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Acontecimientos (54)

  1. 1289Following weeks of bombardment, the city of Tripoli falls to the Mamluks under Qalawun. The Mamluks massacre all men they find and enslave the women and children.
  2. 1326The kingdom of France and the kingdom of Scotland agree on a treaty of mutual aid at Corbeil.
  3. 1336Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux.
  4. 1478The Pazzi family attack on Lorenzo de' Medici in order to displace the ruling Medici family kills his brother Giuliano during High Mass in Florence Cathedral.
  5. 1564Playwright William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (date of birth is unknown).
  6. 1607The Virginia Company colonists make landfall at Cape Henry.
  7. 1721A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
  8. 1777Sybil Ludington, aged 16, allegedly rides to alert American colonial forces to the approach of British regular forces.
  9. 1794Battle of Beaumont during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
  10. 1802Napoleon Bonaparte signs a general amnesty to allow all but about one thousand of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France.
  11. 1803Thousands of meteor fragments fall from the skies of L'Aigle, France; the event convinces European scientists that meteors exist.
  12. 1805First Barbary War: United States Marines capture Derne under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon.
  13. 1865Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
  14. 1900Fires destroy Canadian cities Ottawa and Hull, reducing them to ashes in 12 hours. Twelve thousand people are left without a home.
  15. 1903Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded.
  16. 1915World War I: Italy secretly signs the Treaty of London pledging to join the Allied Powers.
  17. 1916Easter Rising: Battle of Mount Street Bridge.
  18. 1920Ice hockey makes its Olympic debut at the Antwerp Games with center Frank Fredrickson scoring seven goals in Canada's 12–1 drubbing of Sweden in the gold medal match.
  19. 1923The Duke of York (the future King George VI) weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
  20. 1925Paul 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.
  21. 1933The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established by Hermann Göring.
  22. 1937Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by the German Condor Legion and the Italian Aviazione Legionaria.
  23. 1942Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1,549 Chinese miners dead.
  24. 1943The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden.
  25. 1944Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
  26. 1944World War II: Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos in occupied Crete.
  27. 1945World War II: Battle of Bautzen: Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.
  28. 1945World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army liberate Baguio as they fight against the Japanese forces under General Tomoyuki Yamashita.
  29. 1954The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
  30. 1954The first clinical trials of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine begin in Fairfax County, Virginia.
  31. 1956, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
  32. 1958Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
  33. 1960Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule.
  34. 1962NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
  35. 1962The British space programme launches its first satellite, the Ariel 1.
  36. 1963In Libya, amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya) and allow for female participation in elections.
  37. 1964Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form the United Republic of Tanzania.
  38. 1966The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed.
  39. 1966A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
  40. 1970The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
  41. 1981Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world's first human open fetal surgery.
  42. 1986The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
  43. 1989The deadliest known tornado strikes Central Bangladesh, killing upwards of 1,300, injuring 12,000, and leaving as many as 80,000 homeless.
  44. 1989People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests.
  45. 1991Fifty-five tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before the outbreak's end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year's only F5 tornado.
  46. 1993The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on mission STS-55 to conduct experiments aboard the Spacelab module.
  47. 1994China Airlines Flight 140 crashes at Nagoya Airport in Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board.
  48. 1994South Africa begins its first multiracial election, which is won by Nelson Mandela's African National Congress.
  49. 1999Outbreak of CIH computer virus.
  50. 2002Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany, before committing suicide.
  51. 2005Cedar Revolution: 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).
  52. 2015Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97.7% of the vote, one of the biggest vote shares in Kazakhstan's history.
  53. 2015Peaceful protesters install the first anti-monument in Mexico, Antimonumento +43, as a call for justice and remembrance to commemorate the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, later inspiring similar memorials elsewhere in the country and Latin America.
  54. 2025A car ramming attack at a Lapu-Lapu Day festival kills 11 people and injures at least 30 in Vancouver, Canada.

