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April 26 Events in History - April 26 Birthdays - April 26 Deaths
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April 26, 2005 Syria withdraws troops from Lebanon, ending its 29 year military occupation April 26, 1997 "Life," opens at Barrymore Theater New York City April 26, 1996 Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in B&H April 26, 1996 Sotherby ends 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million April 26, 1995 Baseball season begins after lengthy strike April 26, 1995 Coors Field, opens in Denver, Rockies beat Mets 11-9 in 14 innings April 26, 1994 26.9 degrees C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record) April 26, 1994 Mad About You actress Leila Kenzel (33) weds Neil Monaco (34) April 26, 1994 Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya Japan, 262 killed April 26, 1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr. Nomaza Paintin in NZ is 1st black South African to vote April 26, 1993 "Shakespeare for My Father" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 266 performances April 26, 1993 Boeing 737 crashes at Aurangabad, kills 56 April 26, 1993 NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman April 26, 1993 STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit April 26, 1992 "Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 1,018 performances April 26, 1992 "Growing Pains," final episode on ABC TV April 26, 1992 "Jelly's Last Jam" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 569 performances April 26, 1992 "Master Builder" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 45 performances April 26, 1992 "Metro" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 13 performances April 26, 1992 "Who's The Boss," final episode after 8 years on ABC TV April 26, 1992 Alex Haley, (Roots), wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously April 26, 1992 Maggie Will wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic April 26, 1992 Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base April 26, 1991 "Dinosaurs" premieres on ABC-TV April 26, 1991 23 killed in Kansas and Oklahoma by tornadoes April 26, 1991 Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics April 26, 1990 "Accomplice" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 52 performances April 26, 1990 126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China April 26, 1990 Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal and twists his ankle April 26, 1990 New York court of appeals ends 2 year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case April 26, 1990 Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 1-hitters April 26, 1989 AT&T announces New Jersey's 201 area code will split into 908 and 201 April 26, 1989 Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany April 26, 1988 1st TNN Viewers choice awards - Randy Travis wins in 5 categories April 26, 1988 NBA approves addition of 3rd referee in 1988-89 season April 26, 1988 New York Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st) April 26, 1987 "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." closes at Ambassador New York City after 13 performances April 26, 1986 Actor/body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver April 26, 1986 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marshall Holman April 26, 1986 France performs nuclear test April 26, 1986 Game between Angels and Twins delayed for 9 minutes by strong winds April 26, 1986 Worst nuclear disaster, 4th reactor at Chernobyl U.S.S.R. explodes, 31 die April 26, 1984 Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens April 26, 1984 President Reagan visits China April 26, 1983 Bruins 2-Isles 5-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 1-0 lead April 26, 1983 Dow Jones Industrial Avg breaks 1,200 for 1st time April 26, 1983 San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game April 26, 1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island April 26, 1982 CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio April 26, 1982 Gene Michael becomes New York Yankee manager for 2nd time April 26, 1982 Rod Stewart is mugged, gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche April 26, 1981 "Copperfield" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 13 performances April 26, 1981 Beth Solomon wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic April 26, 1981 Largest U.S. bank robbery in Tucson, Arizona, more than $33 million stolen April 26, 1980 Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01) April 26, 1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 26, 1980 Iran begins scattering U.S. hostages from U.S. Embassy April 26, 1980 Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120' April 26, 1980 Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats Cards) April 26, 1978 France sends troops to Chad April 26, 1978 NASA launches space vehicle S-201 April 26, 1977 New York's famed disco Studio 54 opens April 26, 1976 Pan Am begins non-stop flights New York City - Tokyo April 26, 1975 Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins 1st free election in Portugal April 26, 1975 Penguins 0-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Isles win series 4-3 April 26, 1975 Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 home runs ties NL record of 11 home runs in April April 26, 1974 Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam April 26, 1974 Malta adopts constitution April 26, 1974 Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline and Buskey to Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow and Upshaw April 26, 1973 "2 Gentlemen of Verona," musical opens in London April 26, 1973 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 26, 1971 Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hrs April 26, 1971 Turkey state of siege proclaimed April 26, 1970 "Company" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 690 performances April 26, 1969 "Celebration" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 110 performances April 26, 1969 "George M!" