April, 26th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Tuesday 26, 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.

Friday 26, 2002:
19-year-old Robert Steinhäuser shoots and kills 17 people at his school in Erfurt, Germany.

Tuesday 26, 1994:
A China Airlines Airbus A-300-600R crashes at Nagoya Airport, Japan killing 264.

Friday 26, 1991:
Seventy tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before its end, Andover, Kansas would record the year's only F5 tornado (see The Andover, Kansas Tornado).

Saturday 26, 1986:
In Ukraine, a nuclear reactor at the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) nuclear plant explodes, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.

Sunday 26, 1964:
Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.

Thursday 26, 1962:
NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.

Monday 26, 1954:
The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.

Friday 26, 1946:
Father Divine, a controversial religious leader who claims to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement.

Sunday 26, 1942:
The worst-ever mining accident in history kills 1,549 miners in an explosion at the Honkeiko Colliery, Manchuria.

Monday 26, 1937:
Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain is bombed by German Luftwaffe.

Wednesday 26, 1933:
The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.

Sunday 26, 1925:
Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected Reichspräsident, the head of state of the Weimar Republic.

Wednesday 26, 1865:
Union cavalry troopers corner John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln's assassin, in a barn in Virginia. Booth is shot dead by cavalryman Boston Corbett.

Thursday 26, 1607:
English colonists of the Jamestown settlement make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.

Friday 26, 1478:
The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Florence Cathedral.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/26-april/on-this-day.html


People born on April 26

1984:
Mija Martina, Bosnian singer (b: April 26, 1984) (Biography of Mija Martina)

1983:
Jessica Lynch, American soldier (b: April 26, 1983) (Biography of Jessica Lynch)

1982:
Joanne Gobure, Nauruan poet (b: April 26, 1982) (Biography of Joanne Gobure)

1980:
Jordana Brewster, Panamanian-American actress (b: April 26, 1980) (Biography of Jordana Brewster)

1977:
Tom Welling, American actor (b: April 26, 1977) (Biography of Tom Welling)

1976:
Jose Pasillas, American musician (Incubus) (b: April 26, 1976) (Biography of Jose Pasillas)

1975:
Joey Jordison, American Musician (Slipknot) (b: April 26, 1975) (Biography of Joey Jordison)

1970:
Tionne Watkins, American singer (TLC) (b: April 26, 1970) (Biography of Tionne Watkins)

1967:
Glen Jacobs, Professional Wrestler (b: April 26, 1967) (Biography of Glen Jacobs)

1965:
Kevin James, American comedian and actor (b: April 26, 1965) (Biography of Kevin James)

1963:
Jet Li, Chinese martial artist and actor (b: April 26, 1963) (Biography of Jet Li)

1961:
Joan Chen, Chinese-born actress (b: April 26, 1961) (Biography of Joan Chen)

1960:
Roger Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran) (b: April 26, 1960) (Biography of Roger Andrew Taylor)

1958:
Jeffrey Guterman, American mental health counselor (b: April 26, 1958) (Biography of Jeffrey Guterman)

1956:
Koo Stark, American actress (b: April 26, 1956) (Biography of Koo Stark)

1946:
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian politician (b: April 26, 1946) (Biography of Vladimir Zhirinovsky)

1943:
Gary Wright, American singer (b: April 26, 1943) (Biography of Gary Wright)
Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect (b: April 26, 1943) (Biography of Peter Zumthor)

1942:
Bobby Rydell, American singer (b: April 26, 1942) (Biography of Bobby Rydell)
Claudine Auger, French actress (b: April 26, 1942) (Biography of Claudine Auger)

1940:
Giorgio Moroder, German composer (b: April 26, 1940) (Biography of Giorgio Moroder)

1938:
Duane Eddy, American musician (b: April 26, 1938) (Biography of Duane Eddy)

1936:
Lane Smith, American actor (b: April 26, 1936 ; d: June 13, 2005) (Biography of Lane Smith)

1934:
Alan Arkin, American actor (b: April 26, 1934) (Biography of Alan Arkin)

