Slovene-American model; 47th First Lady of the United States

Melania Trump

Melania Knauss Trump is a Slovenian and American former model serving as the first lady of the United States since 2025, a role she previously held from 2017 to 2021 as the third wife of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States. She is the first naturalized citizen and the first non-native English speaker to become first lady; the second foreign-born first lady, after Louisa Adams; the second Roman Catholic first lady, after Jacqueline Kennedy; and the second to hold the position nonconsecutively, after Frances Cleveland.

Born

1970

April 26

Died

Living

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1970s

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Key dates

1970 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

1289 Following weeks of bombardment, the city of Tripoli falls to the Mamluks under Qalawun. The Mamluks massacre all men they find and enslave the women and children.
1326 The kingdom of France and the kingdom of Scotland agree on a treaty of mutual aid at Corbeil.
1336 Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux.
1478 The Pazzi family attack on Lorenzo de' Medici in order to displace the ruling Medici family kills his brother Giuliano during High Mass in Florence Cathedral.

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The world in 1970

When Melania arrived

april 1 President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.
april 1 A Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Berrechid, Morocco, killing 61.
april 10 Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
april 11 Apollo Program: Apollo 13 is launched.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on April 26

Carol Burnett 1933– American actress, singer, and producer Esek Hopkins 1718–1802 American commander (died 1802) Filiberto Ojeda Ríos 1933–2005 Puerto Rican-American general (died 2005) Gary Wright 1943– American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2023) Hack Wilson 1900– American baseball player (died 1948) John James Audubon 1785–1851 French-American ornithologist and painter (died 1851) Kristen R. Ghodsee 1970– American ethnographer and academic Michael Smith 1932–2000 English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000) Paul-Émile Léger 1904–1991 Canadian cardinal (died 1991)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1970

Adam Pascal 1970– American actor and singer Barry Pepper 1970– Canadian actor and producer Chorão 1970–2013 Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2013) Dave Eggers 1970– American author and screenwriter Dawn Staley 1970– American basketball player Desmond Howard 1970– American football player and sportscaster Dominic Purcell 1970– English-Australian actor and producer Edoardo Ballerini 1970– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Emmanuel Petit 1970– French footballer

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