April 26th, 1978

Born on April 26th, 1978

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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, one of the biggest vote shares in Kazakhstan's history.

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 committing suicide.

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

Born on April 26th, 1978

46

Stana Katic

Canadian actress

*April 26th, 1978, Hamilton

46

Pablo Schreiber

Canadian-American actor

*April 26th, 1978, Regional District of Central Kootenay

46

Anna Mouglalis

French actress

*April 26th, 1978, Fréjus

46

Peter Madsen

Danish footballer

*April 26th, 1978, Roskilde

46

Cristóbal Suárez

Spanish actor

*April 26th, 1978, Madrid

46

Dejan Matić

Serbian singer

*April 26th, 1978, Bihać

46

Avant

American R&B singer

*April 26th, 1978, Cleveland

46

Shinnosuke Tachibana

Japanese voice actor

*April 26th, 1978, Gifu Prefecture

46

Stephen Williams

Canadian film director

*April 26th, 1978, Canada

27

Elson Becerra

Colombian footballer (1978-2006)

*April 26th, 1978, Cartagena de Indias †January 8th, 2006, Cartagena de Indias

46

Saša Matić

Serbian singer

*April 26th, 1978, Drvar

46

Ryan O'Neill

American soccer player

*April 26th, 1978, Lima

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Who's birthday is on April 26th?

44

Channing Tatum

American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)

*April 26th, 1980, Cullman

36

Amelia Alicia Anscelly

Malaysian badminton player

*April 26th, 1988, Kota Kinabalu

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

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

54

Melania Trump

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

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

87

Zvi Yavetz

Israeli historian, professor

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

52

Juanita du Plessis

South African singer

*April 26th, 1972, Windhoek

47

Tom Welling

American actor, director, and model

*April 26th, 1977, Putnam Valley

47

Samantha Cristoforetti

Italian European Space Agency astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer (1977)

*April 26th, 1977, Milan

35

Luke Bracey

Australian actor

*April 26th, 1989, Sydney

44

Jordana Brewster

American actress

*April 26th, 1980, Panama City

66

Giancarlo Esposito

American actor

*April 26th, 1958, Copenhagen

52

Sylvain Tesson

French writer

*April 26th, 1972, Paris

47

Roxana Saberi

American journalist

*April 26th, 1977, Belleville

61

Jet Li

Chinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor

*April 26th, 1963, Beijing

62

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889-1951)

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

69

Peter Neururer

German association football manager

*April 26th, 1955, Marl

47

Casey Legler

French swimmer

*April 26th, 1977, Fréjus

45

Ernst Udet

German flying ace (1896–1941)

*April 26th, 1896, Frankfurt †November 17th, 1941, Berlin

63

Anthony Cumia

American talk radio broadcaster

*April 26th, 1961, Elwood

91

Carol Burnett

American actress, comedian and singer

*April 26th, 1933, San Antonio

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Born in 1978

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

46

Miroslav Klose

German professional football manager and fornite player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

46

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

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 Municipality

46

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

46

Gaby Amarantos

Brazilian singer

*August 1st, 1978, Belém

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

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

Markus Wingenbach

German association football referee

*November 26th, 1978, Diez

46

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

46

Jörn Wollschläger

German biathlete

*March 4th, 1978, Suhl

46

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English associiation football player and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

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Born on April 26th, 1978
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Leap year

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

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