Historical Events on April 26
3 notable historical events happened on April 26 throughout history.
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1915
politics
Treaty of London — secret pact between the Triple Entente and Italy, signed in London on 26 April 1915
1920
culture
Great Debate — astronomy debate held on 26 April 1920 at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History between Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis about whether spiral nebulae were different galaxies or part of the Milky Way
1986
disaster
Chernobyl disaster — 1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union