What are the important events that happened on April 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 26: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 26 is the 117th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 249 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 13, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,714,089,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecaheptagon’ day.
Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 278 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,144 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 26 Historical Events
1865 –
Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Lincoln, in Virginia.
1923 –
The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
1933 –
The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.
1960 –
Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after twelve years of dictatorial rule.
1962 –
NASA’s Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
1963 –
In Libya, amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya) and allows for female participation in elections.
1964 –
Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.
1966 –
An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent.
1981 –
Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world’s first human open fetal surgery.
1982 –
57 people are killed by former police officer Woo Bum-kon in a shooting spree in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.
Who were born on April 26?
1573 –
Marie de' Medici, wife of Henry IV of France (d. 1642)
1662 –
Maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1689)
1926 –
David Coleman, British TV sports broadcaster
1930 –
Roger Moens, Belgian athlete
1941 –
Claudine Clark, American R&B singer-composer
1975 –
Nathan “Joey” Jordison, American musician (Slipknot)
1979 –
Janne Wirman, Finnish musician (Children of Bodom)
1982 –
Jon Lee, British singer (S Club)
1987 –
Jarmila Gajdošová, Slovakian/Australian tennis player
1989 –
Daesung, Korean singer (Big Bang)
Who died on April 26?
1852 –
Charles Athanase Walckenaer, French naturalist (b. 25 December 1771)
1915 –
John Bunny, silent film comedian (b. 1863)
1940 –
Carl Bosch, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1874)
1951 –
Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (b. 1868)
1968 –
John Heartfield, German artist (b. 1891)
1986 –
Bessie Love, American actress (b. 1898)
1989 –
Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian (b. 1911)
2002 –
Robert Steinhäuser German spree killer (b. 1983)
2005 –
Maria Schell, Swiss-Austrian actress (b. 1926)
2005 –
Mason Adams, American actor (b. 1919)
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