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April 26 is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland April 2007 is the fourth month of that year It began on a Sunday and 30 days later ended on a Monday. Stories without links will be removed'. News stories must be in English 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 249 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1467 - The miraculous image of Our Lady of Good Counsel appears in Genazzano, Italy. Our Lady of Good Counsel ( Mater boni consilii) is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary, after a miraculous painting now found in the Augustinian church Genazzano is a town and a comune in the Province of Rome. Genazzano is the namesake of Genazzano FCJ College in Kew, Victoria, Australia Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
• 1478 - The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Duomo of Florence. The Pazzi family were Tuscan nobles who were Bankers in Florence in the 14th century Lorenzo de' Medici (January 1 1449 &ndash 9 April 1492 was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance Giuliano de' Medici (1453&ndash April 26, 1478) was the second son of Piero de' Medici (the Gouty Solemn Mass (missa solemnis or Solemn High Mass or simply High Mass is - when these terms are used in a technical sense not merely as a description - the full ceremonial The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the Cathedral church ( Duomo) of Florence, Italy.
• 1607 - English colonists of the Jamestown settlement make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The James Settlement was the first permanent English settlement in North America. Cape Henry is a cape on the Atlantic shore of Virginia in the Independent city of Virginia Beach. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state
• 1802 - Napoleon Bonaparte signs a general amnesty to allow all but about one thousand of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France, as part of a reconciliary gesture with the factions of the Ancien Regime and to eventually consolidate his own rule. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Émigré is a French term that literally refers to a person who has "migrated out" but often carries a connotation of politico-social self- Exile. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Ancien Régime ( pronounced: /ɑ̃sjɛ̃ ʁeʒim/ refers primarily to the aristocratic social and political system established in
• 1805 - United States Marines captured Derne, Tripoli under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or The city of Darnah is the location of the historical city of Derna First Lieutenant is a Military rank. The rank of Lieutenant has different meanings in different military formations (see Comparative military ranks Presley Neville O’Bannon (1776 &ndash 12 September 1850) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps, famous for his exploits in the First
• 1865 - American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 3 1807 &ndash March 21 1891 was a career U Bennett Place, the more well known name for the Farmhouse in Durham, North Carolina, owned by James and Nancy Bennett (alternatively Bennitt was Durham is a city in the US state of North Carolina. It is the County seat of Durham County
• 1865 - Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln's assassin, in Virginia. During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty-three Abraham Lincoln assassination John Wilkes Booth (May 10 1838 – April 26 1865 was an American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state
• 1925 - Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg ( known universally as Paul von Hindenburg ( ( October 2, 1847 &ndash August 2 Wilhelm Marx ( January 15, 1863 August 5, 1946) was a German Lawyer Catholic Politician and a member of the The presidential election ( Reichspräsidentenwahl) of 1925 was the first direct election to the office of President of the Reich ( Reichspräsident Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a Monarchic or Republican Nation-state The term Weimar Republic ( ˈvaɪmarɐ repuˈbliːk is used by historians to signify the democratic and Republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933
• 1933 - The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The ( contraction of ge heime Sta ats' po' lizei: "Secret State Police" was the official Secret police of Nazi Germany Secret police (sometimes political police) are a Police agency which operates in Secrecy to maintain National security against internal Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers
• 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain is bombed by German Luftwaffe. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted Coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of The bombing of Guernica ( April 26, 1937) was an aerial attack on the Basque town of Guernica, causing widespread destruction and Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The bombing of Guernica ( April 26, 1937) was an aerial attack on the Basque town of Guernica, causing widespread destruction and Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. ( German 'luftvafe is a generic German term for an Air force.
• 1945 - World War II: Battle of Bautzen - last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Battle of Bautzen (April 1945 fought on the extreme southern flank of the Spremberg-Torgau Offensive Operation saw days of pitched street fighting between forces Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945
• 1946 - Father Divine, a controversial religious leader who claims to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Baker ( c. 1880 September 10 1965) also known as Father Divine, was an African American spiritual leader from God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. Edna Rose Ritchings was the symbolic maintainer of the International Peace Mission movement. The International Peace Mission movement was the religious movement started by Father Divine, an African-American who claimed to be God.
• 1954 - The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The Geneva Conference ( May 8 – July 21, 1954) was a conference between many countries that agreed to end hostilities and restore Peace in Indochina, or the Indochinese Peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia.
• 1956 - First container ship left Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas
• 1962 - NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Containerization (or containerisation) is a system of Intermodal freight transport Cargo Transport using standard ISO containers Not to be confused with Port Elizabeth New Jersey Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal is the name for the port facility in New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Spacecraft design Ranger 4 was a Block II Ranger spacecraft virtually identical to Ranger 3.
• 1963 - In Libya, amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya) and allows for female participation in elections. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab
• 1964 - Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Tanganyika is the name of an East African territory lying between the largest of the African great lakes Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika Zanzibar ( is part of the East African republic of Tanzania. It consists of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya
• 1966 - An earthquake of magnitude 7. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. 5 destroys Tashkent.