1933:
Carol Burnett, American singer, actress, and comedian (b: April 26, 1933) (Biography of Carol Burnett)
Arno Allan Penzias, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: April 26, 1933) (Biography of Arno Allan Penzias)

1926:
Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (b: April 26, 1926 ; d: March 19, 2003) (Biography of Michael Mathias Prechtl)

1925:
Jørgen Ingmann, Danish musician (b: April 26, 1925) (Biography of Jørgen Ingmann)

1918:
Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (b: April 26, 1918 ; d: January 25, 2004) (Biography of Fanny Blankers-Koen)
Stafford Repp American actor (b: April 26, 1918 ; d: November 5, 1974) (Biography of Stafford Repp)

1917:
I.M. Pei, Chinese-born architect (b: April 26, 1917) (Biography of I.M. Pei)

1916:
Morris West, Australian writer (b: April 26, 1916) (Biography of Morris West)

1914:
Bernard Malamud, American author (b: April 26, 1914 ; d: March 18, 1986) (Biography of Bernard Malamud)
James W. Rouse, American real estate investor, activist, and philanthropist (b: April 26, 1914 ; d: April 9, 1996) (Biography of James W. Rouse)

1912:
A. E. van Vogt, Canadian writer (b: April 26, 1912 ; d: January 26, 2000) (Biography of A. E. van Vogt)

1911:
Marianne Hoppe, German actress (b: April 26, 1911) (Biography of Marianne Hoppe)

1900:
Charles Richter, American geophysicist and inventor (b: April 26, 1900) (Biography of Charles Richter)

1898:
John Grierson, Scottish filmmaker (b: April 26, 1898 ; d: February 19, 1972) (Biography of John Grierson)
Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish writer (b: April 26, 1898 ; d: December 14, 1984) (Biography of Vicente Aleixandre)

1897:
Douglas Sirk, German-born film director (b: April 26, 1897) (Biography of Douglas Sirk)
Eddie Eagan, American sportsman (b: April 26, 1897 ; d: June 14, 1967) (Biography of Eddie Eagan)

1896:
Ernst Udet, German World War II pilot (b: April 26, 1896) (Biography of Ernst Udet)

1894:
Rudolf Hess, Nazi official (b: April 26, 1894 ; d: August 17, 1987) (Biography of Rudolf Hess)

1889:
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born English philosopher (b: April 26, 1889 ; d: April 29, 1951) (Biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein)

1888:
Anita Loos, American writer (b: April 26, 1888 ; d: August 18, 1981) (Biography of Anita Loos)

1886:
Ma Rainey, American singer (b: April 26, 1886 ; d: December 22, 1939) (Biography of Ma Rainey)

1879:
Owen Willans Richardson, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: April 26, 1879 ; d: February 15, 1959) (Biography of Owen Willans Richardson)

1822:
Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape architect (b: April 26, 1822 ; d: August 28, 1903) (Biography of Frederick Law Olmsted)

1812:
Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (b: April 26, 1812 ; d: July 14, 1887) (Biography of Alfred Krupp)

1798:
Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b: April 26, 1798 ; d: August 13, 1863) (Biography of Eugène Delacroix)
James Beckwourth, American explorer (b: April 26, 1798) (Biography of James Beckwourth)

1787:
Ludwig Uhland, German poet (b: April 26, 1787 ; d: November 13, 1862) (Biography of Ludwig Uhland)

1785:
John James Audubon, French-American naturalist and illustrator (b: April 26, 1785 ; d: January 27, 1851) (Biography of John James Audubon)

1765:
Emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Horatio Nelson (b: April 26, 1765 ; d: January 16, 1815) (Biography of Emma, Lady Hamilton)

1648:
King Peter II of Portugal (b: April 26, 1648 ; d: December 9, 1706) (Biography of Peter II of Portugal)

1573:
Marie de' Medici, queen of Henry IV of France (b: April 26, 1573) (Biography of Marie de' Medici)

1564:
William Shakespeare, English writer (b: April 26, 1564 ; d: April 23, 1616) (Biography of William Shakespeare)

1538:
Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (b: April 26, 1538 ; d: February 13, 1600) (Biography of Gian Paolo Lomazzo)

121:
Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (b: April 26, 121 ; d: March 17, 180) (Biography of Marcus Aurelius)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/26-april/births.html

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People who died on April 26

2005:
Maria Schell, Swiss actress (b: January 15, 1926 ; d: April 26, 2005) (Biography of Maria Schell)
Mason Adams, American actor (b: February 26, 1919 ; d: April 26, 2005) (Biography of Mason Adams)

2004:
Hubert Selby Jr. (d: April 26, 2004) (Biography of Hubert Selby Jr.)

