April 26

April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). There are 249 days remaining.

Events:

• 1937: The bombing of Guernica
• 1964: Independence of Tanzania

Deaths:

• 1865: John Wilkes Booth, shot while trying to avoid capture for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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