Tukuk-OS📅 April 26
20 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on April 26? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2017 — The Shandong was launched for the People's Liberation Army Navy, China's first domestically built aircraft carrier.
Chinese aircraft carrier ShandongPeople's Liberation Army NavyAircraft carrier
- 2007 — Controversy surrounding the relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a Soviet Red Army World War II memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, erupted into mass protests and riots.
- 2002 — An expelled student murdered sixteen people and wounded seven others before committing suicide at the Gutenberg-Gymnasium Erfurt in Erfurt, Germany.
- 1999 — The CIH virus activated widely, damaging hundreds of thousands of computers and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.
- 1994 — Just before landing at Nagoya Airport, Japan, the copilot of China Airlines Flight 140 inadvertently triggered the takeoff/go-around switch, causing the aircraft to crash and killing 264 of the 271 people on board.
Nagoya AirfieldChina Airlines Flight 140Takeoff/go-around switch
- 1989 — An editorial was published in the People's Daily denouncing the growing unrest in Tiananmen Square in Beijing which would remain contentious through the remainder of the protests.
April 26 EditorialPeople's Daily1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989 — A tornado struck the Manikganj District of Bangladesh and killed an estimated 1,300 people, making it the deadliest tornado in history.
- 1986 — The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (pictured) near Chernobyl, Ukrainian SSR, suffered a steam explosion, resulting in a fire, a nuclear meltdown, and the evacuation and resettlement of over 336,000 people around Europe.
Chernobyl Nuclear Power PlantChernobylUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- 1970 — The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) came into being when the WIPO Convention entered into force.
- 1964 — Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form Tanzania with Julius Nyerere as its first president.
- 1958 — Service ended on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue Line, one of the first major electrified train lines in the U.S. (steam train pictured).
Baltimore and Ohio RailroadRoyal Blue (train)Railway electrification
- 1944 — World War II: U.S. Navy submarines began attacks on Japan's Take Ichi convoy as it sailed in waters between Taiwan and the Philippines, eventually sinking four vessels and killing more than 4,000 troops.
- 1941 — Boris Kidrič and Edvard Kardelj founded the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation, the main anti-fascist Slovene civil-resistance and political organization during World War II.
Boris KidričEdvard KardeljLiberation Front of the Slovene Nation
- 1937 — Spanish Civil War: The Bombing of Guernica by the Condor Legion of the Luftwaffe resulted in a devastating firestorm that caused widespread destruction and civilian deaths and inspired one of Pablo Picasso's most famous paintings.
- 1933 — The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, was established.
- 1915 — First World War: Britain, France and Russia signed a secret treaty promising territory to Italy if it joined the war on their side.
- 1865 — U.S. Army soldiers cornered and fatally shot John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, ending a twelve-day manhunt.
United States ArmyJohn Wilkes BoothAssassination of Abraham Lincoln
- 1803 — Thousands of meteor fragments fell over L'Aigle, France, becoming a milestone in the understanding of meteorites.
- 1777 — American Revolutionary War: Sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington allegedly rode forty miles (64 km) through the night to warn militiamen under her father Henry's command that British troops were planning to invade Danbury, Connecticut.
American Revolutionary WarSybil LudingtonMilitia (United States)
- 1478 — In a conspiracy to replace the Medici family as rulers of the Republic of Florence, the Pazzi family attacked Lorenzo de' Medici (pictured) and killed his brother Giuliano at Florence Cathedral.
Births
- 2005 — Alex Sarr, French basketball player
- 2001 — Thiago Almada, Argentine footballer
- 1997 — Kirill Kaprizov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1997 — Amber Midthunder, American actress
- 1997 — Calvin Verdonk, Indonesian footballer
- 1996 — Jordan Pefok, American footballer
- 1994 — Daniil Kvyat, Russian racing driver
- 1994 — Odysseas Vlachodimos, Greek international footballer
- 1992 — Aaron Judge, American baseball player
- 1992 — Delon Wright, American basketball player
- 1991 — Peter Handscomb, Australian cricketer
- 1991 — Isaac Liu, New Zealand rugby league player
Deaths
- 2023 — Jerry Apodaca, American politician, 24th Governor of New Mexico (born 1934)
- 2022 — Klaus Schulze, German composer and musician (born 1947)
- 2017 — Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (born 1944)
- 2016 — Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (born 1937)
- 2015 — Jayne Meadows, American actress (born 1919)
- 2015 — Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1930)
- 2014 — Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (born 1936)
- 2014 — Paul Robeson, Jr., American historian and author (born 1927)
- 2014 — DJ Rashad, American electronic musician, producer and DJ (born 1979)
- 2013 — Jacqueline Brookes, American actress and educator (born 1930)
- 2013 — George Jones, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1931)
- 2013 — Earl Silverman, Canadian men's rights advocate (born 1948)
Observances & holidays
- Chernobyl disaster related observances: Day of Remembrance of the Chernobyl tragedy (Belarus)
- Chernobyl disaster related observances: Memorial Day of Radiation Accidents and Catastrophes (Russia)
- Christian feast day: Aldobrandesca (or Alda)
- Christian feast day: Lucidius of Verona
- Christian feast day: Our Lady of Good Counsel
- Christian feast day: Pope Anacletus and Marcellinus
- Christian feast day: Rafael Arnáiz Barón
- Christian feast day: Riquier
- Christian feast day: Paschasius Radbertus
- Christian feast day: Robert Hunt (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast day: Blessed Stanisław Kubista
- Christian feast day: Stephen of Perm, see also Old Permic Alphabet Day
- Christian feast day: Trudpert
- Christian feast day: April 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Confederate Memorial Day (Florida, United States)
- Union Day (Tanzania)
- World Intellectual Property Day
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