February 26th, 1988

Born on February 26th, 1988

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What 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 East Pyongyang Grand Theatre.

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, 1979

The Superliner railcar entered revenue service with Amtrak.

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 and 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.

February 26th, 2012

Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida.

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

Born on February 26th, 1988

35

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Rie Eto

Japanese badminton player

*February 26th, 1988, Oita Prefecture

35

Charley Webb

English actress

*February 26th, 1988, Bury

35

Marcus Nilsson

Swedish footballer (born 1988)

*February 26th, 1988, Helsingborg

35

Sudeep Nagarkar

Indian novelist

*February 26th, 1988, Mumbai

35

Deniz Yılmaz

Turkish footballer

*February 26th, 1988, Neu-Ulm

35

Danny Mac

British actor

*February 26th, 1988, Bromley

35

Brad Coleman

American racing driver

*February 26th, 1988, Houston

35

Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala

Latvian javelin thrower

*February 26th, 1988, Riga

35

Jordy Brouwer

Dutch professional footballer

*February 26th, 1988, The Hague

35

Brittnee Cooper

American volleyball player

*February 26th, 1988, Houston

35

Garrett Muagututia

American volleyball player

*February 26th, 1988, Oceanside

35

Matteo Ciofani

Italian footballer

*February 26th, 1988, Avezzano

35

Margo Haddad

Jordanian actress

*February 26th, 1988, Amman

35

Dustin Ackley

American baseball player

*February 26th, 1988, Winston-Salem

35

Marina Visković

Serbian pop-folk singer

*February 26th, 1988, Belgrade

35

Ricardo García Ambroa

Spanish bicycle racer (1988-)

*February 26th, 1988, Vitoria-Gasteiz

35

Konstantin Alexeev

Russian ice hockey player

*February 26th, 1988, Novosibirsk

35

Elea Geissler

German actress

*February 26th, 1988, Frankfurt

35

Olga Calpajiu

Moldavian model and actor

*February 26th, 1988, Bender

35

Aura Kasih

Indonesian actress

*February 26th, 1988, Bandung City

35

Demetrius Andrade

American boxer

*February 26th, 1988, Providence

35

Blair Cameron Bann

Canadian volleyball player

*February 26th, 1988, Edmonton

35

Valeria Kurylskaya

Belarusian rhythmic gymnast

*February 26th, 1988, Minsk

35

Márk Mészáros

Hungarian footballer

*February 26th, 1988, Miskolc

35

Mason Brodine

American football player

*February 26th, 1988, Elm Creek

35

Lilia Gorilskaya

Ukrainian handball player

*February 26th, 1988, Kryvyi Rih

35

Katerina Bexis

Association footballer

*February 26th, 1988, Adelaide

35

Javier González Tupper

Venezuelan footballer

*February 26th, 1988, Caracas

35

Hitomi Niiya

Japanese long-distance runner

*February 26th, 1988, Sōja

35

Cornelius Brown

Player of American football

*February 26th, 1988, Houston

35

Lewis Walters

Jamaican squash player

*February 26th, 1988, Nottingham

35

Aleksandar Maksimović

Olympic wrestler

*February 26th, 1988, Belgrade

35

Mary Antoinette Rivero

Filipino taekwondo practitioner

*February 26th, 1988, Makati

35

İsmail Baydil

Turkish footballer

*February 26th, 1988, Denizli Province

35

Keisa Monterola

Venezuelan pole vaulter

*February 26th, 1988, Caracas

35

Sven Kums

Belgian footballer

*February 26th, 1988, Asse

35

Kim Yeon-Koung

South Korean female professional volleyball player

*February 26th, 1988, Ansan

35

Yohannes Bahcecioglu

German association football player

*February 26th, 1988, Cologne

35

Alberto Acosta Alvarado

Mexican association football player

*February 26th, 1988, Ciudad Mante

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Who's birthday is on February 26th?

29

Kalle Koljonen

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Helsinki

29

Neslihan Arın

Turkish female badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Osmangazi

26

Zheng Siwei

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1997, Wenzhou

40

Laura de Boer

Dutch actress

*February 26th, 1983, Amsterdam

45

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

30

Maria Ehrich

Actress

*February 26th, 1993, Erfurt

36

Juraj Kucka

Slovak association football player

*February 26th, 1987, Bojnice

49

Sébastien Loeb

French racing driver

*February 26th, 1974, Haguenau

29

Xiong Mengjing

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Jiangsu

28

Takuto Inoue

Japanese badminton player

*February 26th, 1995, Genkai

28

Felix Burestedt

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1995, Ängelholm

42

Jiang Yanmei

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1981, Guangdong

27

Aoi Matsuda

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1996, Osaka Prefecture

37

Nacho Monreal

Spanish association football player

*February 26th, 1986, Pamplona

23

Yeat

American rapper (2000–)

*February 26th, 2000, Irvine

69

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

29

Sik-K

South Korean rapper

*February 26th, 1994, Seoul

49

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

32

Caitlin Leverenz

American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist

*February 26th, 1991, Tucson

67

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

English singer-songwriter (born 1988)

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

35

Wang Yihan

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

35

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

35

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

34

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Emma Stone

American actress

*November 6th, 1988, Scottsdale

35

Nikki Reed

American actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Lizzo

American singer and rapper (born 1988)

*April 27th, 1988, Detroit

35

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Markéta Irglová

Czech singer-songwriter, musician and actress

*February 28th, 1988, Valašské Meziříčí

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Leap year

Yes: 1988 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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February 1988