2003:
Peter Stone, American writer (b: February 27, 1930 ; d: April 26, 2003) (Biography of Peter Stone)
Rosemary Brown (politician) (d: April 26, 2003) (Biography of Rosemary Brown (politician))
Edward Max Nicholson (d: April 26, 2003) (Biography of Edward Max Nicholson)

2002:
Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes, American singer (b: May 27, 1971 ; d: April 26, 2002) (Biography of Lisa Lopes)

1999:
Jill Dando, British television presenter (b: November 9, 1961 ; d: April 26, 1999) (Biography of Jill Dando)

1996:
Stirling Silliphant, American writer and producer (b: January 16, 1918 ; d: April 26, 1996) (Biography of Stirling Silliphant)

1991:
Carmine Coppola (d: April 26, 1991) (Biography of Carmine Coppola)
Emily McLaughlin (d: April 26, 1991) (Biography of Emily McLaughlin)

1989:
Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian (b: August 6, 1911 ; d: April 26, 1989) (Biography of Lucille Ball)

1986:
Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b: February 22, 1899 ; d: April 26, 1986) (Biography of Dechko Uzunov)
Broderick Crawford, American actor (b: December 9, 1911 ; d: April 26, 1986) (Biography of Broderick Crawford)

1984:
William "Count" Basie, American bandleader (b: August 21, 1904 ; d: April 26, 1984) (Biography of Count Basie)

1981:
Jim Davis, American actor (b: August 26, 1909 ; d: April 26, 1981) (Biography of Jim Davis (actor))

1976:
Sid James (d: April 26, 1976) (Biography of Sid James)

1973:
Irene Ryan, American actress (b: October 17, 1902 ; d: April 26, 1973) (Biography of Irene Ryan)

1970:
Gypsy Rose Lee, American dancer and actress (b: February 9, 1914 ; d: April 26, 1970) (Biography of Gypsy Rose Lee)

1969:
Morihei Ueshiba (d: April 26, 1969) (Biography of Morihei Ueshiba)

1956:
Edward Arnold, American actor (b: February 18, 1890 ; d: April 26, 1956) (Biography of Edward Arnold (actor))

1951:
Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (b: December 5, 1868 ; d: April 26, 1951) (Biography of Arnold Sommerfeld)

1940:
Carl Bosch, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: August 27, 1874 ; d: April 26, 1940) (Biography of Carl Bosch)

1938:
Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (b: April 8, 1859 ; d: April 26, 1938) (Biography of Edmund Husserl)

1932:
William Lockwood, English cricketer (b: March 25, 1868 ; d: April 26, 1932) (Biography of William Lockwood)

1920:
Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b: December 22, 1887 ; d: April 26, 1920) (Biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan)

1910:
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 8, 1832 ; d: April 26, 1910) (Biography of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson)

1892:
Provo Wallis (d: April 26, 1892) (Biography of Provo Wallis)

1865:
John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b: May 10, 1838 ; d: April 26, 1865) (Biography of John Wilkes Booth)

1716:
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (b: March 4, 1651 ; d: April 26, 1716) (Biography of John Somers, 1st Baron Somers)

1489:
Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b: December 11, 1465 ; d: April 26, 1489) (Biography of Ashikaga Yoshihisa)

1478:
Giuliano di Piero de' Medici (d: April 26, 1478) (Biography of Giuliano di Piero de' Medici)

1444:
Robert Campin (d: April 26, 1444) (Biography of Robert Campin)

1192:
Emperor Go-Shirakawa, emperor of Japan (b: October 18, 1127 ; d: April 26, 1192) (Biography of Emperor Go-Shirakawa)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/26-april/deaths.html