eso ha pasado un 26 Abril

1933 : Gestapo


On April 26, 1933, Hermann Goering created the Secret State Police, the Gestapo in Prussia and then extend to the entire Nazi Germany.

1937 : Guernica


On April 26, 1937, German and Italian air forces bombed the small Basque town of Guernica, killing many civilians. This bombardment inspired Picasso in one of his most famous paintings.

1942 : Explosion at Benxihu Colliery


On 26 April 1942, an explosion occurred in the coal mine in Benxihu, China. 1549 miners were killed.
The mine was run by the Japanese who kept the Chinese miners in a state of slavery. During the explosion, some miners died in the explosion. Most were killed by the sealing of the pit and halting the ventilation after the explosion, carried out by the Japanese.

1964 : Creation of Tanzania


On 29 April 1964, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged into a single state: Tanzania with its capital Dar es Salaam. In 1996, Dodoma became the capital, although many administrative buildings remained in Dar es Salaam.

1986 : Explosion at Chernobyl nuclear plant


On April 26, 1986, the explosion of reactor 4 at Chernobyl in Ukraine released a great amount of radioactivity into the atmosphere which had consequences across Europe. This was the first of the nuclear accidents at level 7, the maximum possible (the second being the Fukushima disaster).

1989 : Tornado in Bangladesh


On April 26, 1989, the deadliest tornado strikes Saturia in Bangladesh killing 1,300 people and leaving 80,000 people homeless.

2005 : Syrian troops leave Lebanon


On April 26, 2005, under pressure from the United Nations that followed the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Syria announced its withdrawal from Lebanon after nearly 30 years of occupation.

Cita del día : 26 Abril

Hermann Göring, fondateur de la Gestapo
Education is dangerous - every educated person is a future enemy.

Cumpleaños : 26 Abril

Marie de Medicis, segunda esposa del rey Enrique IV de Francia (1575)
Eugène Delacroix, Pintor francés (1798)
Owen Willans Richardson, Físico británico, Premio Nobel (1879)
Jeanne Sauvé, Política canadiense (1922)
Francis Lai, Compsitor francés (1932)
Michael Smith, Químico canadiense, Premio Nobel (1932)
Arno Allan Penzias, Físico estadounidense, Premio Nobel (1933)
Claudine Auger, Actriz francesa (1941)
Roger Taylor, Músico inglés (Duran Duran) (1960)
Joan Chen, Actriz estadounidense de origen chino (1961)
Michael Damian, Actor americano (1962)
Jet Li, Artista marcial y actor chino (1963)
Stana Katic, Actriz canadiense (1976)
Tom Welling, Actor americano (1977)
Jordana Brewster, Actriz americana (1980)
Channing Tatum, Actor americano (1980)

Nos han dejado un 26 Abril

Go-Shirakawa, Emperador de Japón (1192)
Srinivasa Ramanujan, Matemático indio (1920)
Edward Arnold, Actor americano (1956)
Morihei Ueshiba, Fundador del Aikido (1969)
Count Basie, Pianista y compositor estadounidense (1984)
Lucille Ball, Comediante estadounidense (1989)
Carmine Coppola, Compositor americano (1991)
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