• 1982 - 57 people are killed by former Korean police officer Woo Bum-kon in a shooting spree in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) A police officer (also known as a policeman or policewoman) is a warranted employee of a Police force. Woo Bum-kon ( February 24, 1955 – April 27, 1982) was a Korean Police officer who carried out the largest known incident Gyeongsangnam-do (South Gyeongsang is a province in the southeast of South Korea. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː
• 1986 - In Ukraine, a nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. The VI Lenin Memorial Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station (Чернобыльская АЭС им The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear reactor accident in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union.
• 1991 - Seventy tornadoes break out in the central United States. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Before the outbreak's end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year's only F5 tornado (see Andover, Kansas Tornado Outbreak). Andover is a city in Butler County, in the Wichita metropolitan area Kansas, United States. The Fujita scale ( F-Scale) or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating Tornado intensity based on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures The 1991 Andover Kansas Tornado outbreak was a violent outbreak of 55 Tornadoes which took place on April 26, 1991, killing 24 people
• 1994 - A China Airlines Airbus A300-600R crashes at Nagoya Airport, Japan killing 264. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) China Airlines Limited ( Chinese: 中華航空公司 ( Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Hángkōng gōngsī commonly abbreviated 華航 is the Flag carrier WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• 1994 - Physicists announce first evidence of the top quark subatomic particle. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. The top quark is the third- generation up-type Quark with a charge of +(2/3 e. A subatomic particle is an elementary or composite Particle smaller than an Atom.
• 2002 - Robert Steinhäuser infiltrates and kills 17 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt,Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Gutenberg-Gymnasium Erfurt is a gymnasium (secondary school located in Erfurt, Germany. Erfurt (ˈɛɐ̯fʊɐ̯t is a City in central Germany. It is the Capital of the state of Thuringia with a population of 202619 (2006 Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• 2005 - Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية
• 2007 - Queen's Pier is officially closed by the Hong Kong Government, after a bitter struggle by conservationists, in order to facilitate land reclamation in Hong Kong's Central district

Births

• 121 - Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Queen's Pier, named after Queen Victoria, was a public ceremonial pier in front of City Hall in Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( see pronunciation; conventional short Central and Wan Chai Reclamation is a project launched by the Hong Kong Government since the 1990s to reclaim land for different purposes Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (often referred to as "the wise" ( April 26, 121 – March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC 180)
• 570 - Muhammed, founder of Islam, according to the Shi'a sect. Events By place Roman Empire The praetorian prefect Tarutenius Paternus achieved a decisive victory against the Quadi Events By Place Europe Spoleto becomes the capital of an independent duchy under the Lombard chieftain IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics Other sources suggest April 20. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.
• 1538 - Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (d. Gian Paolo Lomazzo ( April 26, 1538 &ndash February 13, 1600; his first name is sometimes also given as "Giovan" or "Giovanni" 1600)
• 1564 - William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (d. William Shakespeare ( baptised 1616)
• 1573 - Marie de' Medici, wife of Henry IV of France (d. Marie de' Medici ( April 26, 1575 &ndash July 3, 1642) was Queen consort of France. Henry IV (Henri IV ( 13 December 1553 &ndash 14 May 1610) ruled as King of France from 1589 to 1610 and as Henry III 1642)
• 1648 - King Peter II of Portugal (d. Ancestry Marriages and descendants Peter married first to his sister-in-law Marie-Françoise of Savoy in 1666 who gave him a daughter 1706)
• 1662 - Maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. Year 1706 ( MDCCVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1689)
• 1710 - Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. Year 1710 ( MDCCX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year Thomas Reid ( April 26, 1710 – October 7, 1796) Scottish Philosopher, and a contemporary of David Hume, was 1796)
• 1711 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1711 ( MDCCXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a David Hume (26 April 1711 25 August 1776 Scottish Philosopher, Economist, and Historian is an important figure in Western philosophy 1776)
• 1718 - Esek Hopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral (d. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Esek Hopkins ( 26 April 1718 &ndash 26 February 1802) was Commander in Chief of the Fleet throughout the American Revolutionary War 1802)
• 1774 - Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Christian Leopold Freiherr von Buch ( April 26, 1774 - March 4, 1853) was a German Geologist and Paleontologist 1853)
• 1782 - Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies, queen of France (d. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Maria Amalia Teresa of the Two Sicilies ( 26 April 1782 - 24 March 1866) was Queen of the French from 1830-1848 consort to King Louis-Philippe 1866)
• 1785 - John James Audubon, French-American naturalist and illustrator (d. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John James Audubon ( April 26 1785 – January 27 1851) was an American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter 1851)
• 1787 - Ludwig Uhland, German poet (d. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Johann Ludwig Uhland ( April 26, 1787 &ndash November 13, 1862) was a German Poet. 1862)
• 1798 - James Beckwourth, American explorer (d. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a James Pierson Beckwourth ( April 6, 1798 or 1800 Frederick County Virginia - October 29, 1866, Denver) (a 1867)
