Daily Almanac: April 26, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:48 a.m.
SET: 8:34 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 60 °F
LOW: 35 °F

Today is…:

• Alien Day
• Denim Day
• Hug a Friend Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1994 Germany makes Holocaust denial illegal. The far-right party NPD had sought legitimation by Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court for expressing the view that the Nazis’ genocide of six million Jews never occurred. The court ruled against them.
• 1989 The deadliest tornado in history kills about 1300 people. The Daulatpur–Saturia Tornado devastated everything in its 50-mile long path across central Bangladesh.
• 1986 The worst nuclear disaster in history occurs in Chernobyl. Large parts of Europe were contaminated when reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. Although the number of deaths attributable to the disaster is difficult to determine, experts anticipate tens of thousands of deaths across Europe in the coming decades due to cancer caused by the radioactive fallout.

Births On This Day:

• 121 Marcus Aurelius
Roman Emperor

• 1822 Frederick Law Olmsted
American journalist, landscape designer, co-designed Central Park

Deaths On This Day:

• 1989 Lucille Ball
American actress
• 1984 Count Basie
American pianist, bandleader, composer