What happened this day in history April 26

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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