January 26th, 1980

Born on January 26th, 1980

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What happened on January 26th?

January 26th, 1974

Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashed while taking off from İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, killing 67 people.

January 26th, 1545

The Council of Trent officially separates Roman Catholicism and Protestantism

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 (pictured) 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 in the only military coup in Australian history.

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

Born on January 26th, 1980

44

Nora-Eugenie Gomringer

German poet

*January 26th, 1980, Neunkirchen

44

Rafał Okoniewski

Polish speedway rider

*January 26th, 1980, Poland

44

Phil Dalhausser

American volleyball player

*January 26th, 1980, Baden

44

Ivo Kotaška

Czech ice hockey player

*January 26th, 1980, České Budějovice

44

Elie Mitri

Lebanese actor

*January 26th, 1980, Lebanon

44

Fanjanteino Félix

French athlete

*January 26th, 1980, Antanimena

44

Brandon Medders

American baseball player

*January 26th, 1980, Tuscaloosa

44

Guido van der Valk

Professional golfer

*January 26th, 1980, Lelystad

44

Anastasia Sorokina

Chess master

*January 26th, 1980, Minsk

44

Varun Grover

Indian comedian, lyricist

*January 26th, 1980, Sundar Nagar

44

Tom Skinner

British jazz musician

*January 26th, 1980, London

44

Ertuğrul Arslan

Turkish footballer

*January 26th, 1980, Sivas

44

Maximiliano Pellegrino

Argentine footballer

*January 26th, 1980, Leones

44

Sanae Kobayashi

Japanese voice actress

*January 26th, 1980, Hamamatsu

44

Zainal Anwar

Indonesian footballer

*January 26th, 1980, Indonesia

44

Velimir Varga

Slovenian footballer

*January 26th, 1980, Ljubljana

44

Simon Weatherstone

English footballer (born 1980)

*January 26th, 1980, Reading

44

Loïc Vincent

French football player and manager

*January 26th, 1980, Béthune

44

Dennis Norman

Player of American football

*January 26th, 1980, Philadelphia

44

Cristian Rami

Argentine footballer

*January 26th, 1980, Córdoba

44

Artem Derepasko

Tennis player

*January 26th, 1980, Ufa

44

Andre Woolfolk

American football player

*January 26th, 1980, Denver

44

Gedas Butrimavičius

Lithuanian footballer

*January 26th, 1980, Trakai

44

Adrian Budka

Polish footballer

*January 26th, 1980, Zduńska Wola

44

Aboubakr Lbida

Moroccan boxer

*January 26th, 1980, Casablanca

44

Rogelio Díaz Brown

Mexican politician

*January 26th, 1980, Ciudad Obregón

44

Albert Breer

American journalist

*January 26th, 1980, Sudbury

44

Katja Hänninen

Finnish politician

*January 26th, 1980, Oulainen

44

Nader Almassri

Athletics competitor

*January 26th, 1980, Beit Hanoun

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Who's birthday is on January 26th?

41

Lee Jae-jin

South Korean badminton player

*January 26th, 1983, Miryang

45

Huang Chia-Chi

Australian badminton player, former Taiwanese badminton player

*January 26th, 1979, Taipei

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

40

Silvi Antarini

Indonesian badminton player

*January 26th, 1984, Jakarta

43

Gustavo Dudamel

Venezuelan conductor and violinist

*January 26th, 1981, Barquisimeto

39

Adam Cwalina

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1985, Częstochowa

43

Juan José Haedo

Argentine road bicycle racer

*January 26th, 1981, Chascomús

32

Marvin Plattenhardt

German association football player

*January 26th, 1992, Filderstadt

31

Yang Li Lian

Malaysian badminton player

*January 26th, 1993, Selangor

30

Rhys Walker

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1994, Nuneaton

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

27

Evelyn Siamupangila

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1997, Kabwe

28

Tedi Supriadi

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1996, Bandung City

56

Matt Rippy

American actor

*January 26th, 1968, Houston

37

Rigoberto Urán

Road bicycle racer

*January 26th, 1987, Urrao

39

Heather Stanning

British rower

*January 26th, 1985, Yeovil

31

Florian Thauvin

French association football player

*January 26th, 1993, Orléans

19

Alex Lanier

Badminton player

*January 26th, 2005, Caen

Same year
Born in 1980

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

44

Cai Yun

Chinese badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

44

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

44

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

43

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

38

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

43

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

44

Kennevic Asuncion

Badminton player

*March 21st, 1980, Barbaza

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Leap year

Yes: 1980 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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