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Santo Domingo.- The events of April 26th, April, are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left their mark on world history. Below are the main events of April 26th:
- Secretaries' Day in the Dominican Republic.
- International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day.
- World Intellectual Property Day.
Saint's Day: Saints Isidore, Cletus, and Paschasius.
National: April 26th Anniversaries
- 1860: The government declares the maritime port of Montecristi open for the export of cattle.
- 1902: Horacio Vásquez rises up against the government of Juan Isidro Jiménes, accusing him of mismanagement and violating public freedoms.
- 1933: Arturo J. Pellerano Alfau is released from prison by order of Trujillo and appointed deputy.
- 1963: Haiti accuses Lieutenant Francois Benoit of abandoning asylum in the Dominican embassy to participate in an attack.
- 1965: Rafael Molina Ureña makes multiple ministerial appointments, including Francisco Caamaño as Minister of the Interior.
- 1965: Juan Bosch announces from Puerto Rico that he accepts returning to power at the invitation of the constitutionalists.
- 1965: Dominican Air Force planes attack areas controlled by constitutionalists.
- 1965: The U.S. puts troops on alert for possible intervention in the Dominican Republic.
- 2013: UASD dissolves the Amin Abel Liberation Student Front (FELABEL) for violent acts.
- 2020: A group led by “El Peregrino” breaks into the San Felipe Cathedral; is criticized by the bishop of Puerto Plata.
International: April 26th Anniversaries
- 1500: The first mass is celebrated in Brazil, after the arrival of Pedro Álvares Cabral.
- 1538: Battle of Las Salinas (Peru) between the Pizarro and Diego de Almagro.
- 1544: Domingo Martínez de Irala is proclaimed governor of Paraguay.
- 1860: Signing of the peace treaty between Spain and Morocco in Tetuán.
- 1870: Guzmán Blanco takes Caracas and re-establishes the Venezuelan Constitution.
- 1963: Duvalier orders the burning of Francois Benoit's house, causing several deaths.
- 1964: Tanzania is formed with the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
- 1982: Argentine troops surrender to the British in the South Georgia/Falkland Islands.
- 1986: Nuclear explosion in Chernobyl (Ukraine).
- 1992: Earthquake in California and plane crash in Japan (264 dead).
- 1994: Nelson Mandela wins the first multiracial elections in South Africa.
- 1998: Guatemalan bishop Juan Gerardi is assassinated after a denunciation of genocide.
- 2000: Riot in La Modelo prison (Colombia) leaves 32 dead.
- 2003: Aron Ralston gets trapped in a Utah cave and amputates his arm to survive.
- 2008: Josef Fritzl is arrested for locking up his daughter for 24 years.
- 2009: Rafael Correa is re-elected president of Ecuador.
- 2009: Peru grants political asylum to Manuel Rosales, Venezuelan opponent.
- 2010: Arizona approves law against illegal immigrants.
- 2010: U.S. extradites Noriega to France.
- 2013: Police violently repress in the Borda Hospital, Buenos Aires.
- 2018: Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in meet in a historic summit.
- 2019: U.S. arrests ex-military man who planned attack in Los Angeles.
- 2021: The WHO describes the COVID-19 situation in India as "heartbreaking" (350,000 daily cases).
Births: April 26th Anniversaries
- 121: Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor.
- 570: Muhammad, prophet and founder of Islam.
- 1982: Jon Lee, British singer, actor and dancer, from the band S Club 7.
Deaths: April 26th Anniversaries
- 1865: John Wilkes Booth, American actor and criminal, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
- 1990: Carlos Pizarro Leóngómez, supreme commander of the urban guerrilla M-19 and Colombian politician.
- 2007: Conchita Montenegro, Spanish model, dancer, and actress.
- 2015: Alcides López Aufranc, Argentine military man and businessman.
