Historical Events In April - 26

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 April - 26.   

1922  Hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big"   

1926  Karachai Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943) on April - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1931  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 on this day in history.   

1931  On April - 26 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   

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

1935  On this day in history 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 April - 26.   

1937  German-made planes destroy Basque town of Guernica in Spain on this day in history.   

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 April - 26.   

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 April - 26.   

1940  Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74   

1942  Colliery explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria on April - 26.   

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

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

1538  On April - 26 birth of giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)   

1564  On this day in history birth of william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)   

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

1573  Marie de'Medici, Queen of France was born on April - 26.   

1603  Francesco Nigetti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1637  On April - 26 birth of philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized   

1648  Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706) was born on April - 26.   

0757  On this day in history stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies   

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

1196  Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies on this day in history.   

1444  On April - 26 robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65   

1476  On this day in history death of simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453)   

1478  Death of Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 on this day in history.   

1489  On April - 26 death of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)   

1558  On this day in history jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies