April 26th, 1066

Born on April 26th, 1066

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 26th?

April 26th, 2012

The International Hydrographic Organization abandoned South Korean-led 'attempts to rename the Sea of Japan.

April 26th, 2007

Controversy surrounding the relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a Soviet Red Army World War II memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, erupted into mass protests and riots.

April 26th, 1994

Just before landing at Nagoya Airport, Japan, the copilot of China Airlines Flight 140 inadvertently triggered the takeoff/go-around switch, causing the aircraft to crash and killing 264 of the 271 people on board.

April 26th, 1989

A tornado struck the Manikganj District of Bangladesh and killed an estimated 1,300 people, making it the deadliest tornado in history.

April 26th, 1970

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) came into being when the WIPO Convention entered into force.

April 26th, 1958

Service ended on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue Line, one of the first major electrified train lines in the U.S. (steam train pictured).

April 26th, 1944

World War II: U.S. Navy submarines began attacks on Japan's Take Ichi convoy as it sailed in waters between Taiwan and the Philippines, eventually sinking four vessels and killing more than 4,000 troops.

April 26th, 1941

Boris Kidrič and Edvard Kardelj founded the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation, the main anti-fascist Slovene civil-resistance and political organization during World War II.

April 26th, 1933

The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, was established.

April 26th, 1915

First World War: Britain, France and Russia signed a secret treaty promising territory to Italy if it joined the war on their side.

April 26th, 1865

U.S. Army soldiers cornered and fatally shot John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, ending a twelve-day manhunt.

April 26th, 1478

In a conspiracy to replace the Medici family as rulers of the Republic of Florence, the Pazzi family attacked Lorenzo de' Medici (pictured) and killed his brother Giuliano at Florence Cathedral.

April 26th, 2015

Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97.7% of the vote, one of the biggest vote shares in Kazakhstan's history.

April 26th, 2005

Cedar Revolution: 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 (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).

April 26th, 2002

Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before committing suicide.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 26th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 26th?

36

Amelia Alicia Anscelly

Malaysian badminton player

*April 26th, 1988, Kota Kinabalu

62

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (2023-2024)

*April 26th, 1889, Neuwaldegg †April 29th, 1951, Cambridge

54

Melania Trump

First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

87

Zvi Yavetz

Israeli historian, professor

*April 26th, 1925, Chernivtsi †January 7th, 2013, Tel Aviv

44

Channing Tatum

American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)

*April 26th, 1980, Cullman

46

Stana Katic

Canadian actress

*April 26th, 1978, Hamilton

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

65

David Hume

Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian

*April 26th, 1711, Edinburgh †August 25th, 1776, Edinburgh

66

Giancarlo Esposito

American actor

*April 26th, 1958, Copenhagen

91

Carol Burnett

American actress, comedian and singer

*April 26th, 1933, San Antonio

35

Luke Bracey

Australian actor

*April 26th, 1989, Sydney

69

Peter Neururer

German association football manager

*April 26th, 1955, Marl

86

Duane Eddy

American guitarist

*April 26th, 1938, Corning

61

Jet Li

Chinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor (born 1963)

*April 26th, 1963, Beijing

72

Werner Biskup

German association football player and manager (1942–2014)

*April 26th, 1942, Bottrop †June 22nd, 2014, Quakenbrück

63

Anthony Cumia

American talk radio broadcaster

*April 26th, 1961, Elwood

45

Ernst Udet

German flying ace (1896–1941)

*April 26th, 1896, Frankfurt †November 17th, 1941, Berlin

68

Diethard Prengel

German cinematographer

*April 26th, 1956, Celle

84

Giorgio Moroder

Italian record producer and composer

*April 26th, 1940, Urtijëi

64

Allan Peiper

Road cyclist

*April 26th, 1960, Alexandra

93

Rudolf Heß

German Nazi leader and Reich Minister without Portfolio (1894–1987)

*April 26th, 1894, Alexandria †August 17th, 1987, Spandau Prison

74

John Deely

American philosopher and semiotician

*April 26th, 1942, Chicago †January 7th, 2017, Greensburg

59

Kevin James

American actor and comedian

*April 26th, 1965, Mineola

47

Tom Welling

American actor, director, and model

*April 26th, 1977, Putnam Valley

44

Jordana Brewster

American actress

*April 26th, 1980, Panama City

65

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Finnish painter (1865-1931)

*April 26th, 1865, Pori †March 7th, 1931, Stockholm

57

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

British actress

*April 26th, 1967, London

63

Joan Chen

Chinese-American actress and director

*April 26th, 1961, Shanghai

47

Samantha Cristoforetti

Italian European Space Agency astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer (1977)

*April 26th, 1977, Milan

92

Anita Loos

American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981)

*April 26th, 1889, Mount Shasta †August 18th, 1981, New York City

86

Vicente Aleixandre

Spanish poet

*April 26th, 1898, Seville †December 14th, 1984, Madrid

65

Eugène Delacroix

French painter (1798–1863)

*April 26th, 1798, Saint-Maurice †August 13th, 1863, Paris

44

John II of France

Monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1350 until his death

*April 26th, 1319, Le Mans †April 8th, 1364, London

34

Albert Torres

Spanish racing cyclist

*April 26th, 1990, Ciutadella de Menorca

69

Toni Iwobi

Italian politician

*April 26th, 1955, Gusau

41

Rodolfo Collazo

Uruguayan rower

*April 26th, 1983, Rosario

38

Werner Bischof

Swiss photographer and photojournalist

*April 26th, 1916, Zürich †May 16th, 1954, Trujillo

102

I. M. Pei

Chinese-American architect (1917–2019)

*April 26th, 1917, Guangzhou †May 16th, 2019, Manhattan

81

Peter Zumthor

Swiss architect

*April 26th, 1943, Basel

52

Sylvain Tesson

French writer

*April 26th, 1972, Paris

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 26th

Fixed holidays (Chernobyl disaster related observances, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on April 26th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1066 is a normal year and no leap year.

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