April 26th in History
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
