What are the important events that happened on April 26, 2005? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 26, 2005: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 26, 2005 is the 116th day of the year 2005 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 249 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 13, 2005 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,114,473,600 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 ‘hectadecahexagon’ day.
If a person born on this day saved a Cent every day starting at age 3, then by now that person has accumulated $58.51. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
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.
Rooster is the mythical animal and Wood is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.
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April 26, 2005 Historical Events
- 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 ( Syrian occupation of Lebanon ).
Who died on April 26, 2005?
- 2005 –Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan author (b. 1917)
- 2005 –Maria Schell, Swiss-Austrian actress (b. 1926)
- 2005 –Mason Adams, American actor (b. 1919)
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