On this day: 26 April

Selected events and births on 26 April, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1803 – Thousands of meteor fragments fell over L'Aigle, France, becoming a milestone in the understanding of meteorites. Read more: L'Aigle (meteorite) L'Aigle
• 1958 – Service ended on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue Line, one of the first major electrified train lines in the U.S. (steam train pictured). Read more: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Royal Blue (train) Railway electrification
• 1964 – Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form Tanzania with Julius Nyerere as its first president. Read more: Tanganyika (1961–1964) Zanzibar Tanzania
• 1970 – The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) came into being when the WIPO Convention entered into force. Read more: World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO Convention
• 1989 – An editorial was published in the People's Daily denouncing the growing unrest in Tiananmen Square in Beijing which would remain contentious through the remainder of the protests. Read more: April 26 Editorial People's Daily 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
• 1999 – The CIH virus activated widely, damaging hundreds of thousands of computers and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. Read more: CIH (computer virus)

Born on this day

• 1942 – Sharon Carstairs, Canadian lawyer and politician, Leader of the Government in the Senate Read more: Sharon Carstairs Representative of the Government in the Senate
• 1942 – Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States Read more: Michael Kergin List of ambassadors of Canada to the United States
• 1943 – Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect and academic, designed the Therme Vals Read more: Peter Zumthor 7132 Thermal Baths
• 1970 – Melania Trump, Slovene-American model; 47th First Lady of the United States Read more: Melania Trump List of first ladies of the United States
• 1994 – Daniil Kvyat, Russian racing driver Read more: Daniil Kvyat
• 1994 – Odysseas Vlachodimos, Greek international footballer Read more: Odysseas Vlachodimos
• 1996 – Jordan Pefok, American footballer Read more: Jordan Pefok
• 1997 – Kirill Kaprizov, Russian ice hockey player Read more: Kirill Kaprizov
• 1997 – Amber Midthunder, American actress Read more: Amber Midthunder
• 1997 – Calvin Verdonk, Indonesian footballer Read more: Calvin Verdonk
• 2001 – Thiago Almada, Argentine footballer Read more: Thiago Almada
• 2005 – Alex Sarr, French basketball player Read more: Alex Sarr

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