Historical Events In April - 26

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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1319  Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64) was born on this day in history.  

1538  Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato) was born on April - 26.  

1564  William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet) was born on April - 26.  

1567  Nicolas Forme, composer was born on April - 26.  

1573  On this day in history birth of marie de'Medici, Queen of France  

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

1196  On April - 26 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  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 this day in history jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies