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What happened in history on this day: April 26?
On April 26 in ...
- 1936 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony.
- 1947 - "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London.
- 1965 - Ives' 4th Symphony premieres.
- 1973 - "2 Gentlemen of Verona", musical opens in London.
Births on April 26
- 1924 - Birth of Russell Nype in Zion, Illinois, USA; singer/actor (Burton Farley - Dorothy).
- 1938 - Birth of Duane Eddy in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; guitarist ("Peter Gunn", "Cannonball").
- 1940 - Birth of Giorgio Moroder in Ortisei, Italy; composer/producer/singer (Top Gun, Metropolis, Electric Dreams, Cat People, Let it Ride).
- 1942 - Birth of Bobby Rydell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; rock singer ("Wild One", "Bye Bye Birdie").
- 1943 - Birth of Gary Wright in Creskill, New Jersey, USA; singer/keyboardist ("Dream Weaver", Spooky Tooth - "Love Is Alive").
- 1949 - Birth of Jimmy Hall; rocker (Wet Willie).
- 1950 - Birth of Howard "Leon" Reeder; rock guitarist (Champaign).
- 1960 - Birth of Roger Taylor in England; rock drummer (Duran Duran - "Hungry Like the Wolf").
- 1962 - Birth of Graham "Skin" Skinner; rocker (Hipsway).
- 1962 - Birth of Michael Damian in San Diego, California, USA; actor/singer (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Young and the Restless).
- 1979 - Birth of Janne Wirman; Finnish keyboardist (Children of Bodom).
- 1985 - Birth of Nam Gyu-Ri; Korean singer (See Ya).
Deaths on April 26
- 1973 - Irene Ryan, actress (Granny - The Beverly Hillbillies), dies at age 71 six weeks after suffering a stroke while performing in the Broadway musical Pippin.
- 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").
- 2022 - Death of Klaus Schulze at age 74; composer (Tangerine Dream group, godfather of techno music).
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