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, 28,568,160 minutes 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
1478 –
The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Duomo of Florence.
1865 –
American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Also the date of Confederate Memorial Day for most states.
1926 –
Spanish tonadilla singer Raquel Meller appears on the cover of Time magazine.
1928 –
Los Angeles City Hall dedicated.
1933 –
The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.
1945 –
World War II: Battle of Bautzen – last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.
1946 –
Naperville train disaster kills 47.
1965 –
A Rolling Stones concert in London, Ontario is shut down by police after 15 minutes due to rioting.
1981 –
Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world’s first human open fetal surgery.
1991 –
Seventy tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before the outbreak’s end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year’s only F5 tornado (see Andover, Kansas Tornado Outbreak).
Who were born on April 26?
1711 –
David Hume,Scottish philosopher (d. 1776). The date is Old Style. He was born on 7th of May under Gregorian Calender.
1812 –
Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (d. 1887)
1932 –
Israr Ahmed, Pakistani Muslim religious scholar (d. 2010)
1960 –
Roger Taylor, British musician (Duran Duran)
1961 –
Chris Mars, American rock drummer (The Replacements)
1963 –
Li Lianjie/Jet Li, Chinese martial artist and actor
1978 –
Tyler Labine, Canadian actor
1980 –
Channing Tatum, American actor
1982 –
Jon Lee, British singer (S Club)
1989 –
Daesung, Korean singer (Big Bang)
Who died on April 26?
1476 –
Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b. 1453)
1478 –
Giuliano di Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence (assassinated) (b. 1453)
1852 –
Charles Athanase Walckenaer, French naturalist (b. 25 December 1771)
1865 –
John Wilkes Booth, American assassin (b. 1838)
1932 –
William Lockwood, British cricketer (b. 1868)
1936 –
Tammany Young, American actor (b. 1886)
1950 –
G. Murray Hulbert, American politician (b. 1881)
1957 –
Gichin Funakoshi, Father of Japanese Shotokan Karatedo (b. 1868)
1970 –
Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress (b. 1911)
1991 –
Leo Arnaud, French-American composer (b. 1904)
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