April 26 is the 116th day of the year. There are 249 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).
+ 1933 – The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.
+ 1962 – NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
+ 1991 – Seventy tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before the outbreak's end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year's only F5 tornado.
( Births )
+ 1933 – Carol Burnett, American actress, singer, and producer
+ 1965 – Kevin James, American actor and comedian
+ 1980 – Channing Tatum, American actor and producer+