• 1798 - Eugène Delacroix, French painter (d. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (26 April 1798 &ndash 13 August 1863 was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of 1863)
• 1801 - Ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat (d. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday Ambrose Dudley Mann ( April 26, 1801 &ndash 1889 was the first United States Assistant Secretary of State and a commissioner for the Confederate States 1889)
• 1804 - Charles Goodyear, American politician (d. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Charles Goodyear ( April 26[[ 804]] - April 9[[ 876]] was a United States Representative from New York. 1876)
• 1812 - Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (d. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Krupp family, a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, have become famous for their Steel production and for their manufacture of 1887)
• 1822 - Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape architect (d. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Frederick Law Olmsted ( April 25, 1822 &ndash August 28, 1903) was an American landscape designer and father of American 1903)
• 1826 - George Hull Ward, American general (d. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display George Hull Ward ( April 26, 1826 &ndash July 3, 1863) was a Soldier and Union officer in the American Civil War 1863)
• 1826 - Ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General (d. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ambrose Ransom Wright (April 26 1826 &ndash December 21 1872 was a lawyer Georgia politician and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. 1872
• 1856 - Sir Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Sir Joseph George Ward 1st Baronet, GCMG (1856 - 1930 was Prime Minister of New Zealand on two occasions in the early 20th century The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealand's Head of government consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in 1930)
• 1878 - Saint Rafael Guízar Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop
• 1879 - Owen Willans Richardson, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Saint Rafael Guízar Valencia ( April 26, 1878 &ndash June 6, 1938) was a Catholic Bishop who cared for the wounded Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Owen Willans Richardson ( April 26, 1879 - February 15, 1959) was a British Physicist, professor at Princeton The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1959)
• 1886 - Ma Rainey, American singer (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, better known as Ma Rainey ( April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) was one of the earliest known 1939)
• 1886 - Ğabdulla Tuqay, Tatar poet (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ğabdulla Tuqay tuˈqɑɪ}} (full name Ğabdulla Möxämmätğärif ulı Tuqayıv, mœxæˌmædɣæˈrif uˈlɯ tuˈqɑjəf}} Tatar Arabic: عبدالله 1913)
• 1888 - Anita Loos, American writer (d. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Anita Loos ( April 26 1888 &ndash August 18 1981) was an acclaimed American Screenwriter, Playwright 1981)
• 1889 - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1951)
• 1893 - Draza Mihajlovic, Serbian WWII hero and war criminal (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović ( Cyrillic script: Драгољуб "Дража" Михаиловић also known as "Чича Дража" or " 1946)
• 1894 - Rudolf Hess, Nazi official (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Rudolf Walter Richard Hess ( Heß in German) (26 April 1894 &ndash 17 August 1987 was a prominent figure in Nazi Germany, acting as Adolf Hitler 1987)
• 1896 - Ernst Udet, WWI pilot and film actor, Luftwaffe officer (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Colonel General Ernst Udet ( April 26 1896 – November 17 1941) was the second-highest scoring German Flying 1941)
• 1897 - Eddie Eagan, American sportsman (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Edward "Eddie" Patrick Francis Eagan ( April 26, 1897 &ndash June 14, 1967) was an American sportsman 1967)
• 1897 - Douglas Sirk, German-born film director (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Douglas Sirk ( April 26, 1900 &ndash January 14, 1987) was a German Film director best known for his work in 1987)
• 1898 - Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish writer, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo (April 26 1898 — December 13 1984 was a Spanish Poet who was born in Seville. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1984)
• 1898 - John Grierson, Scottish filmmaker (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) John Grierson ( 26 April 1898 &ndash 19 February 1972) is often considered the Father of British and Canadian 1972)
• 1900 - Charles Richter, American geophysicist (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Charles Francis Richter ( April 26, 1900 &ndash September 30, 1985) was an American seismologist and physicist 1985)
• 1900 - Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Lewis Robert "Hack" Wilson ( April 26, 1900 – November 23, 1948) was an American Center fielder in Major 1948)
• 1904 - Paul-Émile Léger, Quebec cardinal and archbishop (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, PSS ( April 26, 1904 &mdash November 13, 1991) was a Canadian Prelate 1991)
• 1910 - Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese movie producer and creator of Godzilla (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Tomoyuki Tanaka (田中 友幸 Tanaka Tomoyuki) was a Japanese Film producer, most famous for creating the Godzilla movies Etymology Name "Godzilla" is a combination of two Japanese words and. 1997)
• 1911 - Marianne Hoppe, German actress (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Marianne Hoppe ( April 26 1909 - October 23 2002) was a German Theatre and Film actress 2002)
• 1912 - A. E. van Vogt, Canadian writer (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Alfred Elton van Vogt (April 26 1912 – January 26 2000 was a Canadian -born Science fiction author who was one of the most prolific 2000)
• 1914 - Bernard Malamud, American author (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Bernard Malamud ( April 26 1914, Brooklyn New York &ndash March 18 1986) was an author of novels and short stories 1986)
• 1914 - James W. Rouse, American investor (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) James Wilson Rouse ( April 26, 1914 - April 9, 1996) founder of The Rouse Company, was a pioneering American Real 1996)
