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Berlin.The current calendar page for Tuesday April 26, 2022: What happened today, who was born, who died? The events at a glance.
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Calendar sheet: Tuesday, April 26, 2022
- 17th calendar week, 116th day of the year, 249 days until the end of the year
- Star sign Taurus
- Name day: Kletus, Ratbert, Richardius, Trudpert
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History: What happened on April 26th?
A look back into history can sharpen the view of the present. What events took place on April 26?
2021 – All activities of the anti-corruption foundation FBK and the regional offices of the imprisoned Russian government critic Alexei Navalny are banned. On June 6, a Moscow court classified the organizations as extremist.
2012 – The Bundestag decides on a central weapons register. So far, the data on weapons that require a permit and their owners have been stored by 551 authorities that are not networked with each other.
2002 – A former student shoots 16 people and himself in a high school in Erfurt. The perpetrator had been referred to another high school two months before he graduated.
1997 – The European Union adopts an action plan against international trafficking in women (“The Hague Declaration”).
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1997 – In a keynote speech (“Ruck speech”), Federal President Roman Herzog accuses the elites in politics and business in Germany of failing to implement urgent reforms. At the same time, he calls for the development of visions for the next millennium and appeals to all citizens to say goodbye to cherished possessions.
1992 – Former opposition leader Alpha Oumar Konare emerges victorious in Mali’s first free presidential election.
1986 – The most serious reactor accident in the history of civilian use of nuclear energy occurs at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Large parts of Europe are contaminated.
1942 – By resolution of the German Reichstag, Adolf Hitler becomes the “Supreme Court Lord” and is therefore no longer “bound by existing legal provisions”.
1937 – The German “Legion Condor” destroys the Basque city of Guernica in a bomb attack during the Spanish Civil War.
Who was born on April 26th?
Celebrity Birthdays on April 26th:
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1972 – Andreas Elsholz (50), German actor, TV series “Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten”, “Hallo Robbie”
1957 – Georg Kofler (65), Italian media manager in Germany, managing director of the private television station ProSieben 1988-2000
1942 – Hans-Ullrich Wegner (80), German boxing coach, trained Sven Ottke 1998-2004
1897 – Douglas Sirk, German-American film director (“Duel in the Clouds”, “As Long As There Are Men”), emigrated to the USA in 1937, returned to Europe in 1959, died in 1987
1897 – Olga Tschekhova, German stage and film actress (“Bel Ami”, “Rote Orchideen”), died 1980
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Who died on April 26th?
Prominent death anniversaries on April 26:
2017 – Jonathan Demme, American film director (“Philadelphia”, “The Silence of the Lambs”), born 1944
2007 – Jack Valenti, American film industrialist, President of the Motion Picture Association of America 1966-2004, born 1921
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