ON THIS DAY IN RECENT HISTORY ~ APRIL 26

ON THIS DAY IN RECENT HISTORY ~ APRIL 26

1906 - 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii.
1912 - 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox).
1928 - Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London.
1931 - Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season.

1933 - Jewish students are barred from school in Germany.
1941 - A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs).
1954 - Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins.

1960 - Filming for the Elvis Presley movie "G.I. Blues" begins.

1961 - Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961.

1967 - CBS-TV broadcasts "Inside Pop -- The Rock Revolution."
1968 - Students seize administration building at Ohio State.

1975 - B.J. Thomas has the longest title of a number one song at the top of the "Billboard" popular music chart. The song is "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song."

1976 - Pan Am begins non-stop flights NYC-Tokyo.
1977 - NY's famed disco Studio 54 opens.
1980 - Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120'.

1980 - The Carpenters' "Music Music Music" TV special airs on ABC-TV.

1982 - Rod Stewart is mugged, gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche.
1984 - Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens.
1986 - Worst nuclear disaster, 4th reactor at Chernobyl USSR explodes, 31 die.
1990 - Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 1-hitters.
1991 - "Dinosaurs" premieres on ABC-TV.

1992 - "Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 1,018 perfs.
1992 - "Growing Pains," final episode on ABC TV.
1992 - "Who's The Boss," final episode after 8 years on ABC TV.
1993 - NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman.

1994 - Grace Slick pleads guilty to pointing a shotgun at police in her home on March 5.
1996 - Sotherby ends 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1933 - Carol Burnett, San Antonio Tx, comedian/actress (Annie, 4 Seasons)

1938 - Duane Eddy, Phoenix, Az, guitarist (Peter Gunn, Cannonball)
1942 - Bobby Rydell, Phila Pa, rock singer (Wild One, Bye Bye Birdie)
1943 - Gary Wright, singer, dream weaver (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)

1960 - Roger Taylor, rock drummer (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf)
1962 - Michael Damian, San Diego, singer (Rock on)/actor (Young & Restless)
1965 - Kevin James, American comedian, actor (Paul Blart-Mall Cop)

1983 - Jessica Lynch, American P.O.W.

FAMOUS DEATHS

1865 - John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green VA at 27

1970 - Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper/actress (Pruitts of S Hampton), dies at 56
1983 - Vaughn Taylor, actor (Johnny Jupiter), dies at 72
1984 - William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday
1986 - [William] Broderick Crawford, actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74
1989 - Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78
1992 - Alberta Vaughn, actress (Wild Horse, Silver Devil), dies at 87