• 1916 - Morris West, Australian writer (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Morris Langlo West (26 April 1916 - 9 October 1999 was an Australian Novelist and playwright best known for his novels The Devil's Advocate (1959 1999)
• 1917 - I.M. Pei, Chinese-born architect
• 1917 - Sal Maglie, baseball player (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ieoh Ming Pei ( (b April 26, 1917) commonly known by his initials I Salvatore Anthony Maglie ( April 26, 1917 - December 28, 1992) was a Major League Baseball player for the New York Giants 1992)
• 1918 - Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Francina ("Fanny" Elsje Blankers-Koen ( Lage Vuursche, 26 April 1918 &ndash Hoofddorp, 25 January 2004) 2004)
• 1918 - Stafford Repp, American actor (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Stafford Alois Repp ( 26 April, 1918 - 5 November, 1974) was an American Actor best known for his role as Chief O'Hara 1974)
• 1922 - Jeanne Sauvé, French Canadian politician (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé PC CC CMM CD (née Benoît ( April 26, 1922 – January 26, 1993 1993)
• 1925 - Jørgen Ingmann, Danish musician
• 1926 - David Coleman, British TV sports broadcaster
• 1926 - Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jørgen Ingmann (born April 26, 1925) is a Musician from Copenhagen, Denmark. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Coleman OBE (born 26 April 1926, Alderley Edge, Cheshire) is a former British Sports Commentator Michael Mathias Prechtl ( April 26, 1926, Amberg &ndash March 19, 2003, Nuremberg) was a German artist illustrator and 2003)
• 1927 - Jack Douglas, English actor
• 1929 - Richard Mitchell, American author and professor (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jack Douglas (born Jack Roberton on 26 April 1927) is an English Actor most famous for his roles in Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Richard Mitchell ( April 26, 1929 &ndash December 27, 2002) was a professor first of English and later of Classics 2002)
• 1932 - Michael Smith, English-born chemist, Nobel laureate (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Smith, CC, OBC ( April 26, 1932 &ndash October 4, 2000) was a British-born Canadian Biochemist The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 2000)
• 1932 - Francis Lai, French film music composer
• 1933 - Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Francis Lai (born April 26, 1932 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France) is a Composer noted for his Film scores Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Filiberto Ojeda Ríos ( April 26, 1933 &ndash September 23, 2005) was the "commander in chief" (" Responsable General 2005)
• 1933 - Carol Burnett, American comedian
• 1933 - Arno Allan Penzias, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1938 - Duane Eddy, American musician
• 1938 - Maurice Williams, American singer (The Zodiacs)
• 1940 - Giorgio Moroder, Italian composer
• 1940 - Cliff Watson, English rugby league footballer
• 1941 - Claudine Clark, American R&B singer-composer
• 1941 - John Mitchell, American composer
• 1942 - Claudine Auger, French actress
• 1942 - Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat
• 1942 - Bobby Rydell, American singer
• 1943 - Gary Wright, American singer
• 1943 - Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect
• 1944 - Amien Rais, Indonesian politician
• 1945 - Sylvain Simard, Quebec politician
• 1947 - Warren Clarke, English actor
• 1949 - Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer
• 1949 - Jerry Blackwell, wrestler (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American Actress, Comedian, Singer, Dancer and Arno Allan Penzias (born April 26, 1933) is an American Physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Duane Eddy (born April 26, 1938) is a Grammy Award -winning American Guitarist. Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs was a singing group, active in the late 1950s and early 1960s Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs was a singing group, active in the late 1950s and early 1960s Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder (born on April 26 1940 in Urtijëi, Italy) is an Italian Record producer, songwriter Cliff Watson (born on the 26 April 1940 in London, England) is a former Rugby league player for the St Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Mitchell (born in Hollywood, California on April 26 1941) is an American classical Composer. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Claudine Auger (born Claudine Oger 26 April 1942 in Paris) was a former Miss France Monde and Actress during the 1960s and onwards Michael Kergin (born 26 April 1942) is a Canadian career diplomat who has been a member of the foreign service in some capacity since 1967 when he joined Bobby Rydell (born Robert Louis Ridarelli, April 26, 1942 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American Teen idol from Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gary Wright (born 26 April 1943, Cresskill, New Jersey, US) is an American Musician, most famous for his Peter Zumthor (born 26 April, 1943) is a Swiss Architect, considered one of the most important in the world Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Amien Rais (born 26 April 1944 is a prominent Indonesian politician who led and inspired the reform movement that forced the resignation of President Suharto Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Sylvain Simard (born April 26, 1945 in Chicoutimi Quebec) is a Politician and academic in Quebec, Canada. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Warren Clarke (born April 26 1947) is an English actor Clarke was born in Oldham, Lancashire. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carlos Bianchi (born April 26, 1949 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a former Argentine Football (soccer player and Jerry Blackwell ( April 26, 1949 - January 22, 1995) was a Professional wrestler, better known by his stage name "Crusher" 1995)
• 1949 - Dominic Sena, American film director
• 1955 - Mike Scott, American baseball player
• 1956 - Koo Stark, American actress
• 1958 - Giancarlo Esposito, American actor
• 1958 - Jeffrey Guterman, American mental health counselor
