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BulgariaOn this day: December 26
What happened in the Turkic world on December 26? Famous people born and died on this day, key events and national days.
Events
- 1939
Erzincan earthquake of 1939
7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Erzincan in eastern Turkey on December 27, 1939
Births
- 1901
Sergei Khudyakov
Soviet Marshal of Aviation (1902-1950) - 1919
Amina Dilbazi
Azerbaijani folk dancer (1919–2010)
- 1920
Yodgor Nasriddinova
Uzbekistani politician (1920-2006) - 1932
Roald Sagdeev
Russian physicist (born 1932)
- 1943
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu
Turkish historian of science, Islamicist, and politician (born 1943)
- 1948
Elbay Gasimzade
Azerbaijani architect
- 1979
Dimitry Vassiliev
Russian ski jumper - 1981
Rasul Salimov
Azerbaijani judoka
- 1981
Anna Lebedeva
Kazakh biathlete - 1987
Mikhail Kukushkin
Kazakh tennis player
Deaths
- 1973
Amin Niyazov
Soviet politician (1903-1973)
- 1976
Leonid Beda
Soviet aviator (1920–1976)
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