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Notable anniversaries in history for today: April 26
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of J H "Biddy" Anderson; cricket player (one Test South Africa versus Australia 1902).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Russell Nype in Zion, Illinois, USA; singer/actor (Burton Farley - Dorothy).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of J Micheal McCloskey; environmentalist, Sierra Club chairman.
- 80th: 1944 - First B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of David O'B Martin; American politician (Representative-Republican-New York, 1981-).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Martha Rockwell in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; skier (Mount Washington).
- 80th: 1944 - Papandreou government in Greece forms.
- 70th: 1954 - Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva, Switzerland.
- 70th: 1954 - Polio vaccine trials begin at the Franklin Sherman Elementary School in McLean, Virginia.
- 60th: 1964 - 18th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 1.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Tod Bass in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In).
- 60th: 1964 - Edwin John Pratt; Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at age 81.
- 60th: 1964 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
- 60th: 1964 - Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at age 93.
- 60th: 1964 - Tanganyika and Zanzibar form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
- 50th: 1974 - Landslide in Huancavelica Province, Peru creates a natural dam.
- 50th: 1974 - Malta adopts constitution.
- 50th: 1974 - New York Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline and Buskey to Cleveland Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow and Upshaw.
- 40th: 1984 - Henry Rowland, actor (Rogue's Regiment), dies at age 70.
- 40th: 1984 - May McAvoy, actress (Ben Hur), dies after a heart attack at age 82.
- 40th: 1984 - US President Ronald Reagan visits China.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of William Allen Basie AKA Count Basie at age 79 of pancreatic cancer; jazz pianist, bandleader (Count Basie Orchestra - "One O'Clock Jump", "Jumpin' at the Woodside").
- 40th: 1984 - Sultan Iskandar, Sultan of Johor, becomes the 8th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Ryan O'Donohue in Pomona, California; actress (Byrds of Paradise, Boys are Back).
- 30th: 1994 - Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, becomes the 10th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
- 30th: 1994 - First multi-racial election in South Africa begins; Dr Nomaza Paintin in New Zealand is first black South African to vote.
- 30th: 1994 - 26.9 degrees C in Prestebakke, Norway (Norwegian April high temperature record).
- 30th: 1994 - Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya, Japan, 262 killed.
- 25th: 1999 - Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj, Sultan of Selangor, becomes the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
- 25th: 1999 - British TV presenter Jill Dando, age 37, is shot dead on the doorstep of her home in Fulham, London.
- 25th: 1999 - Nintendo releases the Super Smash Bros. game for the Nintendo 64 video game system in the USA.
- 20th: 2004 - The US Bureau of Engraving and Printing introduces new US$50 Federal Reserve notes, incorporating color and more complex security elements.
- 20th: 2004 - Heinz Fischer is elected the new president of Austria.
- 15th: 2009 - Iceland's leftist coalition of the Social Democratic Alliance and the Left Green Movement wins the country's general election, taking 34 of the 63 seats in parliament, defeating the Independence Party that many blamed for the collapse of the country's banking system. New Prime Minister is Johanna Sigurdardottir of the Social Democrats.
- 15th: 2009 - In Argentina, round 5 of the FIA World Rally Championship is won by Sébastien Loeb.
- 15th: 2009 - In Motegi, Japan, round 2 of the FIM MotoGP Championship is won by Jorge Lorenzo.
- 15th: 2009 - In Sakhir, Bahrain, round 4 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Jenson Button.
- 15th: 2009 - In London, England, the British Academy Television Awards ceremony is held.
- Best actor: Stephen Dillane for The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall;
- Best actress: Anna Maxwell Martin for Poppy Shakespeare;
- Best entertainment performance: Harry Hill for Harry Hill's TV Burp;
- Best comedy performance: David Mitchell for Peep Show;
- Best single drama: White Girl;
- Best drama serial: Criminal Justice;
- Best drama series: Wallander;
- Best continuing drama: The Bill;
- Best factual series: Amazon with Bruce Parry;
- Best entertainment programme: The X Factor;
- Best situation comedy: The IT Crowd;
- Best comedy programme: Harry and Paul;
- Best single documentary: Chosen;
- Best feature: The Choir: Boys Don't Sing;
- Best international show: Mad Men;
- Best specialist factual: Life in Cold Blood;
- Best current affairs: Saving Africa's Witch Children - Dispatches;
- Best news coverage: News at Ten - Chinese Earthquake;
- Best sport: ITV1 F1: Brazilian Grand Prix;
- Best interactivity: Embarrassing Bodies Online;
- Audience award: Skins;
- Special Award: Jane Tranter;
- Bafta Fellowship: French and Saunders.
- 5th: 2019 - The Movie "Avengers: Endgame" is released in theaters, becoming the highest grossing movie of all time.
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