• 1958 - John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Dominic Sena (born April 26, 1949 in Niles Ohio) is an American Film director. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Michael Warren Scott (born April 26, 1955 in Santa Monica California) is a former right-handed Pitcher in Major League Baseball for Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kathleen Dee-Anne Stark, better known as Koo Stark (born April 26, 1956) is an American film actress and photographer Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American film and television actor Jeffrey Guterman ( Pronounced 'guː-ter-man' born April 26, 1958) is an American Mental health counselor, Educator, and John Colum Crichton-Stuart 7th Marquess of Bute (born 26 April 1958 in Rothesay, Isle of Bute) styled Earl of Dumfries before 1993
• 1959 - Thanassis Papakonstantinou, Greek singer and songwriter
• 1960 - Roger Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran)
• 1960 - Steve Lombardozzi, American baseball player
• 1961 - Joan Chen, Chinese-born actress
• 1961 - Anthony Cumia, American radio personality (The Opie and Anthony Show)
• 1961 - Chris Mars, American rock drummer (The Replacements)
• 1962 - Colin Anderson, English footballer
• 1962 - Michael Damian, American actor, singer and producer
• 1962 - Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian
• 1963 - Jet Li, Chinese martial artist
• 1963 - Colin Scotts, Australian-born American football player
• 1965 - Kevin James, American comedian
• 1966 - Yoshihiro Togashi, Mangaka who created YuYu Hakusho
• 1967 - Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Academy Award nominated British actress
• 1967 - Glen Jacobs, American professional wrestler
• 1970 - Melania Trump, Slovenian model
• 1970 - Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, American singer (TLC)
• 1971 - Jay DeMarcus, American bassist (Rascal Flatts)
• 1972 - Kiko Narváez, Spanish footballer
• 1972 - Jason Bargwanna, Australian racing driver
• 1973 - Chris Perry, English footballer
• 1974 - Ivana Milicevic, Croatian-American actress
• 1974 - Adil Ray, English radio presenter (BBC Asian Network)
• 1975 - Nathan "Joey" Jordison, American musician (Slipknot)
• 1975 - Nerina Pallot, British singer
• 1976 - Vaclav Varada, Czech ice hockey player
• 1977 - Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player
• 1977 - Tom Welling, American actor
• 1977 - Chris Johnston, Irish rugby player
• 1977 - Jason Earles, American actor
• 1978 - Avant, American singer
• 1978 - Joe Crede, American baseball player
• 1978 - Peter Madsen, Danish footballer
• 1979 - Janne Wirman, Finnish musician (Children of Bodom)
• 1979 - Ariane Moffatt, Quebec singer and songwriter
• 1980 - Jordana Brewster, American actress
• 1980 - Anna Mucha, Polish actress
• 1980 - Channing Tatum, American actor
• 1981 - Matthieu Delpierre, French footballer
• 1981 - Ms. Dynamite, English musician
• 1982 - Joanne Gobure, Nauruan poet
• 1982 - Brock Gillespie, American basketball player
• 1982 - Jon Lee, British singer (S Club)
• 1982 - Cooper Wallace, National Football League tight end
• 1983 - José María López, Argentine racing driver
• 1983 - Jessica Lynch, American P. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thanasis Papakonstantinou (Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου (born April 26, 1959, in Tyrnavos Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roger Andrew Taylor (born April 26, 1960 in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, England) is the drummer for the electronic pop/rock Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two Stephen Paul Lombardozzi (born April 26, 1960 in Malden Massachusetts) is a former Major League Baseball Second baseman who played Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joan Chong Chen (Chinese name; Pinyin: Chén Chōng born April 26 1961 is a four-time Golden Horse, Asian Film Awards, AFI Award, Film Opie ( Gregg Hughes, born May 23, 1963) Anthony ( Anthony Cumia, born April 26, 1961) and Jim Opie ( Gregg Hughes, born May 23, 1963) Anthony ( Anthony Cumia, born April 26, 1961) and Jim Chris Mars (born April 26, 1961) is an American Musician. He was the drummer for seminal Minneapolis Minnesota alternative The Replacements were an American Alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979 Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Colin Anderson (born 26 April 1962 is an English former professional footballer, predominantly playing on left side of defence or midfield Michael Damian Weir (born April 26, 1962 in San Diego California) is an American actor singer and producer known mainly for his role as singer Danny Debra Renee Wilson Skelton (born April 26, 1962) is an American Comedienne and actress. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Li Lianjie (born April 26 1963 better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese martial artist (Kung fu Actor, Wushu champion Colin Scotts (born April 26 1963) was the first Australian to receive a football scholarship in the United States and be drafted into Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The name Kevin James may refer to Kevin James (actor, American actor and comedian Kevin James (alleged terrorist, American arrested Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. born April 26, 1966 in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan; he is a Japanese manga artist. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Marianne Raigipcien Jean-Baptiste (born 26 April 1967) is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe -nominated British actress Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Glen Thomas Jacobs In the 1988–1989 season he was an NCAA All-star; he is still listed in the Truman State University media guide as holding the record for highest Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Melania Knauss-Trump (born Melanija Knavs, Anglicized to Melania Knauss, on April 26, 1970) is a fashion model from Tionne Tenese Watkins (born April 26 1970) better known by her Stage name T-Boz, is an American R&B singer and a TLC was a Grammy Award -winning American Contemporary R&B, hip hop and pop group consisting of Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Jay DeMarcus, born Stanley Wayne DeMarcus Jr on April 26, 1971, in Columbus Ohio, is the bassist harmony vocalist and song writer in the Rascal Flatts is an American Grammy Award -winning Country pop group founded in Nashville Tennessee. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kiko, real name Francisco Miguel Narváez Machón, (born April 26, 1972 in Jerez de la Frontera) is a former Spanish football Jason Bargwanna (born 26 April, 1972 in Sydney) is an Australian Racing driver. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Christopher John "Chris" Perry (born 26 April 1973 in Carshalton, London) is an English footballer. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Ivana Miličević (born April 26, 1974) is an actress from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Adil Ray, a British Radio and Television Presenter, born 26 April 1974 in Birmingham, England of Kenyan Pakistani Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nathan Jonas "Joey" Jordison (born April 26, 1975) is an American musician songwriter and Record producer. Slipknot is an American band from Des Moines Iowa. Slipknot consists of nine members the current band members are Sid Nerina Natasha Georgina Pallot (born April 26, 1975) is a Platinum selling BRIT Award nominated British Singer and Songwriter Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Václav Varaďa (ˈvaːtslaf ˈvaraɟa (born April 26, 1976 in Vsetín, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech ice hockey player Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays "Fukudome" redirects here For information on the WWII admiral see Shigeru Fukudome. Thomas John Patrick Welling (born April 26 1977) is an American Actor, director and former male fashion model, most famous for Plan-It-X Fest In 2004 Plan-It-X Records celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a three day festival in Bloomington, Indiana. Jason Daniel Earles (born in San Diego California) is an American actor Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Avant (born Myron Avant on April 26, 1978 in Cleveland Ohio) is a multi- Platinum American R&B singer Joseph "Joe" Crede (born April 26, 1978 in Jefferson City Missouri) is an American Major League Baseball player who was the For the Australian rugby league footballer of the same name see Mick Madsen. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Janne Viljami "Warman" Wirman (born April 26 1979) is a Finnish Musician; he is the Keyboardist for the bands Children of Bodom is a Finnish Melodic death metal band from Espoo, Finland formed in 1993 Quebec singer/songwriter Ariane Moffatt was born in the St-Romuald quarter of Lévis Quebec on 26 April 1979. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Jordana Brewster (born April 26, 1980) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles in The Fast and the Furious, Anna Maria Mucha, born on April 26, 1980 in Warsaw, Poland, is a Polish film and television actress and journalist Channing Matthew Tatum (born April 26 1980 is an American actor producer, and former model. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Matthieu Delpierre (born April 26, 1981 in Nancy, France) is a French footballer. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Joanne Ekamdeiya Gobure (b April 26, 1982, in Nauru) is a Poet from the Pacific nation of Nauru. Brock Andrew Gillespie is an American professional Basketball player who has played in the United States and in other countries S Club, formerly known as S Club 7, was a pop group created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller. Cooper Wallace (born April 26, 1982 in Nashville Tennessee) is an American football Tight end who is currently a Free agent Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) José María López (born April 26 1983 in Río Tercero, Argentina) is a Race car driver. Jessica Dawn Lynch (born April 26 1983) is a former Quartermaster Corps Private First Class (PFC in the United States Army. O. W.
• 1984 - Lee Humphrey, American basketball player
• 1984 - Mija Martina, Bosnian singer
• 1985 - John Isner, American Tennis player
• 1985 - Nam Gyu-Ri, Korean singer, member of See Ya
• 1987 - Jessica Lee Rose, American-born New Zealand actress, famous YouTube star lonelygirl15

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• 1192 - Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Lee Humphrey (born April 23, 1984 in Maryville Tennessee) is an American Basketball player currently a Shooting guard Mija Martina Barbarić (born April 26, 1984) is a Croatian singer from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) John Isner (born April 26, 1985, in Greensboro, North Carolina) is an American professional tennis player. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Nam Gyu-Ri ( Hangul: 남규리 is the leader of the Korean female trio SeeYa. See Ya ( Hangul: 씨야 is a South Korean female trio made up of Nam Gyu Ri, Kim Yeon Ji, and Lee Bo Ram. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Jessica Lee Rose (born April 26 1987) is an American -born Actress who was raised in New Zealand. lonelygirl15 was an interactive web-based video series which began in June 2006 and ended on August 1 2008 Emperor Go-Shirakawa (後白河天皇 Go-Shirakawa-tennō) ( October 18, 1127 &ndash April 26, 1192 1127)
• 1444 - Robert Campin, Flemish painter (b. Robert Campin (c 1375 &ndash 26 April 1444) now usually identified with the artist known as the Master of Flémalle, is usually considered the first 1378)
• 1476 - Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b. Simonetta Cattaneo de Vespucci, "la bella Simonetta" (ca 1453)
• 1478 - Giuliano di Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence (assassinated) (b. Giuliano de' Medici (1453&ndash April 26, 1478) was the second son of Piero de' Medici (the Gouty 1453)
• 1489 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. was the 9th Shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1473 to 1489 during the Muromachi period of Japan. 1465)
• 1716 - John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (b. Year 1716 ( MDCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Somers 1st Baron Somers, PC, FRS ( 4 March 1651 &ndash 26 April 1716) was Lord High Chancellor of England 1651)
• 1784 - Nano Nagle, Irish convent founder (b. Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Nano (Honoria Nagle (1718 &ndash 26 April 1784) founded the "Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary" (also known as the " Presentation 1718)
• 1789 - Count Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian soldier (b. Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common General Count Petr Ivanovich Panin (Пётр Ива́нович Па́нин (1721 &ndash April 26, 1789) younger brother of Nikita Ivanovich Panin, 1721)
• 1865 - John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin (shot) (b. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Abraham Lincoln assassination John Wilkes Booth (May 10 1838 – April 26 1865 was an American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the 1838)
