Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Date: April 26, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)
A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye. Date: April 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 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. Date: April 26, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This…
The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force. Date: April 26, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today)
Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world's first human open fetal surgery. Date: April 26, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Date: April 26, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)
People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests. Date: April 26, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
The deadliest known tornado strikes Central Bangladesh, killing upwards of 1,300, injuring 12,000, and leaving as many as 80,000 homeless. Date: April 26, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Fifty-five tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before the outbreak's end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year's only F5 tornado. Date: April 26, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on mission STS-55 to conduct experiments aboard the Spacelab module. Date: April 26, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)