Nacimientos (196)

  1. 121Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (died 180)
  2. 757Hisham I of Córdoba (died 796)
  3. 764Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph (died 786)
  4. 1284Alice de Toeni, Countess of Warwick (died 1324)
  5. 1319John II of France (died 1364)
  6. 1538Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter and academic (died 1600)
  7. 1575Marie de' Medici, wife of Henry IV of France (died 1642)
  8. 1647William Ashhurst, English banker, Sheriff of London, Lord Mayor of London and politician (died 1720)
  9. 1648Peter II of Portugal (died 1706)
  10. 1697Adam Falckenhagen, German lute player and composer (died 1754)
  11. 1710Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher and academic (died 1796)
  12. 1718Esek Hopkins, American commander (died 1802)
  13. 1774Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (died 1853)
  14. 1782Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Queen of France (died 1866)
  15. 1785John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter (died 1851)
  16. 1787Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian (died 1862)
  17. 1798Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (died 1863)
  18. 1801Ambrose Dudley Mann, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Assistant Secretary of State (died 1889)
  19. 1804Charles Goodyear, American banker, lawyer, and politician (died 1876)
  20. 1822Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and designer, co-designed Central Park (died 1903)
  21. 1834Charles Farrar Browne, American author (died 1867)
  22. 1856Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1930)
  23. 1862Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and educator (died 1938)
  24. 1865Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finnish artist (died 1931)
  25. 1876Ernst Felle, German rower (died 1959)
  26. 1877James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (died 1950)
  27. 1878Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican bishop and saint (died 1938)
  28. 1879Eric Campbell, British actor (died 1917)
  29. 1879Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959)
  30. 1886Ma Rainey, American singer-songwriter (died 1939)
  31. 1886Ğabdulla Tuqay, Russian poet and publicist (died 1913)
  32. 1889Anita Loos, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1981)
  33. 1889Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (died 1951)
  34. 1894Rudolf Hess, German politician and Deputy Führer in Nazi regime until 1941 (died 1987)
  35. 1896Ruut Tarmo, Estonian actor and director (died 1967)
  36. 1896Ernst Udet, leading German fighter pilot in World War I and Chief of Procurement and Supply in the Luftwaffe (died 1941)
  37. 1897Eddie Eagan, American boxer and bobsledder (died 1967)
  38. 1897Douglas Sirk, German-American director and screenwriter (died 1987)
  39. 1898Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)
  40. 1898John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (died 1972)
  41. 1899Oscar Rabin, Latvian-English saxophonist and bandleader (died 1958)
  42. 1900Eva Aschoff, German bookbinder and calligrapher (died 1969)
  43. 1900Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (died 1985)
  44. 1900Hack Wilson, American baseball player (died 1948)
  45. 1904Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal (died 1991)
  46. 1904Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (died 2004)
  47. 1905Jean Vigo, French director and screenwriter (died 1934)
  48. 1907Ilias Tsirimokos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1968)
  49. 1909Marianne Hoppe, German actress (died 2002)
  50. 1910Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese screenwriter and producer (died 1997)
  51. 1911Paul Verner, German soldier and politician (died 1986)
  52. 1912A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (died 2000)
  53. 1914Bernard Malamud, American novelist and short story writer (died 1986)
  54. 1914James Rouse, American real estate developer (died 1996)
  55. 1916Eyvind Earle, American artist, author, and illustrator (died 2000)
  56. 1916Ken Wallis, English commander, engineer, and pilot (died 2013)
  57. 1916Morris West, Australian author and playwright (died 1999)
  58. 1917Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (died 1992)
