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On This Day · The 116th day of the year

April 26

April 26's recorded history is unusually compressed, gathered within recent centuries rather than reaching into antiquity. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

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Taurus is the sign for April 26 — read more on the Taurus page, or see April's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on April 26?

April 26 is the 116th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1803 and 2002. Famous people born on April 26 include Yuliya Zaripova, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Marlon King.

Released on April 26

Movies, games, albums & shows

2024

  • Game Stellar Blade
  • Game Manor Lords
  • Game Sand Land
  • Game TopSpin 2K25

2023

  • Game Cassette Beasts

2022

  • Game The Serpent Rogue

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1803

    L'Aigle (meteorite)

  2. 1915

    World War I

  3. 1933

    Gestapo

  4. 1937

    Spanish Civil War

  5. 1944

    World War II

  6. 1958

    Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

  7. 1964

    Tanganyika (1961–1964)

  8. 1989

    Daulatpur–Saturia tornado

  9. 1999

    CIH (computer virus)

  10. 2002

    Erfurt school massacre

Famous birthday twins

Born on April 26

Yuliya Zaripova

b. 1986

Ludwig Wittgenstein

b. 1889

Marlon King

b. 1980

Jonathan dos Santos

b. 1990

Eugène Delacroix

b. 1798

Kane (wrestler)

b. 1967

Deaths

  • 2017Jonathan Demme
  • 1957Gichin Funakoshi
  • 1945Sigmund Rascher
  • 1932Bill Lockwood (cricketer)
  • 1910Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Holidays & observances

  • —Chernobyl disaster related observances: Day of Remembrance of the Chernobyl tragedy (Belarus)
  • —Chernobyl disaster related observances: Memorial Day of Radiation Accidents and Catastrophes (Russia)
  • —Christian feast day: Aldobrandesca (or Alda)
  • —Christian feast day: Lucidius of Verona
  • —Christian feast day: Our Lady of Good Counsel
  • —Christian feast day: Pope Anacletus and Marcellinus
  • —Christian feast day: Rafael Arnáiz Barón
  • —Christian feast day: Riquier

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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