Historical Events In April - 26
Tuesday, 05 July 2022
1920 On this day in history h Shapley & H.D. Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae
1920 H Shapley & H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae on this day in history.
1921 U.S. Naval Detachment left Yugoslavia after administering area around Spalato for 2 years to guarantee transfer of area from Austria to new country on April - 26.
1922 On April - 26 hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84
1923 On April - 26 english prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
1924 On April - 26 josef Labor, composer, dies at 82
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 Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London on April - 26.
1929 The first non-stop England to India flight lands on this day in history.
1929 1st non-stop England to India flight lands on April - 26.
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 Bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies on April - 26.
1933 On April - 26 the birth of Carol Burnett, American actress
1933 Jewish students are barred from school in Germany on this day in history.
1935 Frank Boucher is given the NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years on April - 26.
1935 On April - 26 frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years
1936 On April - 26 dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony
1936 On April - 26 tammany Young, American actor (b.1886)
1937 On April - 26 german-made planes destroy Basque town of Guernica in Spain
1937 On April - 26 german-made planes destroy Basque town of Guernica in Spain. The massacre is later painted by Picasso
1937 On April - 26 german Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain
1938 On April - 26 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.
1938 On April - 26 austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks
1938 On this day in history edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79
1940 On April - 26 carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65
1941 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2091 Sampo on this day in history.
1941 On April - 26 a tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)
1941 Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1942 On April - 26 colliery explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria
1942 On April - 26 coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria
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