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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.

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

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Marie de Medicis, seconda moglie del re Enrico IV di Francia (1575)
Eugène Delacroix, Pittore francese (1798)
Owen Willans Richardson, Fisico britannico, premio Nobel (1879)
Jeanne Sauvé, Politica canadese (1922)
Francis Lai, Compositore francese (1932)
Michael Smith, Chimico inglese-canadese, premio Nobel (1932)
Arno Allan Penzias, Fisico americano, Premio Nobel (1933)
Claudine Auger, Attrice francese (1941)
Roger Taylor, Musicista inglese (Duran Duran) (1960)
Joan Chen, Attrice americana cinese (1961)
Michael Damian, Attore americano (1962)
Jet Li, Artista marziale e attore cinese (1963)
Stana Katic, Attrice canadese (1976)
Tom Welling, Attore americano (1977)
Jordana Brewster, Attrice americana (1980)
Channing Tatum, Attore americano (1980)

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Go-Shirakawa, Imperatore del Giappone (1192)
Srinivasa Ramanujan, Matematico indiano (1920)
Edward Arnold, Attore americano (1956)
Morihei Ueshiba, Fondatore dell'Aikido (1969)
Count Basie, Pianista e compositore statunitense (1984)
Lucille Ball, Comica americana (1989)
Carmine Coppola, Compositore americano (1991)
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