History of 26 April
- 1998 – Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera 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 – Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar purchased the NHL’s New York Islanders.
- 2002 – In Erfurt, Germany, an expelled student killed 17 people at his former school. The student then killed himself.
- 2005 – 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).
- 2018 – American comedian Bill Cosby is found guilty of sexual assault.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Sandra Schmitt, German skier (d. 2000)
- 1982 – Novlene Williams-Mills, Jamaican sprinter
- 1983 – José María López, Argentinian race car driver
- 1983 – Jessica Lynch, American soldier and POW
- 1984 – Emily Wickersham, American actress
- 1985 – John Isner, American tennis player
- 1985 – Andrea Koch Benvenuto, Chilean tennis player
- 1986 – Lior Refaelov, Israeli footballer
- 1986 – Sean Evans, host of the YouTube series Hot Ones
- 1986 – Yuliya Zaripova, Russian runner
- 1987 – Jorge Andújar Moreno, Spanish footballer
- 1988 – Ben Spina, Australian rugby league player
- 1988 – Manuel Viniegra, Mexican footballer
- 1988 – Gareth Evans, English footballer
- 1989 – Melvin Ingram, American football player
- 1990 – Mitch Rein, Australian rugby league player
- 1990 – Nevin Spence, Northern Irish rugby player (d. 2012)
- 1991 – Lazaros Fotias, Greek footballer
- 1991 – Peter Handscomb, Australian Cricketer
- 1991 – Will Heard, British singer and songwriter
- 1991 – Isaac Liu, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1991 – Ignacio Lores Varela, Uruguayan footballer
- 1991 – Srdjan Pejicic, Canadian/Bosnian basketball player
- 1991 – Wojciech Pszczolarski, Polish bicycle racer
- 1992 – Aaron Judge, American baseball player
- 1994 – Daniil Kvyat, Russian race car driver