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Sunday 26 April 2015

Today In History [26th April, 2015]

A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.

April 26

757           Stephen II ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
1478           Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo and kill Giuliano de'Medici.
1514           Copernicus makes his first observations of Saturn.
1564           William Shakespeare is baptized.
1607           The British establish a colony at Cape Henry, Virginia.
1865           Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman.
1915           Second Lieutenant Rhodes-Moorhouse becomes the first airman to win the Victoria Cross after conducting a successful bombing raid.
1929           The first non-stop flight from England to India is completed.
1931           New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits a home run but is called out for passing a runner, the mistake ultimately costs him the home run record.
1937           The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes.
1941           The first organ is played at a baseball stadium in Chicago.
1968           Students seize the administration building at Ohio State University.
1983           The Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks 1,200 for first time.
1986           The world's worst nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl power plant in the Soviet Union.
1994           Nelson Mandela wins the presidency in South Africa's first multiracial elections.

Born on April 26
1718           Esek Hopkins, first commodore of the United States Navy.
1785           John James Audubon, artist and naturalist.
1812           Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant.
1822           Frederick Law Olmstead, landscape architect, designed New York's central park.
1875           Syngman Rhee, South Korean statesman.
1893           Anita Loos, novelist and screenwriter (Gentleman Prefer Blondes).
1894           Rudolf Hess, Nazi leader.
1900           Charles Richter, physicist and seismologist.
1914           Bernard Malamud, novelist and short story writer (The Natural).

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