April 26th, 1910

Born on April 26th, 1910

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.

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 dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.

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

Born on April 26th, 1910

72

Meša Selimović

Yugoslavian writer

*April 26th, 1910, Tuzla †July 11th, 1982, Belgrade

59

Ernst Tittel

Austrian composer (1910-1969)

*April 26th, 1910, Šternberk †July 28th, 1969, Vienna

98

Erland von Koch

Swedish composer, educator, conductor, organist and pianist

*April 26th, 1910, Stockholm †January 31st, 2009, Stockholm

86

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Japanese film producer

*April 26th, 1910, Kashiwara †April 2nd, 1997, Tokyo

78

Terry Lawrence

English cricketer (1910-1989)

*April 26th, 1910, Waltham Abbey †January 7th, 1989, Fawley

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62

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

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

87

Zvi Yavetz

Israeli historian, professor

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

35

Amelia Alicia Anscelly

Malaysian badminton player

*April 26th, 1988, Kota Kinabalu

53

Melania Trump

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

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

90

Carol Burnett

American actress, comedian and singer

*April 26th, 1933, San Antonio

45

Ernst Udet

German flying ace (1896–1941)

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

43

Channing Tatum

American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)

*April 26th, 1980, Cullman

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

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

45

Stana Katic

Canadian actress

*April 26th, 1978, Hamilton

65

Giancarlo Esposito

American actor

*April 26th, 1958, Copenhagen

85

Duane Eddy

American guitarist

*April 26th, 1938, Corning

68

Peter Neururer

German association football manager

*April 26th, 1955, Marl

93

Rudolf Heß

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

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

72

Werner Biskup

German association football player and manager (1942–2014)

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

60

Jet Li

Chinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor (born 1963)

*April 26th, 1963, Beijing

38

Werner Bischof

Swiss photographer and photojournalist

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

34

Luke Bracey

Australian actor

*April 26th, 1989, Sydney

83

Giorgio Moroder

Italian record producer and composer

*April 26th, 1940, Urtijëi

102

I. M. Pei

Chinese-American architect (1917–2019)

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

62

Anthony Cumia

American talk radio broadcaster

*April 26th, 1961, Elwood

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87

Mother Teresa

Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary (1910–1997)

*August 26th, 1910, Skopje †September 5th, 1997, Kolkata

80

Lothar Collatz

German mathematician

*July 6th, 1910, Arnsberg †September 26th, 1990, Varna

87

Egill Jacobsen

Danish painter (1910-1998)

*December 16th, 1910, Copenhagen †April 21st, 1998, Copenhagen

94

Ejler Bille

Danish artist (1910-2004)

*March 6th, 1910, Odder †May 1st, 2004, Copenhagen

96

Kitty Carlisle

American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910–2007)

*September 3rd, 1910, New Orleans †April 17th, 2007, New York City

84

Dorothy Hodgkin

British chemist

*May 12th, 1910, Cairo †July 29th, 1994, Ilmington

84

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Indian-American astrophysicist

*October 19th, 1910, Lahore †August 21st, 1995, Chicago

79

William Shockley

American physicist and inventor

*February 13th, 1910, London †August 12th, 1989, Stanford

92

Rachel Kempson

British actress (1910–2003)

*May 28th, 1910, Dartmouth †May 24th, 2003, Millbrook

69

Dick Foran

Actor (1910-1979)

*June 18th, 1910, Flemington †August 10th, 1979, Panorama City

82

Josephine McKim

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1910-1992)

*January 4th, 1910, Oil City, Cambria County, Pennsylvania †December 10th, 1992, Woodstock

87

Erich Mückenberger

German politician (1910-1998)

*June 8th, 1910, Chemnitz †February 10th, 1998, Berlin

87

Jacques Cousteau

French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

*June 11th, 1910, Saint-André-de-Cubzac †June 25th, 1997, 17th arrondissement of Paris

83

Baltasar Lobo

Spanish artist

*February 22nd, 1910, Zamora †September 4th, 1993, Paris

90

Dora Alonso

Cuban journalist and writer

*December 22nd, 1910, Matanzas †March 21st, 2001, Havana

98

Irena Sendler

Polish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer (1910-2008)

*February 15th, 1910, Warsaw †May 12th, 2008, Warsaw

46

Sheila Terry

American actress (1910–1957)

*March 5th, 1910, Warroad †January 19th, 1957, New York City

88

Paul Bowles

American composer and writer (1910–1999)

*December 30th, 1910, Queens †November 18th, 1999, Tangier

77

Jean Anouilh

French playwright (1910–1987)

*June 23rd, 1910, Bordeaux †October 3rd, 1987, Lausanne

68

Giuseppe Meazza

Italian association football player and manager (1910-1979)

*August 23rd, 1910, Milan †August 21st, 1979, Rapallo

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 1910 is a normal year and no leap year.

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