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Historical Events In April - 26
Sunday, 20 January 2019
1920 On April - 26 h Shapley & H.D. Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae 
1920 On April - 26 h Shapley & H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae
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 this day in history.
1922 On this day in history hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84
1923 English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on this day in history.
1924 On this day in history josef Labor, composer, dies at 82
1925 On April - 26 pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big"
1926 On April - 26 karachai Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943)
1926 Germany & Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty on this day in history.
1928 Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London on April - 26.
1929 The first non-stop England to India flight lands on April - 26.
1929 On this day in history 1st non-stop England to India flight lands
1931 On April - 26 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 On April - 26 jewish students are barred from school in Germany
1935 Frank Boucher is given the NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years on this day in history.
1935 Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years on this day in history.
1936 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony on this day in history.
1936 Tammany Young, American actor (b.1886) on April - 26.
1937 On this day in history german-made planes destroy Basque town of Guernica in Spain
1937 German-made planes destroy Basque town of Guernica in Spain. The massacre is later painted by Picasso on April - 26.
1937 On this day in history 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 Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks on April - 26.
1938 Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79 on this day in history.
1940 On April - 26 carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65
1941 On this day in history 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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