Historical Events In April - 26

1920  H Shapley & H.D. Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae on this day in history.  

1920  On this day in history h Shapley & H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae  

1921  On April - 26 u.S. Naval Detachment left Yugoslavia after administering area around Spalato for 2 years to guarantee transfer of area from Austria to new country  

1922  On this day in history hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84  

1923  English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on April - 26.  

1924  Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82 on April - 26.  

1925  On April - 26 pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big"  

1926  On this day in history karachai Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943)  

1926  Germany & Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty on April - 26.  

1928  On this day in history madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London  

1929  On this day in history the first non-stop England to India flight lands  

1929  On this day in history 1st non-stop England to India flight lands  

1931  On this day in history lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, the mistake costs him AL home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season  

1931  Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season on this day in history.  

1932  Jean Anouilh's "L'Ermine," premieres in Paris on April - 26.  

1932  On this day in history bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies  

1933  The birth of Carol Burnett, American actress on April - 26.  

1933  Jewish students are barred from school in Germany on April - 26.  

1935  On this day in history frank Boucher is given the NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years  

1935  On April - 26 frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years  

1936  Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony on this day in history.  

1936  Tammany Young, American actor (b.1886) on this day in history.  

1937  German-made planes destroy Basque town of Guernica in Spain on April - 26.  

1937  On April - 26 german-made planes destroy Basque town of Guernica in Spain. The massacre is later painted by Picasso  

1937  German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain on this day in history.  

1938  Mandatory registration of all property held by Jews inside the Reich, valued Jewish property is to be seized within Greater Germany at a value of approximately eight billion Reichmarks on April - 26.  

1938  On April - 26 austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks  

1938  Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79 on April - 26.  

1940  On this day in history carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65  

1941  On April - 26 y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2091 Sampo  

1941  A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs) on this day in history.  

1941  Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74 on April - 26.  

1942  Colliery explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria on this day in history.  

1942  On April - 26 coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria  

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1319  On this day in history 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  William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet) was born on April - 26.  

1567  On April - 26 birth of nicolas Forme, composer  

1573  On this day in history 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  Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies on this day in history.  

1192  On April - 26 death of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)  

1196  On this day in history alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies  

1444  On this day in history 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 April - 26 death of giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24  

1489  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)  

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