Historical Events on April 26.

1.  World Intellectual Property Day

2.  1933, 26th April: Nazi Germany’s Gestapo secret police force formed.

3.  1962, 26th April: NASA’s Ranger-4 crashed into the moon.

4.  1964, 26th April: Tanganyika joined Zanzibar to form Tanzania.

5.  1970, 26th April: The Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization implemented.

6.  1973, 26th April: Ajit Nath Ray became the 14th Chief Justice of India.

7.  1986, 26th April: A massive explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Russia released radioactive material into the atmosphere.

8.  1989, 26th April: A cyclone killed at least 1,300 people, injured 12,000, and left 80,000 homeless in Bangladesh.

9.  1995, 26th April: Nisha Mohota of India won the International Women’s Master’s Book at the Asian Divisional Chess Championship.

10.  2010, 26th April: Bihar government decided to brand Bihar’s famous Chinia banana as Ganga Banana.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on April 26.

1.  1900: Charles Richter, an American seismologist, and physicist. 

2.  1908: Sarv Mittra Sikri, the 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India.

3.  1937: Hridaynath Mangeshkar, an Indian music director.

4.  1948: Moushumi Chatterjee, an Indian actress.

5.  1963: Jet Li, a Chinese-born film actor.

6.  1974: Raveena Tandon, an Indian actress, model, and producer.

7.  1991: Amala Paul, an Indian film actress.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on April 26.

1.  1858: Kunwar Singh, a leader during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. 

2.  1865: John Wilkes Booth, an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.

3.  1920: Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian mathematician.

4.  1987: Shankar Singh Raghuvanshi, the Shankar-Jaikishan duo composer.

5.  1999: Manmohan Adhikari, Nepal’s first democratically elected Prime Minister.

26-April-1479

Vallabhacharya, founder of 'Pushthimarg Panth', was born.

26-April-1762

Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur.

26-April-1813

Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore.

26-April-1841

Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk.

26-April-1858

Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels.

26-April-1895

Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born.

26-April-1908

Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.

26-April-1920

Srinivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, passed away at Chetpet in Madras.

26-April-1924

Ramabai Ranade, social reformer, passed away. She played a major role in the upliftment of women in India and founded Sevasadan in Bombay, a hostel for the ladies.

26-April-1926

Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943).

26-April-1929

British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India.

26-April-1945

Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras.

26-April-1946

V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter.

26-April-1952

India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries.

26-April-1973

Judge A.N. Ray became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 28/01/1977.

26-April-1990

V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh.

26-April-1991

Syed Shahabuddin filed nominations for two seats as a candidate of two different parties within 24 hours.

26-April-1992

Gyanapith award winner Prof. V.K.Gokak (82) passes away.

26-April-1992

Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.

26-April-1993

Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers.

26-April-1995

Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.

26-April-1995

SAARC decides to launch South Asia Preferential Trade Area (SAPTA).

26-April-1999

India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.

26-April-1999

The President dissolves Lok Sabha and orders fresh elections.