April 26
Today is the 117th day of 2016, there are 249 days left in the year.
1607 - An expedition of English colonists went ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia to establish the first permanent English settlement in the Western Hemisphere. (They later settled at Jamestown.)
1785 - Naturalist and artist John James Audubon was born in Haiti.
1865 - John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was surrounded and killed by federal troops near Bowling Green, Virginia.
1937 - Planes from Nazi Germany raided the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
1945 - Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, the head of France's Vichy government during World War II, was arrested.
1952 - The destroyer-minesweeper USS Hobson sank in the central Atlantic after colliding with the aircraft carrier USS Wasp with the loss of 176 crew members.
1964 - The African nations of Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form Tanzania.
1986 - The world's worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl plant in the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire in the No. 4 reactor sent radioactivity into the atmosphere; at least 31 Soviets died immediately.
1989 - Actress-comedian Lucille Ball died at age 77.
1994 - The first multi-racial elections were held in South Africa.
1998 - Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera, a leading Guatemalan human rights activist, was bludgeoned to death two days after a report he'd compiled on atrocities during Guatemala's 36-year civil war was made public.
2000 - Vermont Gov. Howard Dean signed the nation's first bill allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions.
2005 - Syria's 29-year military presence in Lebanon ended as Syrian soldiers completed a withdrawal brought about by international pressure and Lebanese street protests.
2008 - Police in Austria arrested a man accused of holding his daughter captive in a windowless cellar for 24 years, fathering her seven children and killing one of them. (Josef Fritzl is serving life in a psychiatric ward.)
Birthdays
27 - Luke Bracey (actor)
29 - Jessica Lee Rose (actress)
32 - Emily Wickersham (actress)
36 - Channing Tatum (actor)
36 - Jordana Brewster (actress)
38 - Stana Katic (actress)
39 - Tom Welling (actor)
39 - McKenzie Westmore (actress)
41 - India Summer (actress, model)
46 - Melania Trump (model, wife of Donald Trump)
49 - Glen "Kane" Jacobs (professional wrestler)
51 - Kevin James (actor)
53 - Jet Li (actor)
83 - Carol Burnett (actress/comedian/TV host)
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Today in Sports History - April 26
1905 - Chicago Cubs' Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out three runners at the plate in one game, all were ends of a double play.
1931 - Lou Gehrig hits a home run but is called out for passing a runner, the mistake would later cost him the American League home run crown for the 1931 season, tying with Babe Ruth.
1935 - Frank Boucher is given the NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years.
1941 - A tradition begins as the first playing of an organ at a baseball game occurs at Chicago's Wrigley Field.
1964 - The Boston Celtics beat the San Francisco Warriors in five games to win the NBA championship for the sixth consecutive season.
1966 - Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as head coach of the Boston Celtics.
1983 - The San Antonio Spurs defeat the Denver Nuggets 152-133 in the highest scoring NBA playoff game in league history.
1983 - The Baltimore Colts select Stanford quarterback John Elway with the first pick in the 1983 NFL Draft. The Colts then traded Elway to the Denver Broncos.
1983 - The following Huskers were selected in the 1983 NFL Draft: C - Dave Rimington (1st round, 25th pick, Cincinnati); RB - Roger Craig (2nd round, San Francisco); TE - Jamie Williams (3rd round, New York Giants); WR - Todd Brown (6th round, Detroit); DT - Jeff Merrell (10th round, San Francisco); DE - Toby Williams (10th round, New England); and QB - Bruce Mathison (10th round, San Diego)
1988 - The NBA approves the addition of a third referee for the 1988-89 season.
1990 - Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's major league record with 12 career one-hitters.
1992 - Ozzie Smith steals his 500th career base.
1992 - The Indianapolis Colts selected Washington defensive end Steve Emtman with the first pick in the 1992 NFL Draft.
1992 - The following Huskers were selected in the 1992 NFL Draft: TE - Johnny Mitchell (1st round, 15th pick, New York Jets); CB - Tyrone Legette (3rd round, New Orleans); RB - Nate Turner (6th round, Buffalo); DB - Curtis Cotton (7th round, Los Angeles Raiders); WR - Jon Bostick (7th round, Denver); LB - Mike Petko (11th round, New England); and QB - Keithen McCant (12th round, Cleveland)
1995 - Coors Field opens in Denver and the Colorado Rockies win their franchise home opener 11-9 in 14 innings over the New York Mets.
2003 - The Cincinnati Bengals select USC quarterback Carson Palmer with the first pick in the 2003 NFL Draft.
2003 - The following Huskers were selected in the 2003 NFL Draft: DE - Chris Kelsay (2nd round, Buffalo); CB - DeJuan Groce (4th round, St. Louis); K - Josh Brown (7th round, Seattle); and LB - Scott Shanle (7th round, St. Louis)
2008 - The Miami Dolphins select Michigan offensive tackle Jake Long with the first pick in the 2008 NFL Draft.
2008 - The following Huskers were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft: CB - Zachary Bowman (5th round, Chicago); OT - Carl Nicks (5th round, New Orleans); and LB - Bo Ruud (6th round, New England)
2012 - The Indianapolis Colts selected Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck with the first pick in the 2012 NFL Draft.
2012 - The following Huskers were selected in the 2012 NFL Draft: LB - Lavonte David (2nd round, Tampa Bay); DE - Jared Crick (4th round, Houston); CB - Alfonzo Dennard (7th round, New England); and OT - Marcel Jones (7th round, New Orleans)
Today is the 117th day of 2016, there are 249 days left in the year.
