Today in History
Listings for Monday, April 26, 2021.
Birthdays:
- 1875 Syngman Rhee, South Korean statesman
- 1888 Aleksandr Mikhailov, USSR astronomer
- 1895 Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy Fuerher
- 1900 Charles Richter, he tells us how bad the quakes are.
- 1916 Morris West, Australian novelist (Shoes of the Fisherman)
- 1917 I.M. Pei, architect
- 1933 Carol Burnett
- 1938 Duane Eddy
- 1942 Bobby Rydell
Events:
- TV-Turnoff Week
- 1607 First British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry.
- 1777 16 year old Sybil Ludington rides from NY to CT rallying her father's militia to fight the British in Danbury.
- 1920 Shapley and Curtis hold the "Great Debate" on nature of nebulae.
- 1954 Nationwide test of the Salk anti-polio begins.
- 1962 US/UK launched Ariel; first Intl payload.
- 1971 San Francisco Lightship is replaced by an automatic buoy.
- 1986 Chernobyl - world's worst nuclear power plant disaster.
That's all for today.
