In context
- When
- Sunday, May 26 199135 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Ah Young
Who they were
Cho Ah-young, better known mononymously as Ah Young (아영), is a South Korean singer and actress, best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Dal Shabet.
Early life
Early life Ah Young was born on May 26, 1991, in Seoul , South Korea. She attended Dongduk Women's University and majored in entertainment. [ citation needed ]
Path and career
Career 2011–2012: Career beginnings Main article: Dal Shabet Ah Young made her official debut through the release of Supa Dupa Diva with Dal Shabet on January 3, 2011. [ 1 ] On February 28, 2011, Ah Young made a cameo, with Dal Shabet, in the hit KBS drama Dream High , as a student of Kirin High School. [ 2 ] Ah Young and Dal Shabet later appeared in the movie Wonderful Radio as the fictional girl group 'Corby Girls'. [ 3 ]
Why this date
Ah Young appears on our May 26 calendar for 1991 as a birth entry.
May 26 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1991Ah Young
- 1998Supreme Court of the United States
- 1998MIAT Mongolian Airlines
- 1999Manchester United F.C.
- 2002I-40 bridge disaster
- 2003Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230
- 20082008 South China floods
- 2014Narendra Modi
- 2020George Floyd protests
- 20212021 San Jose shooting
- 20252025 Liverpool parade attack
Also in 1991
- September 9TajikistanTajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
- September 11Continental Express Flight 2574Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.
- March 14EscondidaEscondida, one of the most productive copper mines in the world, was officially inaugurated.
- September 12Space Shuttle DiscoveryNASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48 to deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
- September 17EstoniaEstonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
- September 17LinuxThe first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
- September 5Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
- October 201991 Uttarkashi earthquakeAn earthquake struck the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes.
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May 26 1991 — 35 years ago, on a Sunday.
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