1607 - An expedition of English colonists went ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia to establish the first permanent English settlement in the Western Hemisphere. (They later settled at Jamestown.)
1785 - Naturalist and artist John James Audubon was born in Haiti.
1865 - John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was surrounded and killed by federal troops near Bowling Green, Virginia.
1937 - Planes from Nazi Germany raided the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
1945 - Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, the head of France's Vichy government during World War II, was arrested.
1952 - The destroyer-minesweeper USS Hobson sank in the central Atlantic after colliding with the aircraft carrier USS Wasp with the loss of 176 crew members.
1964 - The African nations of Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form Tanzania.
1986 - The world's worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl plant in the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire in the No. 4 reactor sent radioactivity into the atmosphere; at least 31 Soviets died immediately.
1989 - Actress-comedian Lucille Ball died at age 77.
1994 - The first multi-racial elections were held in South Africa.
1998 - Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera, a leading Guatemalan human rights activist, was bludgeoned to death two days after a report he'd compiled on atrocities during Guatemala's 36-year civil war was made public.
2000 - Vermont Gov. Howard Dean signed the nation's first bill allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions.
2005 - Syria's 29-year military presence in Lebanon ended as Syrian soldiers completed a withdrawal brought about by international pressure and Lebanese street protests.
2008 - Police in Austria arrested a man accused of holding his daughter captive in a windowless cellar for 24 years, fathering her seven children and killing one of them. (Josef Fritzl is serving life in a psychiatric ward.)
Birthdays
27 - Luke Bracey (actor)
29 - Jessica Lee Rose (actress)
32 - Emily Wickersham (actress)
36 - Channing Tatum (actor)
36 - Jordana Brewster (actress)
38 - Stana Katic (actress)
39 - Tom Welling (actor)
39 - McKenzie Westmore (actress)
41 - India Summer (actress, model)
46 - Melania Trump (model, wife of Donald Trump)
49 - Glen "Kane" Jacobs (professional wrestler)
51 - Kevin James (actor)
53 - Jet Li (actor)
83 - Carol Burnett (actress/comedian/TV host)
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Today in Sports History - April 26
1905 - Chicago Cubs' Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out three runners at the plate in one game, all were ends of a double play.
1931 - Lou Gehrig hits a home run but is called out for passing a runner, the mistake would later cost him the American League home run crown for the 1931 season, tying with Babe Ruth.
1935 - Frank Boucher is given the NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years.
1941 - A tradition begins as the first playing of an organ at a baseball game occurs at Chicago's Wrigley Field.
1964 - The Boston Celtics beat the San Francisco Warriors in five games to win the NBA championship for the sixth consecutive season.
1966 - Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as head coach of the Boston Celtics.
1983 - The San Antonio Spurs defeat the Denver Nuggets 152-133 in the highest scoring NBA playoff game in league history.
1983 - The Baltimore Colts select Stanford quarterback John Elway with the first pick in the 1983 NFL Draft. The Colts then traded Elway to the Denver Broncos.
1983 - The following Huskers were selected in the 1983 NFL Draft: C - Dave Rimington (1st round, 25th pick, Cincinnati); RB - Roger Craig (2nd round, San Francisco); TE - Jamie Williams (3rd round, New York Giants); WR - Todd Brown (6th round, Detroit); DT - Jeff Merrell (10th round, San Francisco); DE - Toby Williams (10th round, New England); and QB - Bruce Mathison (10th round, San Diego)
1988 - The NBA approves the addition of a third referee for the 1988-89 season.
1990 - Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's major league record with 12 career one-hitters.
1992 - Ozzie Smith steals his 500th career base.
1992 - The Indianapolis Colts selected Washington defensive end Steve Emtman with the first pick in the 1992 NFL Draft.
1992 - The following Huskers were selected in the 1992 NFL Draft: TE - Johnny Mitchell (1st round, 15th pick, New York Jets); CB - Tyrone Legette (3rd round, New Orleans); RB - Nate Turner (6th round, Buffalo); DB - Curtis Cotton (7th round, Los Angeles Raiders); WR - Jon Bostick (7th round, Denver); LB - Mike Petko (11th round, New England); and QB - Keithen McCant (12th round, Cleveland)
1995 - Coors Field opens in Denver and the Colorado Rockies win their franchise home opener 11-9 in 14 innings over the New York Mets.
2003 - The Cincinnati Bengals select USC quarterback Carson Palmer with the first pick in the 2003 NFL Draft.
2003 - The following Huskers were selected in the 2003 NFL Draft: DE - Chris Kelsay (2nd round, Buffalo); CB - DeJuan Groce (4th round, St. Louis); K - Josh Brown (7th round, Seattle); and LB - Scott Shanle (7th round, St. Louis)
2008 - The Miami Dolphins select Michigan offensive tackle Jake Long with the first pick in the 2008 NFL Draft.
2008 - The following Huskers were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft: CB - Zachary Bowman (5th round, Chicago); OT - Carl Nicks (5th round, New Orleans); and LB - Bo Ruud (6th round, New England)
2012 - The Indianapolis Colts selected Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck with the first pick in the 2012 NFL Draft.
2012 - The following Huskers were selected in the 2012 NFL Draft: LB - Lavonte David (2nd round, Tampa Bay); DE - Jared Crick (4th round, Houston); CB - Alfonzo Dennard (7th round, New England); and OT - Marcel Jones (7th round, New Orleans)
