Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: April 26
April 26, 2024 is the 117th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 249 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Diamond is your modern birthstone. Opal is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: April 26
- 1336 –Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux
- 1925 –Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.
- 1933 –The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.
- 1937 –Spanish Civil War: Guernica (or Gernika in Basque), Spain is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
- 1966 –An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent.
- 1966 –A new government is formed in the Republic of Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
- 1970 –The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
- 1989 –People’s Daily publishes the People’s Daily editorial of April 26 which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests
- 1989 –The deadliest tornado in world history strikes Central Bangladesh, killing upwards of 1,300, injuring 12,000, and leaving as many as 80,000 homeless.
- 1994 –China Airlines flight 140 crashes at Nagoya Airport in Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board.
Who were born on April 26?
- 1774 –Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853)
- 1889 –Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1951)
- 1925 –Jørgen Ingmann, Danish musician
- 1933 –Carol Burnett, American comedian
- 1938 –Duane Eddy, American musician
- 1941 –Claudine Clark, American R&B singer-composer
- 1943 –Gary Wright, American singer
- 1958 –John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute
- 1959 –Thanassis Papakonstantinou, Greek singer and songwriter
- 1961 –Joan Chen, Chinese-born actress
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