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.

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 dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.

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

Born on April 26th, 1978

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Stana Katic

Canadian actress

*April 26th, 1978, Hamilton

45

Pablo Schreiber

Canadian-American actor

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

45

Anna Mouglalis

French actress

*April 26th, 1978, Fréjus

45

Cristóbal Suárez

Spanish actor

*April 26th, 1978, Madrid

45

Dejan Matić

Serbian singer

*April 26th, 1978, Bihać

45

Avant

American R&B singer

*April 26th, 1978, Cleveland

45

Shinnosuke Tachibana

Japanese voice actor

*April 26th, 1978, Gifu Prefecture

45

Peter Madsen

Danish footballer

*April 26th, 1978, Roskilde

45

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

45

Saša Matić

Serbian singer

*April 26th, 1978, Drvar

45

Ryan O'Neill

American soccer player

*April 26th, 1978, Lima

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43

Channing Tatum

American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)

*April 26th, 1980, Cullman

35

Amelia Alicia Anscelly

Malaysian badminton player

*April 26th, 1988, Kota Kinabalu

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

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

53

Melania Trump

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

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

46

Tom Welling

American actor, director, and model

*April 26th, 1977, Putnam Valley

46

Samantha Cristoforetti

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

*April 26th, 1977, Milan

34

Luke Bracey

Australian actor

*April 26th, 1989, Sydney

43

Jordana Brewster

American actress

*April 26th, 1980, Panama City

65

Giancarlo Esposito

American actor

*April 26th, 1958, Copenhagen

60

Jet Li

Chinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor (born 1963)

*April 26th, 1963, Beijing

87

Zvi Yavetz

Israeli historian, professor

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

68

Peter Neururer

German association football manager

*April 26th, 1955, Marl

62

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

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

46

Casey Legler

French swimmer

*April 26th, 1977, Fréjus

62

Anthony Cumia

American talk radio broadcaster

*April 26th, 1961, Elwood

90

Carol Burnett

American actress, comedian and singer

*April 26th, 1933, San Antonio

85

Duane Eddy

American guitarist

*April 26th, 1938, Corning

40

Rodolfo Collazo

Uruguayan rower

*April 26th, 1983, Rosario

44

Tarrus Riley

Jamaican singer

*April 26th, 1979, New York City

63

Allan Peiper

Road cyclist

*April 26th, 1960, Alexandra

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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

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

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

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

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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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