  59. 1917I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower (died 2019)
  60. 1917Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (died 2013)
  61. 1918Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch sprinter and long jumper (died 2004)
  62. 1921Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (died 2008)
  63. 1922J. C. Holt, English historian and academic (died 2014)
  64. 1922Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, Governor General of Canada (died 1993)
  65. 1922Margaret Scott, South African-Australian ballerina and choreographer (died 2019)
  66. 1924Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (died 1998)
  67. 1925Vladimir Boltyansky, Russian mathematician, educator and author (died 2019)
  68. 1925Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2013)
  69. 1925Michele Ferrero, Italian entrepreneur (died 2015)
  70. 1925Frank Hahn, British economist (died 2013)
  71. 1926David Coleman, British sports commentator and television presenter (died 2013)
  72. 1926Michael Mathias Prechtl, German soldier and illustrator (died 2003)
  73. 1927Jack Douglas, English actor (died 2008)
  74. 1927Anne McLaren, British scientist (died 2007)
  75. 1927Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)
  76. 1927Granny Hamner, American baseball player (died 1993)
  77. 1929Richard Mitchell, American author and educator (died 2002)
  78. 1930Roger Moens, Belgian runner and sportscaster
  79. 1931Paul Almond, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)
  80. 1931Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent and producer (died 2008)
  81. 1931John Cain Jr., Australian politician, 41st Premier of Victoria (died 2019)
  82. 1932Israr Ahmed, Indian-Pakistani theologian, philosopher, and scholar (died 2010)
  83. 1932Shirley Cawley, English long jumper
  84. 1932Frank D'Rone, American singer and guitarist (died 2013)
  85. 1932Francis Lai, French accordion player and composer (died 2018)
  86. 1932Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000)
  87. 1933Carol Burnett, American actress, singer, and producer
  88. 1933Al McCoy, American sports announcer (died 2024)
  89. 1933Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican-American general (died 2005)
  90. 1933Arno Allan Penzias, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
  91. 1937Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French racing driver and motorcycle racer (died 2015)
  92. 1938Duane Eddy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2024)
  93. 1938Maurice Williams, American doo-wop/R&B singer-songwriter
  94. 1940Giorgio Moroder, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
  95. 1940Cliff Watson, English rugby league player (died 2018)
  96. 1940Tan Cheng Bock, Singaporean doctor and politician
  97. 1941Claudine Auger, French model and actress (died 2019)
  98. 1942Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (died 2014)
  99. 1942Sharon Carstairs, Canadian lawyer and politician, Leader of the Government in the Senate
  100. 1942Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
  101. 1942Bobby Rydell, American singer and actor (died 2022)
  102. 1942Jadwiga Staniszkis, Polish sociologist, political scientist, and academic (died 2024)
  103. 1943Gary Wright, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2023)
  104. 1943Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect and academic, designed the Therme Vals
  105. 1944Richard Bradshaw, English conductor (died 2007)
  106. 1945Richard Armitage, American diplomat and government official (died 2025)
  107. 1945Howard Davies, English director and producer (died 2016)
  108. 1945Dick Johnson, Australian racing driver
  109. 1945Sylvain Simard, Canadian academic and politician
  110. 1946Ralph Coates, English international footballer (died 2010)
  111. 1946Marilyn Nelson, American poet and author
  112. 1946Alberto Quintano, Chilean footballer
  113. 1949Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer and manager
  114. 1949Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler (died 1995)
  115. 1950Junko Ohashi, Japanese singer (died 2023)
  116. 1951John Battle, English politician
  117. 1954Tatyana Fomina, Estonian chess player
  118. 1954Alan Hinkes, English mountaineer and explorer
  119. 1955Kurt Bodewig, German politician
