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April 26, 1940

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Notable Births

Giorgio Moroder

1940Giorgio Moroder, Italian singer-songwriter and producer[†]

Giovanni Giorgio Moroder is an Italian composer and record producer. Dubbed the "Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering Euro disco and electronic dance music. His work with synthesizers had a significant influence on several music genres such as hi-NRG, Italo disco, synth-pop, new wave, house, and techno music.

1940Cliff Watson, English rugby league player (died 2018)[†]

Clifford H. Watson was an English professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop in the 1960s and 1970s. He played for the St Helens in the Rugby Football League Championship, and later the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in Australia. Along with hardman Ken Gee, and legendary captain Alan Prescott, he remains one of the best Great Britain front-rowers ever.

Tan Cheng Bock

1940Tan Cheng Bock, Singaporean doctor and politician[†]

Adrian Tan Cheng Bock is a Singaporean former politician and physician. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency (SMC) between 1980 and 2006. He left politics before the 2006 general election and later left the PAP in 2011 to contest in the 2011 presidential election, losing marginally with 34.85% of the vote to Tony Tan in a four-cornered fight.

Notable Deaths

Carl Bosch

1940Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)[†]

Carl Bosch was a German chemist and engineer and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. He was a pioneer in the field of high-pressure industrial chemistry and founder of IG Farben, at one point the world's largest chemical company.