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

1894  On April - 26 the birth of Rudolf Hess, German Nazi leader  

1897  On April - 26 olga Chekova, Russia, actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children)  

1898  Edward PF Eagan, Denver, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32) on this day in history.  

1899  Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, TX, actor (Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail) on this day in history.  

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

1900  On April - 26 aL opener in Cleve draws 6,500  

1900  Charles Richter, Ohio, Earthquakes seismologist (Richter scale) on this day in history.  

1903  Geoffrey Worthington, Air vice-marshall on April - 26.  

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

1904  Paul E "Cardinal" Leger, archbishop (Montreal) on this day in history.  

1905  On April - 26 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  Charles K Feldman, [Gould], NYC, producer (Casino Royale) on this day in history.  

1906  The first motion pictures shown in Hawaii on April - 26.  

1906  1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii on April - 26.  

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

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

1907  Theun de Vries, writer (February; PC Hooft prize 1981) on this day in history.  

1907  On April - 26 pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79  

1908  On April - 26 j H Metcalf discovers asteroid #756 Lilliana  

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

1910  On this day in history erland von Koch, composer  

1910  Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1911  Marianne Hoppe, Rostock Germany (Bei Thea, Liebrauen) on April - 26.  

1912  The first homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox) on this day in history.  

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

1912  On this day in history a[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn)  

1913  Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history m Wolf discovers asteroid #868 Lova  

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1319  On this day in history birth of jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)  

1538  On April - 26 birth of giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)  

1564  On this day in history birth of william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)  

1567  Nicolas Forme, composer was born on this day in history.  

1573  Marie de'Medici, Queen of France was born on April - 26.  

1603  Francesco Nigetti, composer was born on April - 26.  

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

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

0757  On April - 26 stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies  

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

1196  On this day in history 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  On April - 26 death of simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453)  

1478  On this day in history death of giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24  

1489  Death of Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465) on April - 26.  

1558  On April - 26 jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies