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What happened in history on this day: April 26?
On April 26 in ...
- 1777 - Sybil Ludington, age 16, rides from New York to Connecticut rallying her father's militia.
- 1862 - US Congress approves purchase of Clark, Gruber and Company in Denver, Colorado.
- 1862 - US troops reclaim possession of the New Orleans Mint.
- 1865 - John Wilkes Booth, alleged assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, is shot dead near Bowling Green, Virginia at age 27.
- 1865 - Battle of Durham Station, North Carolina (Greensboro).
- 1865 - Battle of Fort Tobacco, Virginia.
- 1865 - Confederate General J E Johnston surrenders Army of Tennessee, at Durham, North Carolina.
- 1907 - Jamestown Virginia Tercentenary Exposition opens.
- 1944 - First B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down.
- 1948 - The XP-86 prototype for the US Sabre Jet first "officially" breaks the sound barrier.
- 1950 - Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Maryland is run.
- 1952 - US minesweeper Hobson rams aircraft carrier Wasp, killing 176.
- 1954 - Polio vaccine trials begin at the Franklin Sherman Elementary School in McLean, Virginia.
- 1962 - First Lockheed A-12 flies.
- 1962 - US/United Kingdom launch Ariel; first international payload, first United Kingdom satellite.
- 1968 - Students seize administration building at Ohio State.
- 1968 - US performs underground nuclear test of "Boxcar", a one megaton device, at Nevada Test Site.
- 1969 - US ownership of pre-1934 gold coins no longer requires a license from the Treasury Department.
- 1971 - San Francisco lightship replaced by automatic buoy.
- 1973 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1976 - Pan Am begins non-stop flights, New York - Tokyo.
- 1977 - New York's famed disco Studio 54 opens.
- 1980 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1980 - Iran begins scattering US hostages from the US Embassy.
- 1981 - Largest US bank robbery (Tucson, Arizona), more than US$33 million stolen.
- 1982 - CBS radio begins youth-oriented broadcast Radio Radio.
- 1984 - US President Ronald Reagan visits China.
- 1988 - First TNN Viewers Choice Awards-Randy Travis wins in five categories.
- 1989 - AT&T announces New Jersey's 201 area code will split into 908 and 201.
- 1991 - 70 tornadoes break out in the central United States, killing 17. The most notable tornado of the day strikes Andover, Kansas.
- 1992 - Offshore Cape Mendocino, California, magnitude 6.5 and 6.7 earthquakes occur, 3.5 hours apart. Felt throughout much of northern California and southern Oregon.
- 1993 - STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit.
- 1995 - American baseball season begins after lengthy strike.
- 2004 - The US Bureau of Engraving and Printing introduces new US$50 Federal Reserve notes, incorporating color and more complex security elements.
Births on April 26
- 1820 - Birth of Alice Cary in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel).
- 1898 - Birth of Edward PF Eagan in Denver, Colorado, USA; boxer (Olympics-gold-1920), bobsledder (Olympics-gold-1932).
- 1899 - Birth of Guinn "Big Boy" Williams in Decatur, Texas, USA; actor (Circus Boy, Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail).
- 1900 - Birth of Charles Richter in Ohio, USA; earthquake seismologist (Richter scale).
- 1905 - Birth of Charles K Feldman [Gould] in New York City, New York, USA; producer (Casino Royale).
- 1914 - Birth of Bernard Malamud in Brooklyn, New York, USA; novelist (The Fixer, The Natural Pulitizer 1967).
- 1918 - Birth of Stafford Repp in California, USA; actor (Chief O'Hara - Batman, Plunder Road).
- 1922 - Birth of Mike Kellin in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor (Honestly Celeste, Fitz and Bones).
- 1924 - Birth of Russell Nype in Zion, Illinois, USA; singer/actor (Burton Farley - Dorothy).
- 1933 - Birth of Carol Burnett in San Antonio, Texas, USA; comedian/actress (Annie, Four Seasons).
- 1937 - Birth of Robert Boozer in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; basketball player (Olympics-gold-1960).
- 1938 - Birth of Duane Eddy in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; guitarist ("Peter Gunn", "Cannonball").
- 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").
- 1944 - Birth of Martha Rockwell in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; skier (Mount Washington).
- 1947 - Birth of Donna Elizabeth De Varona in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA; swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1964).
- 1961 - Birth of Nancy Scranton in Centralia, Illinois, USA; golfer (1991 du Maurier Ltd Classic).
- 1962 - Birth of Michael Damian in San Diego, California, USA; actor/singer (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Young and the Restless).
- 1964 - Birth of Tod Bass in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In).
- 1966 - Birth of Heather Rattray in Moline, Illinois, USA; actress (Lily - As the World Turns).
- 1967 - Birth of Matt Peterson in Chicago, Illinois, USA; Nike golfer (1992 Hawkeye Open-7th).
- 1973 - Birth of Damien Munoz; Miss Colorado-USA (1997).
- 1973 - Birth of Tracy Kathleen Hayes in Wheaton, Illinois, USA; Miss Illinois-America (5th-1996).
- 1980 - Birth of Marne Patterson in Sherman Oaks, California; actress (Nicole - Something So Right).
- 1984 - Birth of Ryan O'Donohue in Pomona, California; actress (Byrds of Paradise, Boys are Back).
Deaths on April 26
- 1865 - John Wilkes Booth, alleged assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, is shot dead near Bowling Green, Virginia at age 27.
- 1931 - Death of George Herbert Mead, American philosopher (born 1863).
- 1951 - John Alden Carpenter, American composer (Sea Drift), dies at age 75.
- 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.
- 1981 - Jim Davis, actor (Jack Ewing - Dallas), dies at age 65.
- 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").
- 1986 - [William] Broderick Crawford, American actor (Highway Patrol), dies at age 74 (born 1911).
- 1989 - Death of Lucille Ball of an aortic aneurism at age 77; actress/comedienne (I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy).
- 1991 - Emily McLaughlin, US actress (Jessie - General Hospital), dies at age 61.
- 1996 - Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer, dies at age 78 (born 1918).
- 2003 - Death of Peter Stone, American writer (born 1930).
- 2007 - Death of Jack Valenti, American film executive, creator of MPAA film rating system (born 1921).
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