February 26th, 1979

Born on February 26th, 1979

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 26th, 1979?

February 26th, 1979

The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak.

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February 26th, 1979

The Superliner railcar entered revenue service with Amtrak.

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What else happened on February 26th?

February 26th, 2014

Former editor-in-chief of Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao Kevin Lau was stabbed, prompting concerns and protests about media freedom.

February 26th, 2013

A hot air balloon crashed near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people in the deadliest ballooning disaster in history.

February 26th, 2012

African-American teenager Trayvon Martin was killed by neighborhood-watch coordinator George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, prompting a nationwide controversy.

February 26th, 2008

In the first significant cultural visit from the United States to North Korea since the Korean War, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang.

February 26th, 1995

Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in London, was declared insolvent after its head derivatives trader in Singapore, Nick Leeson, lost £827 million while making unauthorised trades on futures contracts.

February 26th, 1936

Imperial Japanese Army troops attempted a coup d'etat, occupying parts of Tokyo, and killing several politicians, including finance minister Takahashi Korekiyo.

February 26th, 1935

With the aid of a radio station in Daventry, England, and two receiving antennae, Scottish engineer and inventor Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrated the use of radar.

February 26th, 1917

The Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded "Livery Stable Blues", the first jazz single ever released.

February 26th, 1914

RMS Britannic, the third and largest Olympic-class ocean liner of the White Star Line after RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, was launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast.

February 26th, 1815

Napoleon escaped from the Italian island of Elba (depicted), to which he had been exiled after the signing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau.

February 26th, 1266

Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: Manfred, King of Sicily, was killed in the Battle of Benevento against the forces of Charles of Anjou.

February 26th, 2019

Indian Air Force fighter-jets targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot.

February 26th, 2013

A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.

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

Born on February 26th, 1979

45

Richard Egington

British rower

*February 26th, 1979, Warrington

45

Ngô Thanh Vân

Vietnamese actress, singer, model, businesswoman and filmmaker

*February 26th, 1979, Cầu Kè

45

Corinne Bailey Rae

British singer and songwriter

*February 26th, 1979, Leeds

45

Shauntay Hinton

American beauty pageant contestant

*February 26th, 1979, Starkville

45

Hilary Williams

American singer

*February 26th, 1979, Cullman

42

Traxamillion

American rapper

*February 26th, 1979, California †January 2nd, 2022, San Jose

45

Ali Atshani

Iranian film director

*February 26th, 1979, Isfahan

45

Shalim Ortiz

Puerto Rican actor

*February 26th, 1979, San Juan

45

Jesús López Velázquez

Spanish association football player

*February 26th, 1979, Cádiz

45

Pedro Mendes

Portuguese footballer (born in february 1979)

*February 26th, 1979, Moreira de Cónegos

45

Steve Evans

Welsh footballer (born 1979)

*February 26th, 1979, Wrexham

45

Susana Diazayas

Mexican actress and model

*February 26th, 1979, Mexico City

45

Ellenie Salvo González

German actress

*February 26th, 1979, Berlin

45

Eddies Adelia

Indonesian actress

*February 26th, 1979, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta

45

Radu Doicaru

Romanian footballer

*February 26th, 1979, Mangalia

45

Néstor Contreras

Chilean footballer

*February 26th, 1979, Santiago

45

Kulthida Yenprasert

Thai model

*February 26th, 1979, Bangkok

45

Min Maw Kun

Burmese actor

*February 26th, 1979, Myanmar

45

David Silvers

American politician from Florida

*February 26th, 1979, Miami Beach

45

Corey Woolfolk

American soccer player-coach

*February 26th, 1979, Ann Arbor

45

Bjarni Guðjónsson

Icelandic association football player

*February 26th, 1979, Akranes

45

Denis Valdez Perez

Russian association football player

*February 26th, 1979, Moscow

45

Bartosz Ława

Polish footballer

*February 26th, 1979, Trzebiatów

45

Stefan Giglio

Maltese footballer

*February 26th, 1979, Valletta

45

Rubayyat Jahan

Bangladeshi-born British singer

*February 26th, 1979, Chittagong

45

Lyubov Perepelova

Uzbekistani athletics competitor

*February 26th, 1979, Tashkent

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

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

41

Laura de Boer

Dutch actress

*February 26th, 1983, Amsterdam

27

Zheng Siwei

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1997, Wenzhou

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

30

Neslihan Arın

Turkish female badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Osmangazi

30

Kalle Koljonen

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Helsinki

43

Jiang Yanmei

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1981, Guangdong

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

24

Yeat

American rapper singer-songwriter, and record producer (born. 2000)

*February 26th, 2000, Irvine

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

36

Rie Eto

Japanese badminton player

*February 26th, 1988, Oita Prefecture

50

Sébastien Loeb

French racing driver

*February 26th, 1974, Haguenau

30

Xiong Mengjing

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Jiangsu

29

Takuto Inoue

Japanese badminton player

*February 26th, 1995, Genkai

28

Aoi Matsuda

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1996, Osaka Prefecture

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

29

Felix Burestedt

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1995, Ängelholm

42

Li Na

Chinese tennis player

*February 26th, 1982, Wuhan

40

Alex de Angelis

Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from San Marino

*February 26th, 1984, Rimini

30

Sik-K

South Korean rapper

*February 26th, 1994, Seoul

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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

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