Page 5: Historical Events In April - 26
Saturday, 18 January 2025
1920 On April - 26 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 April - 26.
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 this day in history english prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
1924 Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1926 On April - 26 germany & Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty
1928 On this day in history 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 On April - 26 jean Anouilh's "L'Ermine," premieres in Paris
1932 On April - 26 bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies
1933 On April - 26 the birth of Carol Burnett, American actress
1933 On this day in history 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 April - 26.
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 On April - 26 dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony
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 April - 26.
1937 On April - 26 german Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain
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 April - 26.
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 On April - 26 carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65
1941 On April - 26 y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2091 Sampo
1941 A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs) on April - 26.
1941 On April - 26 jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74
1942 On this day in history colliery explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria
1942 Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria on April - 26.
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