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|[[1925]] – '''[[Paul von Hindenburg]]''' defeated [[Wilhelm Marx]] in the second round of the [[German presidential election, 1925|German presidential election]], becoming the first directly elected [[head of state]] of the [[Weimar Republic]].
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| [[1933]] – The '''[[Gestapo]]'''<!-- ''(SS emblem pictured)''-->, the official [[secret police|secret police force]] in [[Nazi Germany]], was established.
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| [[1937]] – [[Spanish Civil War]]: The '''[[Bombing of Guernica]]''' by the [[Condor Legion]] of the [[Luftwaffe]] resulted in a devastating firestorm that caused widespread destruction and civilian deaths and inspired one of [[Pablo Picasso]]'s '''[[Guernica (Picasso)|most famous paintings]]'''.
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| [[1956]] – The [[SS Ideal X|SS ''Ideal X'']] set sail from [[Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal|Port Newark]] in [[New Jersey]] as the part of world's first successful '''[[containerization|container shipping business]]'''.
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| [[1981]] – Dr. [[Michael R. Harrison]] of the [[University of California, San Francisco]] performed the world's first human open '''[[fetal surgery]]'''.
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| [[1982]] – In one of the deadliest [[spree killing]]s in modern history, South Korean police officer '''[[Woo Bum-kon]]''' killed a total of 57 people in one night, including himself.
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* [[1777]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: Sixteen-year-old '''[[Sybil Ludington]]''' ''(statue pictured)''
* [[1478]] – In a conspiracy to replace the [[House of Medici|Medici family]] as rulers of the [[Florence|Florentine Republic]], the '''[[Pazzi family]]''' [[Pazzi conspiracy|attacked]]<!--not bold, refimprove section--> [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and killed his brother [[Giuliano de' Medici|Giuliano]] during [[Solemn Mass|High Mass]] at the [[Florence Cathedral|Florence Duomo]].▼
* [[1944]] – [[World War II]]: [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] submarines began attacks on Japan's '''[[Take Ichi convoy]]''' as it sailed in waters between Taiwan and the Philippines, eventually sinking four vessels and killing over 4,000 troops.
* [[1945]] – [[World War II]]: Both the German and Polish–Soviet sides claimed victory as major fighting in the '''[[Battle of Bautzen (1945)|Battle of Bautzen]]''' ended.▼
* [[1946]] – In [[Naperville, Illinois]],
* [[1958]] – The [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]]'s '''''[[Royal Blue (train)|Royal Blue]]''''', one of the first major [[Railway electrification system|railway electrification systems]] in the United States, made its final Washington, D.C., to New York City run.▼
* [[1970]] – The '''[[World Intellectual Property Organization]]''' came into being when [[WIPO Convention|its charter]]<!--not bold; short--> entered into force.▼
* [[1989]] – A [[tornado]] struck the [[Manikganj District]] of Bangladesh, killing an estimated 1,300 people, making it the '''[[Daulatpur–Saturia tornado|deadliest tornado in history]]'''.
* [[1989]] – '''[[April 26 Editorial|An editorial]]''' was published in the ''[[People's Daily]]'' denouncing the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|growing unrest]] in [[Tiananmen Square]], which would remain contentious through the remainder of the protests.▼
* [[1994]] – Just prior to landing at [[Nagoya International Airport]], the co-pilot of '''[[China Airlines Flight 140]]''' inadvertently pushed [[Takeoff/Go-around switch|the wrong button]], causing the plane to crash and killing 264 of the 271 people on board.▼
* [[2007]] – Controversy surrounding the relocation of the [[Bronze Soldier of Tallinn]], a [[Red Army|Soviet Red Army]]
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'''[[April 26]]''': '''[[World Intellectual Property Day]]'''
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▲* [[1478]] – In a conspiracy to replace the [[House of Medici|Medici family]] as rulers of the [[Florence|Florentine Republic]], the '''[[Pazzi family]]''' [[Pazzi conspiracy|attacked]]<!--not bold, refimprove section--> [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and killed his brother [[Giuliano de' Medici|Giuliano]] during [[Solemn Mass|High Mass]] at the [[Florence Cathedral|Florence Duomo]].
▲* [[1777]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: Sixteen-year-old '''[[Sybil Ludington]]''' ''(statue pictured)'' is claimed to have ridden forty miles through the night to warn [[Militia (United States)|militiamen]] under the control of [[Henry Ludington|her father]] that British troops were planning to invade [[Danbury, Connecticut]].
* [[1865]] – [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] soldiers cornered and fatally shot '''[[John Wilkes Booth]]''', the [[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln|assassin]] of
▲* [[1958]] – The [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]]'s '''''[[Royal Blue (train)|Royal Blue]]''''', one of the first major [[Railway electrification system|railway electrification systems]] in the
▲* [[1945]] – [[World War II]]: Both the German and Polish–Soviet sides claimed victory as major fighting in the '''[[Battle of Bautzen (1945)|Battle of Bautzen]]''' ended.
▲* [[1970]] – The '''[[World Intellectual Property Organization]]''' came into being when [[WIPO Convention|its charter]]<!--not bold; short--> entered into force.
▲* [[1989]] – '''[[April 26 Editorial|An editorial]]''' was published in the ''[[People's Daily]]'' denouncing the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|growing unrest]] in [[Tiananmen Square]], which would remain contentious through the remainder of the protests.
▲* [[1994]] – Just prior to landing at [[Nagoya International Airport]], the co-pilot of '''[[China Airlines Flight 140]]''' inadvertently pushed [[Takeoff/Go-around switch|the wrong button]], causing the plane to crash and killing 264 of the 271 people on board.
▲* [[2007]] – Controversy surrounding the relocation of the [[Bronze Soldier of Tallinn]], a [[Red Army|Soviet Red Army]] [[World War II]] memorial in [[Tallinn]], Estonia, erupted into '''[[Bronze Night|mass protests and riots]]'''.
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