  120. 1956Koo Stark, American actress and photographer
  121. 1958John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Scottish racing driver (died 2021)
  122. 1958Giancarlo Esposito, American actor, director, and producer
  123. 1958Georgios Kostikos, Greek footballer, coach, and manager
  124. 1959John Corabi, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  125. 1959Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rican politician
  126. 1960H. G. Carrillo, American writer and academic (died 2020)
  127. 1960Steve Lombardozzi, American baseball player and coach
  128. 1960Roger Taylor, English drummer
  129. 1961Joan Chen, Chinese-American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
  130. 1961Chris Mars, American artist
  131. 1962Colin Anderson, English footballer
  132. 1962Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian
  133. 1963Jet Li, Chinese-Singaporean martial artist, actor, and producer
  134. 1963Colin Scotts, Australian-American football player
  135. 1963Cornelia Ullrich, German hurdler
  136. 1963Bill Wennington, Canadian basketball player
  137. 1965Susannah Harker, English actress
  138. 1965Kevin James, American actor and comedian
  139. 1967Glenn Thomas Jacobs, American professional wrestler, actor, businessman and politician
  140. 1967Marianne Jean-Baptiste, English actress and singer-songwriter
  141. 1967Toomas Tõniste, Estonian sailor and politician
  142. 1970Dean Austin, English footballer and manager
  143. 1970Melania Trump, Slovene-American model; 47th First Lady of the United States
  144. 1970Kristen R. Ghodsee, American ethnographer and academic
  145. 1970Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
  146. 1971Naoki Tanaka, Japanese comedian and actor
  147. 1971Jay DeMarcus, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
  148. 1972Jason Bargwanna, Australian racing driver
  149. 1972Kiko, Spanish footballer
  150. 1972Natrone Means, American football player and coach
  151. 1972Avi Nimni, Israeli footballer and manager
  152. 1973Geoff Blum, American baseball player and sportscaster
  153. 1973Jules Naudet, French-American director and producer
  154. 1973Chris Perry, English footballer
  155. 1973Óscar, Spanish footballer and coach
  156. 1975Joey Jordison, American musician and songwriter (died 2021)
  157. 1975Rahul Verma, Indian social worker and activist
  158. 1976Václav Varaďa, Czech ice hockey player
  159. 1977Samantha Cristoforetti, Italian astronaut
  160. 1977Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player
  161. 1977Roxana Saberi, American journalist and author
  162. 1977Tom Welling, American actor
  163. 1978Stana Katic, Canadian actress
  164. 1978Peter Madsen, Danish footballer
  165. 1980Jordana Brewster, Panamanian-American actress
  166. 1980Marlon King, English footballer
  167. 1980Anna Mucha, Polish actress and journalist
  168. 1980Channing Tatum, American actor and producer
  169. 1981Caro Emerald, Dutch pop and jazz singer
  170. 1981Ms. Dynamite, English rapper and producer
  171. 1981Sandra Schmitt, German skier (died 2000)
  172. 1982Novlene Williams-Mills, Jamaican sprinter
  173. 1983José María López, Argentinian racing driver
  174. 1983Jessica Lynch, American soldier
  175. 1985John Isner, American tennis player
  176. 1986Lior Refaelov, Israeli footballer
  177. 1986Yuliya Zaripova, Russian runner
  178. 1987Jorge Andújar Moreno, Spanish footballer
  179. 1989Melvin Ingram, American football player
  180. 1989Kang Daesung, South Korean singer
  181. 1990Jonathan dos Santos, Mexican footballer
  182. 1990Mitch Rein, Australian rugby league player
  183. 1990Nevin Spence, Northern Irish rugby player (died 2012)
  184. 1990Joey Wendle, American baseball player
  185. 1991Peter Handscomb, Australian cricketer
  186. 1991Isaac Liu, New Zealand rugby league player
  187. 1992Aaron Judge, American baseball player
  188. 1992Delon Wright, American basketball player
  189. 1994Daniil Kvyat, Russian racing driver
  190. 1994Odysseas Vlachodimos, Greek international footballer
  191. 1996Jordan Pefok, American footballer
  192. 1997Kirill Kaprizov, Russian ice hockey player
  193. 1997Amber Midthunder, American actress
  194. 1997Calvin Verdonk, Indonesian footballer
  195. 2001Thiago Almada, Argentine footballer
  196. 2005Alex Sarr, French basketball player

