Tuesday, April 26, 2016

History for April 26


History for April 26 - On-This-Day.com
John James Audubon 1785 - Ornithologist, naturalist, painter, Rudolf Hess 1895 - Adolf Hitler's Deputy in the Nazi Party, Carol Burnett 1933 - Actress, comedian


Bobby Rydell 1942 - Singer, Jet Li 1963 - Actor ("Lethal Weapon 4," "War", "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor"), Jessica Lynch 1983 - U.S. Army soldier, she was the first successfully rescued POW since the Vietnam War and the first ever of a woman


1514 - Copernicus made his first observations of Saturn.


1865 - John Wilkes Booth was killed by the U.S. Federal Cavalry.


1931 - New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hit a home run but was called out for passing a runner.


1941 - An organ was played at a baseball stadium for the first time in Chicago, IL.


1954 - Grace Kelly was on the cover of "LIFE" magazine.


1964 - The African nations of Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form Tanzania.


1983 - Dow Jones Industrial Average broke 1,200 for first time.


1986 - The world’s worst nuclear disaster to date occurred at Chernobyl, in Kiev. Thirty-one people died in the incident and thousands more were exposed to radioactive material.

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