April 26
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April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). There are 249 days remaining.
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Events
- 1478 - The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Florence Cathedral.
- 1607 - English colonists of the Jamestown settlement make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.
- 1865 - American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina.
- 1865 - Union cavalry troopers corner John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln's assassin, in a barn in Virginia. Booth is shot dead by cavalryman Boston Corbett.
- 1925 - Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected Reichspräsident, the head of state of the Weimar Republic.
- 1933 - The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.
- 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
- 1942 - The worst-ever mining accident in history kills 1,549 miners in an explosion at the Honkeiko Colliery, Manchuria.
- 1946 - Father Divine, a controversial religious leader who claims to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement.
- 1954 - The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
- 1962 - NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
- 1964 - Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.
- 1986 - In Ukraine, a nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant explodes, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.
- 1991 - Seventy tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before its end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year's only F5 tornado (see The Andover, Kansas Tornado).
- 1994 - South Africa holds its first multiracial elections.
- 1994 - A China Airlines Airbus A-300-600R crashes at Nagoya Airport, Japan killing 264.
- 2002 - 19-year-old Robert Steinhäuser shoots and kills 17 people at his school in Erfurt, Germany.
- 2005 - Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country.
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Births
- 121 - Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (d. 180)
- 1538 - Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (d. 1600)
- 1573 - Marie de' Medici, queen of Henry IV of France (d. 1642)
- 1564 (baptized) - William Shakespeare, English writer (d. 1616)
- 1648 - King Peter II of Portugal (d. 1706)
- 1710 - Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796)
- 1711 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1776)
- 1765 - Emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Horatio Nelson (d. 1815)
- 1785 - John James Audubon, French-American naturalist and illustrator (d. 1851)
- 1787 - Ludwig Uhland, German poet (d. 1862)
- 1798 - James Beckwourth, American explorer (d. 1867)
- 1798 - Eugène Delacroix, French painter (d. 1863)
- 1812 - Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (d. 1887)
- 1822 - Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape architect (d. 1903)
- 1879 - Owen Willans Richardson, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)
- 1886 - Ma Rainey, American singer (d. 1939)
- 1888 - Anita Loos, American writer (d. 1981)
- 1889 - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1951)
- 1894 - Rudolf Hess, Nazi official (d. 1987)
- 1896 - Ernst Udet, German World War II pilot (d. 1941)
- 1897 - Eddie Eagan, American sportsman (d. 1967)
- 1897 - Douglas Sirk, German-born film director (d. 1987)
- 1898 - Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
- 1898 - John Grierson, Scottish filmmaker (d. 1972)
- 1900 - Charles Richter, American geophysicist and inventor (d. 1985)
- 1911 - Marianne Hoppe, German actress (d. 2002)
- 1912 - A. E. van Vogt, Canadian writer (d. 2000)
- 1914 - Bernard Malamud, American author (d. 1986)
- 1914 - James W. Rouse, American real estate investor, activist, and philanthropist (d. 1996)
- 1916 - Morris West, Australian writer (d. 1999)
- 1917 - I.M. Pei, Chinese-born architect
- 1918 - Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (d. 2004)
- 1918 - Stafford Repp American actor (d. 1974)
- 1925 - Jørgen Ingmann, Danish musician (d. 1990)
- 1926 - Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (d. 2003)
- 1932 - Michael Smith, English-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
- 1933 - Carol Burnett, American singer, actress, and comedian
- 1933 - Arno Allan Penzias, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1934 - Alan Arkin, American actor
- 1936 - Lane Smith, American actor
- 1938 - Duane Eddy, American musician
- 1940 - Giorgio Moroder, German composer
- 1942 - Claudine Auger, French actress
- 1942 - Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat
- 1942 - Bobby Rydell, American singer
- 1943 - Gary Wright, American singer
- 1943 - Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect
- 1946 - Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian politician
- 1956 - Koo Stark, American actress
- 1958 - Jeffrey Guterman, American mental health counselor
- 1960 - Roger Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran)
- 1961 - Joan Chen, Chinese-born actress
- 1963 - Jet Li, Chinese martial artist and actor
- 1965 - Kevin James, American comedian and actor
- 1967 - Glen Jacobs, American professional wrestler
- 1970 - Tionne Watkins, American singer (TLC)
- 1973 - Chris Perry, English footballer
- 1975 - Joey Jordison, American musician (Slipknot)
- 1976 - Jose Pasillas, American musician (Incubus)
- 1977 - Tom Welling, American actor
- 1980 - Jordana Brewster, American actress
- 1982 - Joanne Gobure, Nauruan poet
- 1983 - Jessica Lynch, American soldier
- 1984 - Mija Martina, Bosnian singer
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Deaths
- 1192 - Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)
- 1444 - Robert Campin, Flemish painter (b. 1378)
- 1478 - Giuliano di Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence (assassinated) (b. 1453)
- 1489 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)
- 1716 - John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1651)
- 1865 - John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin (shot) (b. 1838)
- 1892 - Sir Provo Wallis, British Admiral and naval hero (b. 1791)
- 1910 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
- 1920 - Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b. 1887)
- 1932 - Hart Crane, American poet (suicide) (b. 1899)
- 1932 - William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
- 1938 - Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (b. 1859)
- 1940 - Carl Bosch, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
- 1951 - Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (b. 1868)
- 1956 - Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)
- 1969 - Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist (b. 1883)
- 1970 - Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress (b. 1911)
- 1973 - Irene Ryan, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1976 - Sid James, British comedian (b. 1913)
- 1981 - Jim Davis, American actor (b. 1909)
- 1984 - Count Basie, American musician and composer (b. 1904)
- 1986 - Broderick Crawford, American actor (stroke) (b. 1911)
- 1986 - Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b. 1899)
- 1988 - James McCracken, American tenor (b. 1926)
- 1989 - Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian (b. 1911)
- 1991 - Carmine Coppola, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
- 1991 - Emily McLaughlin, American actress (b. 1930)
- 1996 - Stirling Silliphant, American writer and producer (b. 1918)
- 1999 - Jill Dando, British television presenter (b. 1961)
- 2002 - Lisa Lopes, American singer (b. 1971)
- 2003 - Rosemary Brown, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
- 2003 - Max Nicholson, Irish environmentalist (b. 1904)
- 2003 - Peter Stone, American writer (b. 1930)
- 2004 - Hubert Selby Jr., American author (b. 1928)
- 2005 - Mason Adams, American actor (b. 1919)
- 2005 - Blade Icewood, American rapper (b. 1977)
- 2005 - Maria Schell, Austrian-born actress (b. 1926)
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Holidays and observances
- Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church:
- Saint Alda (d. 1309)
- Richarius or Riquier (d. 643)
- Paschasius (d. 865)
- Saint Cletus (Pope Anacletus) and Marcellinus (Popes and martyrs)
- Lucidius (4th century)
- Trudpert (Irish monk martyred in Germany in 607).
- Tanzania - Union Day
- Shi'a Islam - Mawlid, Muhammad's birthday (2005)
- Georgia, USA - Confederate Memorial Day
- Intellectual property - World Intellectual Property Day (since 2001)
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External links
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