Fallecimientos (91)

  1. 499Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei (born 467)
  2. 645Richarius, Frankish monk and saint (born 560)
  3. 680Mu'awiya I, Umayyad caliph (born 602)
  4. 757Pope Stephen II (born 715)
  5. 893Chen Jingxuan, general of the Tang Dynasty
  6. 962Adalbero I, bishop of Metz
  7. 1192Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (born 1127)
  8. 1366Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury
  9. 1392Chŏng Mong-ju, Korean civil minister, diplomat and scholar (born 1338)
  10. 1444Robert Campin, Flemish painter (born 1378)
  11. 1478Giuliano de' Medici, Italian ruler (born 1453)
  12. 1489Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shōgun (born 1465)
  13. 1558Jean Fernel, French physician (born 1497)
  14. 1686Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (born 1622)
  15. 1716John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English jurist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1651)
  16. 1784Nano Nagle, Irish nun and educator, founded the Presentation Sisters (born 1718)
  17. 1789Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (born 1721)
  18. 1809Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (born 1748)
  19. 1865John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (born 1838)
  20. 1881Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (born 1815)
  21. 1895Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (born 1860)
  22. 1910Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1832)
  23. 1915John Bunny, American actor (born 1863)
  24. 1915Ida Hunt Udall, American diarist (born 1858)
  25. 1916Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Portuguese poet and writer (born 1890)
  26. 1920Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (born 1887)
  27. 1932William Lockwood, English cricketer (born 1868)
  28. 1934Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (born 1876)
  29. 1934Konstantin Vaginov, Russian poet and novelist (born 1899)
  30. 1940Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)
  31. 1944Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (born 1893)
  32. 1945Sigmund Rascher, German physician and SS member, conductor of human experiments in the concentration camps (born 1909)
  33. 1945Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (born 1871)
  34. 1946James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (born 1882)
  35. 1950George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1881)
  36. 1951Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (born 1868)
  37. 1956Edward Arnold, American actor (born 1890)
  38. 1957Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (born 1868)
  39. 1964E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (born 1882)
  40. 1968John Heartfield, German illustrator and photographer (born 1891)
  41. 1969Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, founded aikido (born 1883)
  42. 1970Erik Bergman, Swedish minister and author (born 1886)
  43. 1970Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (born 1911)
  44. 1973Irene Ryan, American actress and philanthropist (born 1902)
  45. 1976Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (born 1903)
  46. 1976Sid James, South African-English actor (born 1913)
  47. 1976Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (born 1897)
  48. 1980Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer (born 1893)
  49. 1981Jim Davis, American actor (born 1909)
  50. 1984Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1904)
  51. 1986Broderick Crawford, American actor (born 1911)
  52. 1986Bessie Love, American actress (born 1898)
  53. 1986Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (born 1899)
  54. 1987Shankar, Indian composer and conductor (born 1922)
  55. 1987John Silkin, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (born 1923)
  56. 1989Lucille Ball, American model, actress, comedian, and producer (born 1911)
  57. 1991Leo Arnaud, French-American composer and conductor (born 1904)
  58. 1991Carmine Coppola, American composer and conductor (born 1910)
  59. 1991A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist and historian, (born 1901)
  60. 1991Richard Hatfield, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Premier of New Brunswick (born 1931)
  61. 1994Masutatsu Ōyama, Japanese martial artist, founded Kyokushin kaikan (born 1923)
  62. 1996Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (born 1918)
  63. 1999Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1957)
  64. 1999Jill Dando, English journalist and television personality (born 1961)
  65. 2003Rosemary Brown, Jamaican-Canadian academic and politician (born 1930)
  66. 2003Yun Hyon-seok, South Korean poet and author (born 1984)
  67. 2003Edward Max Nicholson, Irish environmentalist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (born 1904)
  68. 2004Hubert Selby, Jr., American author, poet, and screenwriter (born 1928)
  69. 2005Mason Adams, American actor (born 1919)
  70. 2005Elisabeth Domitien, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (born 1925)
  71. 2005Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (born 1926)
  72. 2005Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan journalist, author, and academic (born 1917)
  73. 2007Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (born 1921)
  74. 2008Árpád Orbán, Hungarian footballer (born 1938)
  75. 2009Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal investigator and author (born 1920)
  76. 2010Mariam A. Aleem, Egyptian graphic designer and academic (born 1930)
  77. 2010Urs Felber, Swiss engineer and businessman (born 1942)
  78. 2011Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950)
  79. 2012Terence Spinks, English boxer and trainer (born 1938)
  80. 2013Jacqueline Brookes, American actress and educator (born 1930)
  81. 2013George Jones, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1931)
  82. 2013Earl Silverman, Canadian men's rights advocate (born 1948)
  83. 2014Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (born 1936)
  84. 2014Paul Robeson, Jr., American historian and author (born 1927)
  85. 2014DJ Rashad, American electronic musician, producer and DJ (born 1979)
  86. 2015Jayne Meadows, American actress (born 1919)
  87. 2015Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1930)
  88. 2016Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (born 1937)
  89. 2017Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (born 1944)
  90. 2022Klaus Schulze, German composer and musician (born 1947)
  91. 2023Jerry Apodaca, American politician, 24th Governor of New Mexico (born 1934)

Celebraciones (6)

  1. Chernobyl disaster related observances:
  2. Day of Remembrance of the Chernobyl tragedy (Belarus)
  3. Memorial Day of Radiation Accidents and Catastrophes (Russia)
  4. Confederate Memorial Day (Florida, United States)
  5. Union Day (Tanzania)
  6. World Intellectual Property Day

Santoral (12)

  1. Aldobrandesca (or Alda)
  2. Lucidius of Verona
  3. Our Lady of Good Counsel
  4. Pope Anacletus and Marcellinus
  5. Rafael Arnáiz Barón
  6. Riquier
  7. Paschasius Radbertus
  8. Robert Hunt (Episcopal Church (USA))
  9. Blessed Stanisław Kubista
  10. Stephen of Perm, see also Old Permic Alphabet Day
  11. Trudpert
  12. April 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)