April 26th in History

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April 26th in History

1514: Copernicus makes his observations of Saturn
1937: German-made planes destroy Basque town of Guernica in Spain. The massacre is later painted by Picasso
1964: Tanzania formed with the merger of two countries
1986: An accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant leads to widespread nuclear contamination

April 26th birthdays

1785: John James Audubon, American naturalist painter
1798: Eugene Delacroix, French artist
1822: Frederick Law Olmsted, American architect
1894: Rudolf Hess, German Nazi leader
1933: Carol Burnett, American actress