This Day In History
April 26
David Hume is born James Beckwourth is born Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth dies Anita Loos is born Rudolf Hess is born Girl murdered in pencil factory Allies sign Treaty of London Olympic track star Fanny Blankers-Koen is born Nazis test Luftwaffe on Guernica Geneva Conference begins Polio vaccine trials begin U.S. troop strength in South Vietnam at five-year low Nixon announces additional troop withdrawals Studio 54 opens Reagan visits China Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl Nuclear explosion at Chernobyl Maria Shriver marries Arnold Schwarzenegger Chrysler and autoworkers' union agree to a deal
David Hume is born James Beckwourth is born Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth dies Anita Loos is born Rudolf Hess is born Girl murdered in pencil factory Allies sign Treaty of London Olympic track star Fanny Blankers-Koen is born Nazis test Luftwaffe on Guernica Geneva Conference begins Polio vaccine trials begin U.S. troop strength in South Vietnam at five-year low Nixon announces additional troop withdrawals Studio 54 opens Reagan visits China Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl Nuclear explosion at Chernobyl Maria Shriver marries Arnold Schwarzenegger Chrysler and autoworkers' union agree to a deal
