South Africa begins its first multiracial election, which is won by Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Date: April 26, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
China Airlines Flight 140 crashes at Nagoya Airport in Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board. Date: April 26, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
Outbreak of CIH computer virus. Date: April 26, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany, before committing suicide. Date: April 26, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cedar 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). Date: April 26, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day…
Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97.7% of the vote, one of the biggest vote shares in Kazakhstan's history. Date: April 26, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)
A car ramming attack at a Lapu-Lapu Day festival kills 11 people and injures at least 30 in Vancouver, Canada. Date: April 26, 2025 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 2025 📅 On This Day (Today)
New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates. Date: April 25, 1901 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1901 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles. Date: April 25, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in…
Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove. Date: April 25, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)