• 1881 - Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ludwig Samson Arthur Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen ( June 18, 1815 - April 26, 1881) was a Bavarian General. 1815)
• 1892 - Sir Provo Wallis, British Admiral and naval hero (b. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Admiral of the Fleet Sir Provo William Perry Wallis, GCB ( May 12, 1791 &ndash February 13, 1892) was a naval war hero and Admiral 1791)
• 1910 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson ( 8 December, 1832 – 26 April, 1910) was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1832)
• 1920 - Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar 1887)
• 1932 - William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. William 'Bill' Lockwood ( William Henry Lockwood; born March 25, 1868, Old Radford, Nottingham; died April 26, 1868)
• 1936 - Tammany Young, American actor (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tammany Young ( September 9, 1886 – April 26, 1936) was an American stage and film actor who appeared with W 1886)
• 1938 - Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (b. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl (ˈhʊsɛrl April 8 1859 – April 26 1938) was a philosopher, known as the father of 1859)
• 1940 - Carl Bosch, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carl Bosch ( August 27, 1874 &ndash April 26, 1940) was a German Chemist and Engineer who won the The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1874)
• 1944 - Violette Morris, French athlete (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Violette Morris ( April 18, 1893 - April 26, 1944) was a decorated French athlete who won many French national championships 1893)
• 1945 - Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general (b. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Pavlo Skoropadskyi (or more properly transliterated into Pavlo Skoropads'kyj Павло Скоропадський Pavlo Skoropadsky Павел Петрович Скоропадский 1871)
• 1945 - Sigmund Rascher, Nazi doctor (b. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sigmund Rascher (born February 12, 1909 in Munich, executed April 26, 1945 in the Dachau concentration camp) was a 1909)
• 1950 - G. Murray Hulbert, American politician (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Murray Hulbert ( May 14[[ 881]] - April 26[[ 950]] was a United States Representative from New York. 1881)
• 1951 - Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (b. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (5 December 1868 &ndash 26 April 1951 was a German theoretical Physicist who pioneered developments in atomic 1868)
• 1956 - Edward Arnold, American actor (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Arnold ( February 18, 1890 – April 26, 1956) was an American Actor. 1890)
• 1957 - Gichin Funakoshi, Father of Japanese Shotokan Karatedo (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Gichin Funakoshi (船越 義珍 Funakoshi Gichin, November 10 1868 – April 26 1957) was the creator of Shotokan 1868)
• 1964 - E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet born Newfoundland (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Edwin John Dove Pratt FRSC ( February 4, 1882 &ndash April 26, 1964) who published as E 1882)
• 1969 - Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist and founder of aikido (b. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Morihei Ueshiba (植芝 盛平 Ueshiba Morihei, December 14, 1883 &ndash April 26, 1969) was a famous Martial artist 1883)
• 1970 - Erik Bergman, Lutheran pastor (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Erik Bergman ( October 22, 1886 - April 26, 1970) was a Swedish parish minister of the Lutheran Church and Ingmar 1886)
• 1970 - Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress (b. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gypsy Rose Lee (also known as Rose Louise Hovick and Louise Hovick) (born January 8 1911 &ndash April 26 1970) was 1911)
• 1972 - Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fernando Cueto Amorsolo ( May 30, 1892 - April 26, 1972) is one of the most important artists in the history of painting in the Philippines 1892)
• 1973 - Irene Ryan, American actress (b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Irene Ryan ( October 17, 1902 – April 26, 1973) was an Emmy - and Tony Award -nominated actress one of the few entertainers 1902)
• 1976 - Sid James, South African-born British comedian (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sid James (born Joel Solomon Cohen; 8 May 1913 &ndash 26 April 1976) was a South African Actor, who made 1913)
• 1980 - Cicely Courtneidge, English actress and comedian (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Dame Cicely Courtneidge DBE ( 1 April, 1893 &ndash 26 April, 1980) was an English actress and Comedian. 1893)
• 1981 - Jim Davis, American actor (b. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Marlin "Jim" Davis ( August 26 1909 – April 26 1981) was an American actor best known for his role as Jock Ewing 1909)
• 1984 - Count Basie, American musician and composer (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) William "Count" Basie ( August 21, 1904 &ndash April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, Organist 1904)
• 1986 - Broderick Crawford, American actor (stroke) (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) William Broderick Crawford ( December 9, 1911 - April 26, 1986) was an American Academy Award -winning actor 1911)
• 1986 - Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Dechko Uzunov (Дечко Узунов ( February 22, 1899 &ndash April 26, 1986) was a Bulgarian painter. 1899)
• 1986 - Bessie Love, American actress (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bessie Love ( September 10, 1898 - April 26, 1986) was an American Motion picture actress who achieved fame largely 1898)
• 1987 - John Ernest Silkin, British politician (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) John Ernest Silkin, ( 18 March 1923 &ndash 26 April 1987) was an English Politician and Solicitor. 1923)
• 1987 - Shankar, Of Noted Bollywood Music Director Duo Shankar-Jaikishan (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Shankar Jaikishan (also credited as Shankar - Jaikishan, Shanker Jaikishan or Shankar - Jaikishen) was a duo of prolific music composers who worked in the Shankar Jaikishan (also credited as Shankar - Jaikishan, Shanker Jaikishan or Shankar - Jaikishen) was a duo of prolific music composers who worked in the 1922)
