Friday April 26, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

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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.
1865
American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Also the date of Confederate Memorial Day for most states.
1925
Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.
1937
Spanish Civil War: Guernica (or Gernika in Basque), Spain is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
1945
World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army was liberated in Baguio City and they fought against the Japanese forces under by General Tomoyuki Yamashita.
1954
The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
1956
First container ship left Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas.
1960
Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after twelve years of dictatorial rule.
1986
A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), creating the world’s worst nuclear disaster.
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.

Who were born on April 26?

1718
Esek Hopkins, Commander of the US Navy during the Revolutionary War (d. 1802)
1930
Roger Moens, Belgian athlete
1932
Israr Ahmed, Pakistani Muslim religious scholar (d. 2010)
1953
Nancy Lenehan, American actress
1961
Joan Chen, Chinese-born actress
1967
Glenn Jacobs, American professional wrestler
1977
Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player
1978
Peter Madsen, Danish footballer
1978
Tyler Labine, Canadian actor
1988
Kimber James, American pornographic actress

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