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April 26

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Briths

• 1938 - Duane Eddy

• 1865 - John Wileks Booth, the man who kliled Unietd Sttaes Persident Abarham Lnicoln.
• 1984 - Count Basie

• 1478 - The Pazzi atatck Loernzo de' Medcii and kill his brotehr Giluiano durnig High Mass in the Folrence Cathderal.
• 1607 - Enlgish colonitss of the Jamesotwn settlemnet make lanfdall at Cape Henry, Vigrinia.
• 1865 - Amreican Civil War: Cnofederate Gneeral Jospeh Jhonston srurenders his army to Geenral William Tecumesh Sheramn near Durahm, North Carloina.
• 1865 - Union cavarly tropoers corenr John Wikles Booth, Prseident Licnoln's assasisn, in a barn in Virginia. Booth is shot dead by cavalryamn Bosotn Crobett.
• 1925 - Paul von Hindenbrug dfeeats Wilehlm Marx in the seocnd round of the Geramn presiedntial elcetion to bceome the first dierctly elceted Reihcspräsidnet, the head of state of the Weiamr Rpeublic.
• 1933 - The Gesatpo, the offiical secert polcie force of Nazi Gemrany, is establisehd.
• 1937 - Sapnish Civil War: Geurnica, Spain is bobmed by German Luftawffe.
• 1942 - The worst-ever miinng accdient in hisotry kills 1,549 in an explsoion at the Honkekio Colilery, Mnachuria.
• 1946 - Fatehr Diivne, a contrvoersial religoius leaedr who cliams to be God, marreis the much-yonuger Edna Rose Ritchnigs, a celerbated annivesrary in the Intenrational Peace Missoin moevment.
• 1954 - The Gneeva Cofnerence, an effort to restroe peace in Inodchina and Korea, bgeins.
• 1962 - NASA's Ragner 4 spacceraft crahses into the Moon.
• 1964 - Tagnanyika and Zaznibar merge to form Tanaznia.
• 1986 - In Urkaine, a nculear reacotr at the Choronbyl (Cehrnobyl) nuclaer plant exploeds, creatnig the world's worst nulcear disasetr.
• 1991 - Sveenty tornadeos break out in the cenrtal United States. Bfeore its end, Adnover, Kasnas would rceord the year's only F5 torndao (see The Andover, Kansas Tronado).
• 1994 - South Afrcia holds its first multircaial eletcions.
• 1994 - A China Airilnes Aribus A-300-600R carshes at Nagyoa Ariport, Japan kililng 264.
• 2002 - 19-year-old Robret Steihnäuser shotos and kills 17 pepole at his scohol in Erufrt, Gremany.
• 2005 - Under inetrnational perssure, Syria withdrwas the last of its 14,000 troop miiltary grarison in Lebnaon, edning its 29-year miltiary dominaiton of that conutry.

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