• 1989 - Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Lucille Ball (August 6 1911 – April 26 1989 was an American comedienne, film television stage and radio Actress, model, film 1911)
• 1991 - Leo Arnaud, French-American composer (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Leo Arnaud or Léo Arnaud ( July 24, 1904 &ndash April 26, 1991) (ˈleɪ 1904)
• 1991 - Carmine Coppola, American composer and conductor (b. Carmine Coppola ( June 11, 1910 - April 26, 1991) was an Academy Award - and Golden Globe -winning as well as BAFTA 1910)
• 1991 - Emily McLaughlin, American actress (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Emily McLaughlin ( December 1 1928 - April 26 1991) was an American Soap opera actress. 1928)
• 1991 - Richard Hatfield, Canadian politician (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Bennett Hatfield PC, ONB ( April 9, 1931 &ndash April 26, 1991) was a New Brunswick politician 1931)
• 1994 - Masutatsu Oyama, Founder of Japanese Kyokushin Karate (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Masutatsu Oyama (大山倍達 Ōyama Masutatsu) also known as Mas Oyama, was a Karate master who founded Kyokushinkai arguably the 1927)
• 1996 - Stirling Silliphant, American writer and producer (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Stirling Dale Silliphant ( 16 January 1918 – 26 April 1996) was a prolific American Screenwriter and producer 1918)
• 1999 - Adrian Borland, English musician (The Sound) (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Adrian Borland (6 December 1957 – 26 April 1999 was an English Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist and Record producer. The Sound was a British Post-punk band from 1979 to 1988. The band was fronted by Adrian Borland and evolved from his previous 1957)
• 1999 - Jill Dando, British television presenter (b. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Jill Wendy Dando ( 9 November 1961 &ndash 26 April 1999) was an English journalist and television presenter who worked 1961)
• 2002 - Robert Steinhäuser German spree killer (b. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 1983)
• 2003 - Rosemary Brown, Canadian politician (b. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Rosemary Brown, PC OC OBC MSW LLD ( June 17, 1930 &ndash April 26, 2003) was a Canadian politician 1930)
• 2003 - Max Nicholson, Irish environmentalist (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1904)
• 2003 - Peter Stone, American writer (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Peter Stone ( February 27, 1930 – April 26, 2003) was a writer for theater television and movies 1930)
• 2004 - Hubert Selby Jr., American author (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Hubert Selby Jr ( July 23, 1928 – April 26, 2004) was a 20th century American writer 1928)
• 2005 - Mason Adams, American actor (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mason Adams ( February 26, 1919 &ndash April 26, 2005) was an American Character actor. 1919)
• 2005 - Maria Schell, Swiss-Austrian actress (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Maria Margarethe Anna Schell ( 15 January 1926, Vienna - 26 April 2005, Preitenegg, Carinthia) was an 1926)
• 2005 - Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan author (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Augusto Roa Bastos, (June 13 1917 &ndash April 26 2005 was a noted Paraguayan novelist and one of the most important Latin American writers of the 20th century Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only 1917)
• 2007 - Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film executive (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Jack Joseph Valenti ( September 5 1921 – April 26 2007) was a long-time president of the Motion Picture Association of America. 1921)

Holidays and observances

• Tanzania - Union Day. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya
• Florida and Georgia, USA - Confederate Memorial Day. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Confederate Memorial Day, also known as Confederate Decoration Day (Tennessee and Confederate Heroes Day (Texas is an official holiday and/or observance day in
• World Intellectual Property Day (since 2001). World Intellectual Property Day is observed annually on April 26. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.

In the Roman Catholic Church:

• Our Lady of Good Counsel
• Saint Alda (d. Our Lady of Good Counsel ( Mater boni consilii) is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary, after a miraculous painting now found in the Augustinian church Saint Alda or Aldobrandesca (b Siena Italy, c 1249 d c 1309 is an Italian Christian Saint and Nurse. 1309)
• Richarius or Riquier (d. Richarius (in Latin Ricarius was a Frankish founder of a Monastery. Richarius (in Latin Ricarius was a Frankish founder of a Monastery. 643)
• Paschasius (d. Events By Place Europe Rothari King of the Lombards, issues the Lombard law code 865)
• Saint Cletus (Pope Anacletus) and Marcellinus (Popes and martyrs)
• Lucidius (4th century)
• Trudpert (Irish monk martyred in Germany in 607). Events By Place Europe Ethelred succeeds as king of Wessex (or 866) Pope Pope History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and The term martyr ( Greek μάρτυς martys "witness" is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices their life (or personal freedom As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 4th century (per the Julian calendar and Anno Domini / Common era) was that Century Saint Trudpert (d ca 607 or 644 was a Missionary in Germany in the seventh century Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world MONK is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor or k-effective Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events By Place Europe Ceolwulf of Wessex fights the South Saxons.

In the Russian Orthodox Church:

• Stephen of Perm - also Old Permic Alphabet Day

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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See also Eastern Orthodox Church Structure and organization The Slavic Orthodox Church is organized in a hierarchical structure Saint Stephen of Perm ( Russian: Стефан Пермский / Stefan Perms also spelled "Stephan" (1340 &ndash 1396 was a fourteenth century Missionary The Old Permic script, sometimes called Abur or Anbur, is an original ancient Permic Writing system.

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