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Events on April 26

• 1607 Three ships of the Virginia Company of London reach Chesapeake Bay, where the first English settlement, Jamestown, is founded in the Colony of Virginia at the mouth of the James River on May 14.
• 1939 With the Messerschmitt Me 209, designed by Robert Lusser, Fritz Wendel sets a new world speed record of 755.138 km/h for piston-engined aircraft over a measured course between Augsburg and Buchloe, a record that stands until 1969.
• 1945 The last major German tank offensive of the Second World War, the Battle of Bautzen, raging since April 21, leads to the recapture of the city by the German Wehrmacht under Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski.
• 1945 The Red Army captures the city of Stettin, British troops occupy Bremen.
• 1946 Douglas MacArthur issues a new version of the Tokyo Charter. It serves as the basis for the Tokyo Trials.
• 1952 The fast minesweeper USS Hobson sinks during a maneuver in the Atlantic after colliding with the aircraft carrier Wasp. In the collision between the two American ships, 176 crew members of the Hobson lose their lives, and only 61 can be rescued.
• 1960 After several days of demonstrations against his autocratic governing style and suspected election manipulation, Rhee Syng-man resigns as president of South Korea.
• 1962 During the race to the Moon, Ranger 4 becomes the first US space probe to reach the Moon, although it is unable to transmit images before crashing on the surface as planned.
• 1964 The Republic of Tanganyika unites with the island state of Sansibar to form a country called the United Republic of Tanzania from November 1. The head of state is the former president of Tanganyika, Julius Nyerere.
• 1989 In Bangladesh, the Daulatpur-Saturia tornado causes extensive destruction in Manikganj District. According to estimates by the World Meteorological Organization, with approximately 1,300 fatalities it was the deadliest tornado by the number of victims ever measured.
• 1994 In South Africa, the first free elections following the end of the apartheid regime begin. They continue until April 29.
• 1997 Federal President Roman Herzog delivers his widely noted speech, which becomes known as the Ruck Speech because of the formulation "A jolt must go through Germany!"

Born on April 26

• 1930 Roger Moens, Belgian track and field athlete
• 1930 Maria Sebaldt, German actress
• 1931 Norbert Greinacher, German theologian
• 1931 Helmut H. Schulz, German writer
• 1932 Roland Dressel, German cinematographer
• 1932 Irmgard Egert, German track and field athlete
• 1940 Dietmar Hopp, German entrepreneur
• 1940 Dietrich Mattausch, German actor
• 1940 Giorgio Moroder, Italian producer and composer
• 1950 Patrick Artero, French jazz trumpeter, cornetist and flugelhorn player

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „26. April“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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