Hisdates•ComPage 5: Historical Events In April - 26
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
1920 H Shapley & H.D. Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae on this day in history. 
1920 H Shapley & H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae on this day in history.
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 Hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.
1923 On this day in history english prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
1924 On this day in history josef Labor, composer, dies at 82
1925 Pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big" on April - 26.
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 April - 26 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 April - 26 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 this day in history.
1932 Bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies on April - 26.
1933 The birth of Carol Burnett, American actress on April - 26.
1933 Jewish students are barred from school in Germany on this day in history.
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 Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years on April - 26.
1936 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony on this day in history.
1936 On this day in history tammany Young, American actor (b.1886)
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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1938 Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks on this day in history.
1938 On this day in history edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79
1940 Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65 on April - 26.
1941 On April - 26 y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2091 Sampo
1941 On this day in history a tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)
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 Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria on this day in history.
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