Notable · 2012
The International Hydrographic Organization abandoned South Korean-led 'attempts to rename the Sea of Japan.
United States
April 26
1 observance in United States.
Food
National Pretzel Day
Proclaimed by Pennsylvania's governor in 2003, because Pennsylvania takes pretzels seriously. Hard, soft, or covered in mustard — your call.
United StatesApril 26 in history
Full history →- 2025A car ramming attack at a Lapu-Lapu Day festival kills 11 people and injures at least 30 in Vancouver, Canada.
- 2015Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97.7% of the vote, one of the biggest vote shares in Kazakhstan's history.
- 2005Cedar 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).
- 2002Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before committing suicide.
- 1999Outbreak of CIH computer virus.