Historical Events In April - 26

1890  On April - 26 edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy, US actor/director (My Old Dutch)  

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

1893  On April - 26 anita Loos, author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)  

1894  The birth of Rudolf Hess, German Nazi leader on this day in history.  

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

1898  Edward PF Eagan, Denver, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32) on April - 26.  

1899  Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, TX, actor (Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail) on April - 26.  

1900  On April - 26 on a Farm in Ohio Charles Richter born, he developed the Richter scale for measuring earthquakes  

1900  On this day in history aL opener in Cleve draws 6,500  

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

1903  On April - 26 geoffrey Worthington, Air vice-marshall  

1904  On April - 26 bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms  

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

1905  On this day in history 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  

1905  On April - 26 charles K Feldman, [Gould], NYC, producer (Casino Royale)  

1906  The first motion pictures shown in Hawaii on this day in history.  

1906  On this day in history 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii  

1906  Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns, comedienne (George Burns Show) on April - 26.  

1907  On this day in history jamestown, Va Tercentenary Exposition opens  

1907  Theun de Vries, writer (February; PC Hooft prize 1981) on April - 26.  

1907  Pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79 on April - 26.  

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  Erland von Koch, composer on this day in history.  

1910  Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77 on April - 26.  

1911  On April - 26 marianne Hoppe, Rostock Germany (Bei Thea, Liebrauen)  

1912  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1914  On this day in history bernard Malamud, US, novelist (Fixer, Natural, Pulitizer 1967)  

1915  Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France & Russia on April - 26.  

1916  On April - 26 arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer  

1917  M Wolf discovers asteroid #868 Lova on April - 26.  

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1319  Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64) was born on April - 26.  

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

1564  William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet) was born on April - 26.  

1567  Nicolas Forme, composer was born on April - 26.  

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

1603  On April - 26 birth of francesco Nigetti, composer  

1637  Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized was born on April - 26.  

1648  On April - 26 birth of pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)  

0757  Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies on April - 26.  

1192  Death of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127) on this day in history.  

1196  On April - 26 alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies  

1444  On April - 26 robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65  

1476  Death of Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453) on April - 26.  

1478  On this day in history 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.