Melania Trump was born on 26 April 1970 in Novo Mesto. The wife of Donald Trump, Melania Trump was born Melanija Knavs in Novo Mesto, then part of Yugoslavia and now Slovenia. She worked as a fashion model in Milan and Paris before moving to New York in the 1990s, married Trump in 2005 and became a United States citizen in 2006. She was First Lady from 2017 to 2021 and again from January 2025. During her first term she launched the Be Best campaign, focused on the well-being of children, and she is the second First Lady born outside the United States, after Louisa Adams. She has generally kept a low public profile compared to some of her predecessors.
Before and after
- 5 March 1970Birth of Aleksandar Vučić
- 20 March 1970Founding of Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
- 11 April 1970Launch of Apollo 13
- 22 April 1970The first Earth Day
- 26 April 1970Birth of Melania Trump
- from 29 April 1970 to 22 July 1970Cambodian campaign
- 22 May 1970Avivim school bus massacre
- 21 June 1970Death of Sukarno
- 30 July 1970Birth of Christopher Nolan
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1954Publication of The Lord of the Rings
- 1956Premiere of Eurovision Song Contest
- 1958Publication of Exodus
- 1 December 1969Publication of Doraemon
- 1986Construction of Musée d'Orsay
- 7 December 2024Construction of Notre-Dame de Paris
The era
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