Page 4: Historical Events In April - 26

1890  Edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy, US actor/director (My Old Dutch) on April - 26.   

1893  1st Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners forms on April - 26.   

1893  Anita Loos, author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) on April - 26.   

1894  The birth of Rudolf Hess, German Nazi leader on April - 26.   

1897  Olga Chekova, Russia, actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children) on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history edward PF Eagan, Denver, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32)   

1899  On April - 26 guinn "Big Boy" Williams, TX, actor (Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail)   

1900  On a Farm in Ohio Charles Richter born, he developed the Richter scale for measuring earthquakes on this day in history.   

1900  AL opener in Cleve draws 6,500 on April - 26.   

1900  On this day in history charles Richter, Ohio, Earthquakes seismologist (Richter scale)   

1903  Geoffrey Worthington, Air vice-marshall on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms   

1904  Paul E "Cardinal" Leger, archbishop (Montreal) on April - 26.   

1905  Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play on this day in history.   

1905  Charles K Feldman, [Gould], NYC, producer (Casino Royale) on April - 26.   

1906  On this day in history the first motion pictures shown in Hawaii   

1906  1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii on this day in history.   

1906  Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns, comedienne (George Burns Show) on this day in history.   

1907  Jamestown, Va Tercentenary Exposition opens on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history theun de Vries, writer (February; PC Hooft prize 1981)   

1907  On this day in history pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79   

1908  J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #756 Lilliana on April - 26.   

1909  On this day in history richard Howorth, cricketer (English all-rounder, three county doubles)   

1910  On April - 26 erland von Koch, composer   

1910  On April - 26 bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77   

1911  On this day in history marianne Hoppe, Rostock Germany (Bei Thea, Liebrauen)   

1912  On April - 26 the first homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)   

1912  On April - 26 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)   

1912  A[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn) on April - 26.   

1913  On this day in history panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF   

1914  Bernard Malamud, US, novelist (Fixer, Natural, Pulitizer 1967) on this day in history.   

1915  On April - 26 italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France & Russia   

1916  On this day in history arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer   

1917  M Wolf discovers asteroid #868 Lova on this day in history.   

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1319  On April - 26 birth of jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)   

1538  On this day in history birth of giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)   

1564  On April - 26 birth of william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)   

1567  On April - 26 birth of nicolas Forme, composer   

1573  On April - 26 birth of marie de'Medici, Queen of France   

1603  On April - 26 birth of francesco Nigetti, composer   

1637  On this day in history birth of philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized   

1648  On this day in history birth of pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)   

0757  On this day in history stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies   

1192  Death of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127) on April - 26.   

1196  Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies on this day in history.   

1444  Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1476  On this day in history death of simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453)   

1478  On April - 26 death of giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24   

1489  On April - 26 death of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)   

1558  Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies on this day in history.