January 26th, 1978

Born on January 26th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1978

46

Celia Keenan-Bolger

American actress and singer

*January 26th, 1978, Detroit

46

Nastja Čeh

Slovenian footballer

*January 26th, 1978, Ptuj

46

Corina Morariu

US tennis player

*January 26th, 1978, Detroit

46

Faletes

Spanish singer

*January 26th, 1978, Seville

46

Sinan Çalışkanoğlu

Turkish actor

*January 26th, 1978, Istanbul

46

Nick Goings

Player of American football

*January 26th, 1978, Columbus

46

David Solomona

New Zealand rugby league footballer

*January 26th, 1978, Auckland

46

Mercedes d'Alessandro

Argentine economist

*January 26th, 1978, Posadas

46

Jadranka Joksimović

Serbian politician

*January 26th, 1978, Belgrade

46

Steve Aird

American volleyball coach

*January 26th, 1978, Toronto

46

Kelly Stables

American actress

*January 26th, 1978, St. Louis

46

Andrés Torres

American baseball player

*January 26th, 1978, Paterson

41

Adam Svoboda

Czech ice hockey player and coach

*January 26th, 1978, Brno †May 7th, 2019, Srch

46

Yordan Linkov

Bulgarian footballer

*January 26th, 1978, Pazardzhik

46

Rubén Darío Aguilera

Footballer

*January 26th, 1978, Concepción

46

Roman Studnev

Russian footballer

*January 26th, 1978, Stavropol

46

Neil Brisco

British footballer (born 1978)

*January 26th, 1978, Wigan

46

Nasar Sakar Saeed

Bahraini marathon runner

*January 26th, 1978, Kenya

46

Jake Arians

American football player

*January 26th, 1978, Blacksburg

46

Brian Ehlers

American former professional basketball player and now police officer

*January 26th, 1978, Bay Shore

46

Alberto Rossel mamani

Peruvian boxer

*January 26th, 1978, Huaral

46

Giovanni Morabito

Italian footballer

*January 26th, 1978, Reggio Calabria

46

Lucie Grolichová

Czech modern pentathlete

*January 26th, 1978, Prague

46

Nathan D'Haemers

Belgian footballer

*January 26th, 1978, Evergem

46

Vahan Juharyan

Armenian wrestler

*January 26th, 1978, Gyumri

46

Atsuko Kurusu

Japanese actor and tarento

*January 26th, 1978, Ibaraki Prefecture

46

Esteban Germán

Dominican Republic baseball player

*January 26th, 1978, Santo Domingo

46

Igor Radović

Montenegrin footballer

*January 26th, 1978, Nikšić

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Who's birthday is on January 26th?

41

Lee Jae-jin

South Korean badminton player

*January 26th, 1983, Miryang

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

45

Huang Chia-Chi

Australian badminton player, former Taiwanese badminton player

*January 26th, 1979, Taipei

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

40

Silvi Antarini

Indonesian badminton player

*January 26th, 1984, Jakarta

39

Adam Cwalina

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1985, Częstochowa

43

Gustavo Dudamel

Venezuelan conductor and violinist

*January 26th, 1981, Barquisimeto

32

Marvin Plattenhardt

German association football player

*January 26th, 1992, Filderstadt

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

31

Yang Li Lian

Malaysian badminton player

*January 26th, 1993, Selangor

47

Vince Carter

American basketball player

*January 26th, 1977, Daytona Beach

30

Rhys Walker

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1994, Nuneaton

56

Matt Rippy

American actor

*January 26th, 1968, Houston

43

Juan José Haedo

Argentine road bicycle racer

*January 26th, 1981, Chascomús

27

Evelyn Siamupangila

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1997, Kabwe

28

Tedi Supriadi

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1996, Bandung City

37

Rigoberto Urán

Road bicycle racer

*January 26th, 1987, Urrao

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

19

Alex Lanier

Badminton player

*January 26th, 2005, Caen

Same year
Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

46

Jörn Wollschläger

German biathlete

*March 4th, 1978, Suhl

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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