Page 5: Historical Events In April - 26

1920  On April - 26 h Shapley & H.D. Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae   

1920  H Shapley & H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae on this day in history.   

1921  U.S. Naval Detachment left Yugoslavia after administering area around Spalato for 2 years to guarantee transfer of area from Austria to new country on April - 26.   

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

1923  English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on April - 26.   

1924  Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82 on April - 26.   

1925  On April - 26 pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big"   

1926  On April - 26 karachai Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943)   

1926  On this day in history germany & Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty   

1928  On April - 26 madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London   

1929  The first non-stop England to India flight lands on this day in history.   

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

1931  Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, the mistake costs him AL home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season on this day in history.   

1931  On April - 26 lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season   

1932  Jean Anouilh's "L'Ermine," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies   

1933  On April - 26 the birth of Carol Burnett, American actress   

1933  On April - 26 jewish students are barred from school in Germany   

1935  On April - 26 frank Boucher is given the NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years   

1935  Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years on April - 26.   

1936  Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony on this day in history.   

1936  On April - 26 tammany Young, American actor (b.1886)   

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

1937  German-made planes destroy Basque town of Guernica in Spain. The massacre is later painted by Picasso on this day in history.   

1937  German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain on this day in history.   

1938  Mandatory registration of all property held by Jews inside the Reich, valued Jewish property is to be seized within Greater Germany at a value of approximately eight billion Reichmarks on this day in history.   

1938  Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79   

1940  On April - 26 carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65   

1941  On April - 26 y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2091 Sampo   

1941  On April - 26 a tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)   

1941  Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1942  On this day in history coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria   

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1319  On April - 26 birth of jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)   

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

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

1567  On April - 26 birth of nicolas Forme, composer   

1573  Marie de'Medici, Queen of France was born on this day in history.   

1603  On this day in history birth of francesco Nigetti, composer   

1637  Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1648  On April - 26 birth of pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)   

0757  Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies on this day in history.   

1192  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)   

1196  On this day in history alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies   

1444  Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1476  Death of Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453) on April - 26.   

1478  Death of Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 on April - 26.   

1489  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)   

1558  Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies on this day in history.