April 26th, 1988

Born on April 26th, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 13,000 days old!

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What happened on April 26th?

April 26th, 2012

The International Hydrographic Organization abandoned South Korean-led 'attempts to rename the Sea of Japan.

April 26th, 2007

Controversy surrounding the relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a Soviet Red Army World War II memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, erupted into mass protests and riots.

April 26th, 1994

Just before landing at Nagoya Airport, Japan, the copilot of China Airlines Flight 140 inadvertently triggered the takeoff/go-around switch, causing the aircraft to crash and killing 264 of the 271 people on board.

April 26th, 1989

A tornado struck the Manikganj District of Bangladesh and killed an estimated 1,300 people, making it the deadliest tornado in history.

April 26th, 1970

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) came into being when the WIPO Convention entered into force.

April 26th, 1958

Service ended on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue Line, one of the first major electrified train lines in the U.S. (steam train pictured).

April 26th, 1944

World War II: U.S. Navy submarines began attacks on Japan's Take Ichi convoy as it sailed in waters between Taiwan and the Philippines, eventually sinking four vessels and killing more than 4,000 troops.

April 26th, 1941

Boris Kidrič and Edvard Kardelj founded the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation, the main anti-fascist Slovene civil-resistance and political organization during World War II.

April 26th, 1933

The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, was established.

April 26th, 1915

First World War: Britain, France and Russia signed a secret treaty promising territory to Italy if it joined the war on their side.

April 26th, 1865

U.S. Army soldiers cornered and fatally shot John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, ending a twelve-day manhunt.

April 26th, 1478

In a conspiracy to replace the Medici family as rulers of the Republic of Florence, the Pazzi family attacked Lorenzo de' Medici (pictured) and killed his brother Giuliano at Florence Cathedral.

April 26th, 2015

Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97.7% of the vote.

April 26th, 2005

Cedar Revolution: Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).

April 26th, 2002

Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.

Today's Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 26th

Born on April 26th, 1988

36

Amelia Alicia Anscelly

Malaysian badminton player

*April 26th, 1988, Kota Kinabalu

36

Macarena García

Spanish actress (born 1988)

*April 26th, 1988, Madrid

36

Bakary Sako

Malian footballer

*April 26th, 1988, Ivry-sur-Seine

36

Rutger Bregman

Dutch journalist, writer and historian

*April 26th, 1988, Westerschouwen

36

Vanessa D'Ambrosio

Sammarinese politician

*April 26th, 1988, Borgo Maggiore

36

Rauf Mamedov

Azerbaijani chess player

*April 26th, 1988, Baku

36

Óscar Trejo

Argentine association football player

*April 26th, 1988, Santiago del Estero

36

Gareth Evans

English association football player (born 1988)

*April 26th, 1988, Macclesfield

36

Manuel Viniegra

Mexican footballer

*April 26th, 1988, Monterrey

36

Ben Spina

Australian rugby league footballer

*April 26th, 1988, Ingham

36

Scotty T

British reality television personality

*April 26th, 1988, Newcastle upon Tyne

36

Annie Starke

American actress

*April 26th, 1988, Bedford

36

Ergün Berisha

Turkish footballer

*April 26th, 1988, Zürich

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

35

Luke Bracey

Australian actor

*April 26th, 1989, Sydney

44

Channing Tatum

American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)

*April 26th, 1980, Cullman

46

Stana Katic

Canadian actress

*April 26th, 1978, Hamilton

54

Melania Trump

First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

34

Albert Torres

Spanish racing cyclist

*April 26th, 1990, Ciutadella de Menorca

66

Giancarlo Esposito

American actor

*April 26th, 1958, Copenhagen

87

Zvi Yavetz

Israeli historian, professor

*April 26th, 1925, Chernivtsi †January 7th, 2013, Tel Aviv

34

Jonathan dos Santos

Mexican association football player

*April 26th, 1990, Monterrey

62

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

*April 26th, 1889, Neuwaldegg †April 29th, 1951, Cambridge

61

Jet Li

Chinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor (born 1963)

*April 26th, 1963, Beijing

69

Peter Neururer

German association football manager

*April 26th, 1955, Marl

35

Melvin Ingram

American football player, linebacker

*April 26th, 1989, Hamlet

44

Jordana Brewster

American actress

*April 26th, 1980, Panama City

91

Carol Burnett

American actress, comedian and singer

*April 26th, 1933, San Antonio

63

Anthony Cumia

American talk radio broadcaster

*April 26th, 1961, Elwood

41

Rodolfo Collazo

Uruguayan rower

*April 26th, 1983, Rosario

47

Tom Welling

American actor, director, and model

*April 26th, 1977, Putnam Valley

86

Duane Eddy

American guitarist

*April 26th, 1938, Corning

35

Daesung

South Korean singer, actor and television personality

*April 26th, 1989, Seoul

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

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Born on April 26th, 1988
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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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