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 435 performances April 26, 1969 Firestone World Bowling Tournament (Mercury Open) won by Jim Godman April 26, 1968 Students seize administration building at Ohio State April 26, 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 26, 1968 U.S. underground nuclear test, "Boxcar," 1 megaton device April 26, 1967 "Hallelujah, Baby!" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 293 performances April 26, 1967 KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting April 26, 1967 San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial Launch) April 26, 1966 Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach April 26, 1965 Ives' 4th Symphony premieres April 26, 1964 18th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 1 April 26, 1964 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship April 26, 1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar form United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar April 26, 1962 1st Lockheed A-12 flies April 26, 1962 Ranger 4 crash lands on (backside of) Moon April 26, 1962 Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits White Sox 1-0 April 26, 1962 U.S. and U.K. launch Ariel; 1st international payload April 26, 1961 French paratroopers' revolt suppressed in Algeria April 26, 1961 Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961 April 26, 1959 Cuba invades Panama April 26, 1959 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open April 26, 1957 Jamestown, Virginia 350th Anniversary Festival opens April 26, 1954 Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva April 26, 1954 Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins April 26, 1952 Patty Berg scores 64, best competitive round of golf by a woman April 26, 1952 U.S. minesweeper "Hobson" rams aircraft carrier "Wasp," kills 176 April 26, 1951 Queen Juliana opens Brielsche Mausoleum April 26, 1950 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run April 26, 1950 University of Miami ends William and Mary straight tennis match victories at 82 April 26, 1947 "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London April 26, 1945 Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason April 26, 1944 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down April 26, 1944 Papandreou government in Greece forms April 26, 1942 Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria April 26, 1942 Luftwaffe bombs Bath April 26, 1941 A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium for the Chicago Cubs April 26, 1941 Potatoes rationed in Holland April 26, 1938 Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks April 26, 1937 German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain April 26, 1936 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony April 26, 1935 Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years April 26, 1933 Jewish students are barred from school in Germany April 26, 1932 Jean Anouilh's "L'Ermine," premieres in Paris April 26, 1931 Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season April 26, 1929 1st non-stop England to India flight lands April 26, 1928 Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London April 26, 1926 Germany and Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty April 26, 1926 Karachai Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR (until 1943) April 26, 1925 Pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big" April 26, 1923 English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon April 26, 1920 H Shapley and H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae April 26, 1915 Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France and Russia April 26, 1913 Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in San Francisco April 26, 1913 Sun Yet San calls for revolt against President Yuan Shikai in China April 26, 1912 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox) April 26, 1907 Jamestown, Virginia Tercentenary Exposition opens April 26, 1906 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii April 26, 1905 Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play April 26, 1904 Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms April 26, 1900 AL opener in Cleveland draws 6,500 April 26, 1893 1st Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners forms April 26, 1890 Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in London April 26, 1887 Huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity April 26, 1865 Battle of Durham Station, North Carolina (Greensboro) April 26, 1865 Battle of Ft. Tobacco, Virginia April 26, 1865 Confederate Gen J E Johnston surrenders Army of Tennessee, at Durham North Carolina April 26, 1855 Composer Gioacchino Rossini leaves Italy April 26, 1853 Dutch King William III disbands 2nd Chamber April 26, 1841 "Bombay Gazette" begins publishing on silk April 26, 1835 Frederic Chopins "Grand Polonaise Brillante," premieres in Paris April 26, 1828 Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence April 26, 1819 Odd Fellows Lodge forms April 26, 1814 King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England April 26, 1803 Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France April 26, 1777 Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from New York to Ct rallying her fathers militia April 26, 1755 1st Russian university opens (Moscow) April 26, 1721 Smallpox vaccination 1st administrated April 26, 1709 Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa April 26, 1677 Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck April 26, 1655 Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam April 26, 1654 Jews are expelled from Brazil April 26, 1607 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va April 26, 1564 William Shakespeare baptized April 26, 1532 Sultan Suleiman through Hungary on away to Vienna April 26, 1514 Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn April 26, 1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo and kill Giuliano de'Medici April 26, 1220 German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights April 26, 757 Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I |