The Shandong was launched for the People's Liberation Army Navy, China's first domestically built aircraft carrier.
ClockHorizon daily selection“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”
A car ramming attack at a Lapu-Lapu Day festival kills 11 people and injures at least 30 in Vancouver, Canada.
Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97.7% of the vote, one of the biggest vote shares in Kazakhstan's history.
Peaceful protesters install the first anti-monument in Mexico, Antimonumento +43, as a call for justice and remembrance to commemorate the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, later inspiring similar memorials elsewhere in the country and Latin America.
Cedar Revolution: Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany, before committing suicide.
“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”
One highlighted entry is from 2017: The Shandong was launched for the People's Liberation Army Navy, China's first domestically built aircraft carrier.
People listed for April 26 include Alex Sarr (2005), Thiago Almada (2001), and Kirill Kaprizov (1997).
Observances listed for April 26 include Chernobyl disaster related observances: Memorial Day of Radiation Accidents and Catastrophes (Russia), Confederate Memorial Day (Florida, United States), and Christian feast day: Aldobrandesca (or Alda).
