March 26th, 1978

Born on March 26th, 1978

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

March 26th, 2010

An explosion, allegedly caused by a North Korean torpedo, sank the South Korean warship ROKS Cheonan near Baengnyeongdo in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 sailors.

March 26th, 1999

A jury began deliberations in the trial of Jack Kevorkian, an American practitioner of physician-assisted suicide who was charged with murder in the death of a terminally ill patient.

March 26th, 1997

Police in Rancho Santa Fe, California, discovered the bodies of 39 members of the religious group Heaven's Gate who had died in an apparent cult suicide.

March 26th, 1979

With the signing of a peace treaty in Washington, D.C., Egypt became the first Arab country officially to recognize Israel.

March 26th, 1975

The Biological Weapons Convention, the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of an entire category of weapons, entered into force.

March 26th, 1953

Jonas Salk announced the successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children.

March 26th, 1939

Spanish Civil War: Nationalists began their final offensive of the war, at the end of which they controlled almost the entire country.

March 26th, 1917

First World War: Attempting to advance into Palestine, the British were defeated by Ottoman troops at the First Battle of Gaza.

March 26th, 1913

First Balkan War: After a five-month siege, Bulgarian and Serbian forces (artillery pictured) captured the Ottoman city of Adrianople.

March 26th, 1896

An explosion at the Brunner Mine in New Zealand killed 65 coal miners in the country's deadliest mining accident.

March 26th, 1885

Perceiving that the Canadian government was failing to protect their rights, the Métis people led by Louis Riel began the North-West Rebellion.

March 26th, 1873

A Dutch military expedition was launched to bombard Banda Aceh, the capital of the Aceh Sultanate in present-day Indonesia, beginning the Aceh War.

March 26th, 1812

The Boston Gazette printed a cartoon coining the term "gerrymander", named after Governor Elbridge Gerry (pictured), who approved the legislation that created oddly shaped electoral districts.

March 26th, 1697

The Safavid Empire began a four-year occupation of the Ottoman city of Basra on the Persian Gulf.

March 26th, 1484

William Caxton (pictured) printed the first English translation of Aesop's Fables.

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

Born on March 26th, 1978

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

46

Mark Strahl

Canadian politician

*March 26th, 1978, Chilliwack

46

Gladson Cameli

Brazilian engineer and politician, governor of Acre

*March 26th, 1978, Cruzeiro do Sul

46

Martin Šonka

Czech air racer

*March 26th, 1978, Dvůr Králové nad Labem

46

Debbie Dunn

American sprinter (born 1978)

*March 26th, 1978, Jamaica

46

Gerard Ekdom

Dutch radio DJ

*March 26th, 1978, Utrecht

46

Sandra Romain

Romanian pornographic actress

*March 26th, 1978, Timișoara

46

Anastasia Kostaki

Basketball player

*March 26th, 1978, Athens

46

Andry Laffita

Cuban boxer

*March 26th, 1978, Pinar del Río

46

Robert Krawczyk

Polish judoka

*March 26th, 1978, Tarnowskie Góry

46

Cédric Mouret

Footballer

*March 26th, 1978, Avignon

46

Guillermo Ramírez

Guatemalan footballer

*March 26th, 1978, Livingston

46

Ron van der Hoff

Dutch archer

*March 26th, 1978, Venray

46

Mike King

American basketball player

*March 26th, 1978, Baltimore

46

Mojtaba Torshizi

Iranian footballer

*March 26th, 1978, Iran

46

Carsten-Pieter Zimmermann

News anchor

*March 26th, 1978, Vienna

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47

Morgan De Sanctis

Italian association football player

*March 26th, 1977, Guardiagrele

31

Suci Rizky Andini

Indonesia badminton player

*March 26th, 1993, Bandung City

52

Marleve Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1972, Ternate City

37

Nic Strange

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1987, Bangor

51

Larry Page

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*March 26th, 1973, East Lansing

40

Luca James Lee

Australian actor

*March 26th, 1984, Subiaco

39

Jonathan Groff

American actor and singer

*March 26th, 1985, Lancaster

43

Massimo Donati

Italian footballer

*March 26th, 1981, San Vito al Tagliamento

27

Ruthvika Shivani

Indian badminton player

*March 26th, 1997, Vijayawada

54

Martin McDonagh

British-Irish filmmaker and playwright

*March 26th, 1970, London

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

25

Fabio Caponio

Italian badminton player

*March 26th, 1999, Santeramo in Colle

44

Sérgio Paulinho

Portuguese road bicycle racer

*March 26th, 1980, Oeiras

39

Keira Knightley

English actress

*March 26th, 1985, Teddington

45

Juliana Paes

Brazilian actress

*March 26th, 1979, Rio Bonito, Rio de Janeiro

60

Michael Frontzeck

German association football player and manager

*March 26th, 1964, Mönchengladbach

42

Mikel Arteta

Spanish association football player and manager

*March 26th, 1982, San Sebastián

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

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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

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

45

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

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

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