunnar Solskjær

Norwegian association football player and manager

*February 26th, 1973, Kristiansund Municipality

51

Marshall Faulk

American football player (born 1973)

*February 26th, 1973, New Orleans

51

Małgorzata Szumowska

Polish film director, screenwriter

*February 26th, 1973, Kraków

51

Pete Evans

Australian chef

*February 26th, 1973, Melbourne

51

Tomasz Schimscheiner

Polish actor

*February 26th, 1973, Kraków

51

Kabir Karriem

American politician

*February 26th, 1973, Chicago

51

Antonio de la Rúa

Argentine lawyer

*February 26th, 1973, Córdoba

51

Jonas Björler

Swedish musician

*February 26th, 1973, Gothenburg

51

Jenny Thompson

American swimmer

*February 26th, 1973, Danvers

51

Miguel Simão

Portuguese association football player

*February 26th, 1973, Porto

51

Jon Pritikin

American motivational speaker

*February 26th, 1973, Rockford

51

Ronnie Rüeger

Swiss ice hockey player

*February 26th, 1973, Bülach

51

Matthew Croft

Australian rules footballer

*February 26th, 1973, Morkalla

51

Nina Anisimova

Russian triathlete

*February 26th, 1973, Saint Petersburg

51

Samantha Ceroni

Italian sports coach and association football player

*February 26th, 1973, Ponte San Pietro

51

Nikolay Koblyakov

Russian-french activist

*February 26th, 1973, Ufa

51

Eva Dichand

Austrian editor

*February 26th, 1973, Graz

51

Paul Stoneman

English footballer and manager (born 1973)

*February 26th, 1973, Whitley Bay

51

Erinn Bartlett

American actress

*February 26th, 1973, Longmeadow

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Who's birthday is on February 26th?

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

27

Zheng Siwei

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1997, Wenzhou

50

Sébastien Loeb

French racing driver

*February 26th, 1974, Haguenau

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

41

Laura de Boer

Dutch actress

*February 26th, 1983, Amsterdam

30

Neslihan Arın

Turkish female badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Osmangazi

30

Kalle Koljonen

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Helsinki

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

43

Jiang Yanmei

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1981, Guangdong

24

Yeat

American rapper singer-songwriter, and record producer (born. 2000)

*February 26th, 2000, Irvine

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

36

Rie Eto

Japanese badminton player

*February 26th, 1988, Oita Prefecture

49

Alexander Bocharov

Road bicycle racer

*February 26th, 1975, Irkutsk

30

Xiong Mengjing

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Jiangsu

29

Takuto Inoue

Japanese badminton player

*February 26th, 1995, Genkai

28

Aoi Matsuda

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1996, Osaka Prefecture

29

Felix Burestedt

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1995, Ängelholm

65

Ásdís Thoroddsen

Icelandic actress and film director

*February 26th, 1959, Reykjavík

52

Bertrand Vecten

French rower

*February 26th, 1972, Compiègne

Same year
Born in 1973

51

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

50

Simon Archer

Badminton player

*June 27th, 1973, Royal Leamington Spa

50

Sven Beuckert

German association football player and manager

*December 12th, 1973, Stollberg

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

50

Stefanie von Pfetten

Actress

*November 25th, 1973, Vancouver

50

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

50

Roar Uthaug

Norwegian film director

*August 25th, 1973, Lørenskog

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

51

Qin Yiyuan

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

50

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

50

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

51

Peng Xingyong

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1973, Shandong

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

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

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

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No: With 365 days 1973 is a normal year and no leap year.

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