April 26

Saturday 26, 1986:

In Ukraine, a nuclear reactor at the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) nuclear plant explodes, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.

Sunday 26, 1964:

Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.

Friday 26, 1946:

Father Divine, a controversial religious leader who claims to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement.

Wednesday 26, 1933:

The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.

Friday 26, 1478:

The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Florence Cathedral.