June 26th, 1978

Born on June 26th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 261 days, exactly on January 10th, 2025, people who were born on June 26th, 1978 will be 17,000 days old!

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What happened on June 26th, 1978?

June 26th, 1978

Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_Flight_189

What else happened on June 26th?

June 26th, 2015

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that the right of same-sex couples to marry is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.

June 26th, 2013

The U.S. Supreme Court granted federal recognition to same-sex marriage when it overturned the Defense of Marriage Act.

June 26th, 2003

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down sodomy laws in the country in the landmark decision Lawrence v. Texas.

June 26th, 1997

J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first book in the Harry Potter fantasy novel series, is released.

June 26th, 1945

At a conference in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations signed a charter establishing the United Nations.

June 26th, 1918

World War I: The 26-day Battle of Belleau Wood near the Marne River in France ended with American forces finally clearing that forest of German troops.

June 26th, 1907

Organized by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, among others, Bolshevik revolutionaries robbed a bank stagecoach in Tiflis, present-day Georgia.

June 26th, 1906

The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing competition, began near Le Mans.

June 26th, 1889

Bangui, the capital and largest city of the present-day Central African Republic, was founded in French Congo.

June 26th, 1886

French chemist Henri Moissan successfully isolated elemental fluorine (pictured in liquid state), for which he later won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

June 26th, 1848

French authorities suppressed the June Days uprising, in which workers rioted in response to plans to close the National Workshops.

June 26th, 1844

Despite a thirty year age gap, Julia Gardiner Tyler married John Tyler at the Church of the Ascension and became the First Lady of the United States.

June 26th, 1740

War of Jenkins' Ear: Spanish troops stormed the British-held strategically crucial position of Fort Mose in Spanish Florida.

June 26th, 1409

The Council of Pisa elected Peter of Candia as Pope Alexander V (pictured), becoming the third simultaneous claimant of the title of leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

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

Born on June 26th, 1978

45

Signmark

Finnish musician

*June 26th, 1978, Helsinki

45

Alex Dezen

American singer and songwriter

*June 26th, 1978, New York City

45

Alex Arthur

British boxer

*June 26th, 1978, Edinburgh

45

Tory Mussett

Australian actress

*June 26th, 1978, Australia

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 26th?

30

Ariana Grande

American singer and actress (born 1993)

*June 26th, 1993, Boca Raton

40

Simon Stenspil

Danish actor

*June 26th, 1983, Glostrup

43

Rémy Vercoutre

French association football player

*June 26th, 1980, Grande-Synthe

44

Ryan Tedder

American singer, musician, songwriter and record producer

*June 26th, 1979, Tulsa

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

42

Paolo Cannavaro

Italian footballer

*June 26th, 1981, Naples

36

Samir Nasri

French association football player (born 1987)

*June 26th, 1987, Marseille

62

Greg LeMond

American racing cyclist

*June 26th, 1961, Lakewood

43

Jason Schwartzman

American actor and musician

*June 26th, 1980, Los Angeles

55

Paolo Maldini

Italian association football player

*June 26th, 1968, Milan

44

Ben Hudson

English singer, songwriter, and producer from Birmingham

*June 26th, 1979, Birmingham

39

Aubrey Plaza

American actress, comedian, and producer (born 1984)

*June 26th, 1984, Wilmington

40

Felipe Melo

Brazilian association football player

*June 26th, 1983, Volta Redonda

65

Salvador Allende

28th president of Chile (1908–1973)

*June 26th, 1908, Valparaíso †September 11th, 1973, Santiago

53

Nick Offerman

American actor, writer, and comedian

*June 26th, 1970, Joliet

53

Paul Thomas Anderson

American filmmaker

*June 26th, 1970, Studio City

47

Chad Pennington

American football player (born 1976)

*June 26th, 1976, Knoxville

42

Damien Sargue

French actor and singer

*June 26th, 1981, Caen

53

Sean Hayes

American actor

*June 26th, 1970, Chicago

31

Joel Campbell

Costa Rican footballer

*June 26th, 1992, San José

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

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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Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on June 26th.

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Born on June 26th, 1978
Future birthdays

Leap year

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

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