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April 26: Day of the Week
April 26, 2024 is the 117th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 249 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.
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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
April 26 Historical Event(s)
1803
Thousands of meteor fragments fall from the skies of L'Aigle, France; the event convinces European science that meteors exist.
1926
Spanish tonadilla singer Raquel Meller appears on the cover of Time magazine.
1937
Spanish Civil War: Guernica (or Gernika in Basque), Spain is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
1958
Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
1962
NASA’s Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
1964
Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.
1965
A Rolling Stones concert in London, Ontario is shut down by police after 15 minutes due to rioting.
1966
An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent.
1989
The deadliest tornado in world history strikes Central Bangladesh, killing upwards of 1,300, injuring 12,000, and leaving as many as 80,000 homeless.
1991
Seventy tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before the outbreak’s end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year’s only F5 tornado (see Andover, Kansas Tornado Outbreak).
Who were born on April 26?
1573
Marie de' Medici, wife of Henry IV of France (d. 1642)
1896
Ernst Udet, WWI pilot and film actor, Luftwaffe officer (d. 1941)
1911
Marianne Hoppe, German actress (d. 2002)
1932
Francis Lai, French film music composer
1943
Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect
1962
Colin Anderson, British footballer
1971
Shondrella Avery, American actress
1978
Tyler Labine, Canadian actor
1980
Anna Mucha, Polish actress
1985
John Isner, American tennis player
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters OGEEMZAE? Check your answers here: Unscramble words OGEEMZAE. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
Are you not curious to discover some fun facts about your birthday? Find out ‘what happened on my birthday’ and what was the number one song on your day of birth. Know the meaning of your special day and who shares your birthday! (Sponsored link)
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