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26 April 2023
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2017 - The Shandong was launched for the People's Liberation Army Navy, China's first domestically built aircraft carrier.Chinese aircraft carrier
Anniversary
2007 - Controversy surrounding the relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a Soviet Red Army World War II memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, erupted into mass protests and riots.Controversial Soviet World War II memorial in Tallinn, Estonia
Anniversary
2002 - An expelled student murdered sixteen people and wounded seven others before committing suicide at the Gutenberg-Gymnasium Erfurt in Erfurt, Germany.2002 mass shooting in Germany
Anniversary
1999 - The CIH virus activated widely, damaging hundreds of thousands of computers and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.Windows 9x computer virus
Anniversary
1994 - Just before landing at Nagoya Airport, Japan, the copilot of China Airlines Flight 140 inadvertently triggered the takeoff/go-around switch, causing the aircraft to crash and killing 264 of the 271 people on board.Airport in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Historical events
History
2025 - A car ramming attack at a Lapu-Lapu Day festival kills 11 people and injures at least 30 in Vancouver, Canada.Vehicle ramming attack in British Columbia, Canada
History
2015 - Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97.7% of the vote, one of the biggest vote shares in Kazakhstan's history.President of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019
History
2015 - Peaceful 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.Politically motivated art movement
History
2005 - 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).2005 anti-Syrian protest movement in Lebanon
History
2002 - Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany, before committing suicide.2002 mass shooting in Germany
History
1994 - China Airlines Flight 140 crashes at Nagoya Airport in Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board.1994 aviation accident in Nagoya, Japan
History
1994 - South Africa begins its first multiracial election, which is won by Nelson Mandela's African National Congress.Country in Southern Africa
History
1993 - The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on mission STS-55 to conduct experiments aboard the Spacelab module.Space Shuttle orbiter (1981–2003)
History
1991 - 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.Severe weather events in the central United States in 1991
Notable births
Born
2005 - Alex Sarr, French basketball playerFrench basketball player (born 2005)
Born
1997 - Kirill Kaprizov, Russian ice hockey playerRussian ice hockey player (born 1997)
Born
1994 - Odysseas Vlachodimos, Greek international footballerGreek footballer (born 1994)
Notable deaths
Died
2023 - Jerry Apodaca, American politician, 24th Governor of New Mexico (born 1934)American politician (1934–2023)
Died
2022 - Klaus Schulze, German composer and musician (born 1947)German composer and musician (1947–2022)
Died
2017 - Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (born 1944)American filmmaker (1944–2017)
Died
2016 - Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (born 1937)Chinese-American human rights activist (1937–2016)
Died
2015 - Jayne Meadows, American actress (born 1919)American actress and author (1919–2015)
Died
2015 - Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1930)Canadian ice hockey player (1930–2015)
Died
2014 - Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (born 1936)American physicist (1936–2014)
Died
2014 - Paul Robeson, Jr., American historian and author (born 1927)American academic (1927–2014)
Sky
Moon phase
First Quarter
34.8% illuminated
Lunar age: 5.9 days
Sun zodiac
Taurus
6.01 degrees
Constellation: Aries
Moon zodiac
Cancer
20.78 degrees
Constellation: Gemini
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.