April 26th
Today in America's Present Past
1607 | Jamestown expedition makes first landing in America.
1718 | Admiral Esek Hopkins was born.
1785 | Ornithologist John James Audubon was born.
1798 | Explorer James Beckwourth was born.
1820 | Poet Alice Cary was born.
1822 | Architect Frederick Law Olmstead was born.
1859 | Congress: Representative Daniel E. Sickles is acquitted in the murder of Philip Barton Key on the grounds of "temporary insanity,” a first in the U.S.
1865 Civil War: J. E. Johnston surrenders remaining forces to Union General William Sherman at Bennett Place in Durham, North Carolina, ending the US Civil War.
1865 | Civil War: Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth died.
1888 | Author Anita Loos was born.
1900 | Seismologist Charles F. Richter was born.
1914 | Author Bernard Malamud was born.
1917 | Architect I.M. Pei was born.
1926 | Entrepreneur Preston Robert Tisch was born.
1933 | Entertainer Carol Burnett was born.
1941 | Baseball: The first time an organ is played live at a ballgame (Chicago, Cubs).
1970 | POTUS: First Lady Melania Trump was born.
1977 | Studio 54 opens in New York City, New York.
1980 | Actor Channing Tatum was born.
1984 | Musician Count Basie died.
1989 | Actress Lucille Ball died.
1991 | Author A. B. Guthrie Jr. died.
2018 | Serial killer "Golden State Killer" identified.