January 26th, 1979

Born on January 26th, 1979

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

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 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 by the New South Wales Corps in the only military coup in Australian history.

January 26th, 1788

Captain Arthur Phillip and the British First Fleet landed at Sydney Cove on the shore of Port Jackson in present-day Sydney, establishing the first permanent European settlement in Australia.

January 26th, 1700

An earthquake with a moment magnitude of around 9.0 occurred off the Pacific Northwest coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records of tsunamis.

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

Born on January 26th, 1979

44

Huang Chia-Chi

Australian badminton player, former Taiwanese badminton player

*January 26th, 1979, Taipei

44

Karine Icher

Professional golfer

*January 26th, 1979, Châteauroux

44

Nic Kipke

American politician

*January 26th, 1979, Baltimore

44

John Velis

Politician in Massachusetts, US

*January 26th, 1979, Westfield

44

Emma Zackrisson

Professional golfer

*January 26th, 1979, Holmsund

44

Sara Rue

American actress

*January 26th, 1979, New York City

44

Kim Bum-soo

South Korean singer

*January 26th, 1979, Busan

44

Desiree Burch

American comedian, actress, TV host

*January 26th, 1979, Los Angeles

44

Sander Loones

Belgian politician

*January 26th, 1979, Veurne

44

Yoon Ha Lee

American writer

*January 26th, 1979, Houston

44

Bárbara Borges

Brazilian actress

*January 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

44

René Alvarado

American actor

*January 26th, 1979, New York City

44

Antônio Carlos Magalhães Neto

Brazilian politician

*January 26th, 1979, Salvador

44

Tom Deckman

American actor

*January 26th, 1979, Rochester

44

Rebecca Hanover

American screenwriter

*January 26th, 1979, Memphis

44

Keyla Ohs

Canadian figure skater

*January 26th, 1979, Port Alberni

44

Kenny Kelly

American baseball player

*January 26th, 1979, Plant City

44

Víctor Romero

Mexican tennis player

*January 26th, 1979, Mexico City

44

Susana Mora

Mexican association football player

*January 26th, 1979, Mexico

44

Igor Talevski

Macedonian footballer

*January 26th, 1979, Bitola

44

Harold Druken

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 26th, 1979, St. John's

44

Girdon Connor

Anguillan footballer (born 1979)

*January 26th, 1979, Anguilla

44

Serkan Bekiroğlu

Association football player

*January 26th, 1979, Kadirli

44

Orie Kimoto

Japanese actress and voice actress

*January 26th, 1979, Tokyo

44

Alaa Abdel-Ghany

Egyptian footballer

*January 26th, 1979, Egypt

44

Miki Agrawal

Canadian-born entrepreneur

*January 26th, 1979, Montreal

44

Sergey Korovushkin

Russian footballer

*January 26th, 1979, Redkino

44

Alexander Pechen

Russian physicist and mathematician (born 1979)

*January 26th, 1979, Moscow

44

Steve Gainey

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 26th, 1979, Montreal

44

Joris Keizer

Dutch swimmer

*January 26th, 1979, Hengelo

44

Maksym Kalynychenko

Ukrainian footballer

*January 26th, 1979, Kharkiv

44

Cătălin Munteanu

Romanian footballer

*January 26th, 1979, Bucharest

44

Hiromi Nakakura

Japanese Shogi player

*January 26th, 1979, Fuchū

44

Sofia Penkova

Bulgarian figure skater

*January 26th, 1979, Sofia

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Who's birthday is on January 26th?

40

Lee Jae-jin

South Korean badminton player

*January 26th, 1983, Miryang

42

Gustavo Dudamel

Venezuelan conductor and violinist

*January 26th, 1981, Barquisimeto

50

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

52

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

35

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

38

Adam Cwalina

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1985, Częstochowa

39

Silvi Antarini

Indonesian badminton player

*January 26th, 1984, Jakarta

31

Marvin Plattenhardt

German association football player

*January 26th, 1992, Filderstadt

70

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

68

Lucía Méndez

Mexican recording artist, actress and singer

*January 26th, 1955, León Municipality

45

Sinan Çalışkanoğlu

Turkish actor

*January 26th, 1978, Istanbul

45

Faletes

Spanish singer

*January 26th, 1978, Seville

43

Rafał Okoniewski

Polish speedway rider

*January 26th, 1980, Poland

36

Rigoberto Urán

Road bicycle racer

*January 26th, 1987, Urrao

30

Yang Li Lian

Malaysian badminton player

*January 26th, 1993, Selangor

46

Justin Gimelstob

US tennis player

*January 26th, 1977, Livingston

42

Colin O'Donoghue

Irish actor

*January 26th, 1981, Drogheda

46

Park Hae-il

South Korean actor

*January 26th, 1977, Seoul

46

Hemky Madera

American actor

*January 26th, 1977, United States of America

46

Dominic Knight

Australian comedian and writer

*January 26th, 1977, Sydney

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Born in 1979

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Yang Wei

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

44

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

John Krasinski

American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)

*October 20th, 1979, Newton

44

Aaron Paul melón

American actor (born 1979)

*August 27th, 1979, Emmett

28

Heath Ledger

Australian actor (1979–2008)

*April 4th, 1979, Perth †January 22nd, 2008, Manhattan

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

44

Douglas Murray

British political commentator

*July 16th, 1979, Hammersmith

44

David Suazo

Honduran footballer

*November 5th, 1979, San Pedro Sula

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Graeme Brown

Australian cyclist

*April 9th, 1979, Darwin

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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