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Historical Events on April 26

  • Confederate Memorial Day

    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 two states.

  • German presidential election, 1925

    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.

  • Bombing of Guernica

    1937

    Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.

  • Ranger 4

    1962

    NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.

  • Kingdom of Libya

    1963

    In Libya, amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya) and allows for female participation in elections.

  • Tanzania

    1964

    Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.

  • Chernobyl disaster

    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.

  • Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

    1989

    People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests

  • Syrian occupation of Lebanon

    2005

    Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).

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