January 26th, 1981

Born on January 26th, 1981

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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, 1981

43

Gustavo Dudamel

Venezuelan conductor and violinist

*January 26th, 1981, Barquisimeto

43

Juan José Haedo

Argentine road bicycle racer

*January 26th, 1981, Chascomús

43

Colin O'Donoghue

Irish actor

*January 26th, 1981, Drogheda

43

José de Jesús Corona

Mexican association football player

*January 26th, 1981, Guadalajara

43

Volador Jr.

Mexican professional wrestler

*January 26th, 1981, Monclova

43

Andrea Lisuzzo

Italian footballer

*January 26th, 1981, Palermo

43

Vitaliy Rudenko

Ukrainian footballer

*January 26th, 1981, Odesa

43

Zbigniew Zakrzewski

Polish footballer

*January 26th, 1981, Poznań

43

Pakito

French DJ

*January 26th, 1981, Bergerac

43

Lisa Antoni

Austrian stage actor

*January 26th, 1981, Vienna

43

Eva Meckbach

German actress

*January 26th, 1981, Seeheim-Jugenheim

43

Leandro Somoza

Argentine footballer

*January 26th, 1981, Buenos Aires

43

Richard Antinucci

Racecar driver

*January 26th, 1981, Rome

43

Nina Ritter

German ice hockey player

*January 26th, 1981, Hamburg

43

Svetlana Ognjenović

Serbian handball player

*January 26th, 1981, Osijek

43

Lena Gonzalez

American politician serving in the California State Senate

*January 26th, 1981, Los Angeles

43

Alexander Yellen

American cinematographer

*January 26th, 1981, Washington, D.C.

43

Lidewij Mahler

Dutch actress

*January 26th, 1981, Arnhem

43

Ronald Dupree

American basketball player

*January 26th, 1981, Biloxi

43

Valentin Teodorica

Footballer

*January 26th, 1981, Romania

43

T. J. Caig

Canadian ice hockey

*January 26th, 1981, Kelowna

43

Sean Bubin

Player of American football

*January 26th, 1981, Houston

43

Giorgos Melabianakis

Greek footballer

*January 26th, 1981, Athens

43

Fernando Orlando Velárdez

American boxer

*January 26th, 1981, San Bernardino

43

Davoud Haghi

Iranian footballer

*January 26th, 1981, Tehran

43

Carmelo Marrero

American martial artist

*January 26th, 1981, Philadelphia

43

Ali Zare Ghanat Nowi

Iranian film director

*January 26th, 1981, Shiraz

43

Glen Fitzpatrick

Irish footballer

*January 26th, 1981, Dublin

43

Juan Lara

Dominican Republic baseball player

*January 26th, 1981, Azua

43

Hannes Hopley

Athletics competitor

*January 26th, 1981, Pretoria

43

Fernando Curcio

Uruguayan footballer

*January 26th, 1981, Montevideo

43

Edwin Ouon

Rwandan footballer

*January 26th, 1981, Aubervilliers

43

Mariano Torresi

Argentine footballer

*January 26th, 1981, Mendoza, Argentina

43

Vitaliy Polyanskyy

Ukrainian judoka

*January 26th, 1981, Dnipro

43

Oleksandr Pyschur

Ukrainian footballer

*January 26th, 1981, Chernihiv

43

Juan Carlos Natale

Mexican politician

*January 26th, 1981, Xalapa

43

Nico Jacobs

Olympic wrestler

*January 26th, 1981, Pretoria

43

Josh Sharpless

American baseball player

*January 26th, 1981, Beaver

43

Walter Bressan

Italian footballer

*January 26th, 1981, Oderzo

43

Junior Puroku

Football player

*January 26th, 1981, Cook Islands

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Who's birthday is on January 26th?

41

Lee Jae-jin

South Korean badminton player

*January 26th, 1983, Miryang

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

40

Silvi Antarini

Indonesian badminton player

*January 26th, 1984, Jakarta

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

45

Huang Chia-Chi

Australian badminton player, former Taiwanese badminton player

*January 26th, 1979, Taipei

39

Adam Cwalina

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1985, Częstochowa

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

28

Tedi Supriadi

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1996, Bandung City

27

Evelyn Siamupangila

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1997, Kabwe

39

Heather Stanning

British rower

*January 26th, 1985, Yeovil

37

Rigoberto Urán

Road bicycle racer

*January 26th, 1987, Urrao

56

Matt Rippy

American actor

*January 26th, 1968, Houston

31

Florian Thauvin

French association football player

*January 26th, 1993, Orléans

19

Alex Lanier

Badminton player

*January 26th, 2005, Caen

34

Peter Sagan

Slovak cycling champion

*January 26th, 1990, Žilina

97

Heinz Kessler

German military officer, Armeegeneral in the former National People's Army of East Germany (1920-2017)

*January 26th, 1920, Lubań †May 2nd, 2017, Berlin

Same year
Born in 1981

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

42

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung City

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

43

Zhang Jiewen

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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