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April 26 is the 116th day of the year in theGregorianCalendar (117th inleapyears). There are 249 days remaining in the year. Itis the first day following theSpringequinox which cannot beEasterSunday in Western Christianity.
1478- ThePazziattackLorenzode' Medici and kill his brotherGiulianoduringHighMass in theFlorenceCathedral.
[*]1607-Englishcolonists of theJamestownsettlement make landfall atCapeHenry,Virginia.
[*]1802- A general amnesty signed byNapoleonBonaparte allowed all but about one thousand of themost notoriousémigrésof theFrenchRevolution to return toFrance,as part of a reconciliary gesture to make peace with the variousfactions of theAncienRegime that would ultimately consolidate his ownrule.
[*]1805-UnitedStates Marines capturedDerne,Tripoli under the command ofFirstLieutenantPresleyO'Bannon.
[*]1865-AmericanCivil War:ConfederateGeneralJosephJohnston surrenders his army toGeneralWilliamTecumseh Sherman at theBennettPlace nearDurham,North Carolina.
[*]1865 -Unioncavalry troopers cornerJohnWilkes Booth,PresidentLincoln'sassassin,in abarninVirginia.Booth is shot dead by cavalrymanBostonCorbett.
[*]1925-Paulvon Hindenburg defeatsWilhelmMarx in the second round of theGermanpresidential election to become the first directlyelectedReichspräsident,theheadof state of theWeimarRepublic.
[*]1933- TheGestapo,the officialsecretpolice force ofNaziGermany, is established.
[*]1937-SpanishCivil War:Guernica,Spainis bombed byGermanLuftwaffe.
[*]1942- The worst-ever mining accident in history kills 1,549minersin anexplosionat the Honkeiko Colliery,Manchuria.
[*]1945-Battleof Bautzen (World War II) - last successful Germantank-offensive
[*]1946-FatherDivine, a controversial religious leader who claimsto beGod,marries the much-youngerEdnaRose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in theInternationalPeace Mission movement.
[*]1954- TheGenevaConference, an effort to restore peace inIndochinaandKorea,begins.
[*]1956- Firstcontainership leftPortNewark,NewJersey forHouston,Texas
[*]1962-NASA'sRanger4 spacecraft crashes into theMoon.
[*]1963- inLibyaAmendments to the constitution, transforming Libya (United Kingdom ofLibya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya), and allowing forfemale participation in elections.
[*]1964-TanganyikaandZanzibarmerge to formTanzania.
[*]1986- InUkraine,a nuclear reactor at theChernobylnuclearplantexplodes,creating the world's worstnucleardisaster.
[*]1991- Seventy tornadoes break out in the centralUnitedStates. Before its end,Andover,Kansas, would record the year's onlyF5tornado (seeAndover,Kansas Tornado Outbreak).
[*]1994- AChinaAirlinesAirbusA-300-600R crashes atNagoyaAirport,Japankilling 264.
[*]1999- Last release of theNemesisOS.
[*]2002- 19-year-oldRobertSteinhäusershootsand kills 17 people at his school inErfurt,Germany.
[*]2005- Under international pressure,Syriawithdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison inLebanon,ending its 29-year military domination of that country. [/list]
121-MarcusAurelius,RomanEmperor (d.180)
[*]570-Muhammed,founder of Islam, according to theShi'asect. Other sources suggestApril20.
[*]1538-GianPaolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (d.1600)
[*]1573-Mariede' Medici, wife ofHenryIV of France (d.1642)
[*]1564(baptized) -WilliamShakespeare, English writer (d.1616)
[*]1648- KingPeterII of Portugal (d.1706)
[*]1710-ThomasReid, Scottish philosopher (d.1796)
[*]1711- DavidHume, Scottish philosopher and historian (d.1776)
[*]1718- EsekHopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral (d.1802)
[*]1765-Emma,Lady Hamilton, English mistress ofHoratioNelson (d.1815)
[*]1774-ChristianLeopold von Buch, German geologist (d.1853)
[*]1785-JohnJames Audubon, French-American naturalist andillustrator (d.1851)
[*]1787-LudwigUhland, German poet (d.1862)
[*]1798-JamesBeckwourth, American explorer (d.1867)
[*]1798 -EugèneDelacroix, French painter (d.1863)
[*]1801-AmbroseDudley Mann, American diplomat (d.1889)
[*]1812- AlfredKrupp, German industrialist (d.1887)
[*]1822-FrederickLaw Olmsted, American landscape architect (d.1903)
[*]1826-GeorgeHull Ward, American general (d.1863)
[*]1826 -AmbroseR. Wright, American Civil War General (d.1872
[*]1878-BishopRafael Guizar Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop
[*]1879-OwenWillans Richardson, British physicist,NobelPrize laureate (d.1959)
[*]1886- MaRainey, American singer (d.1939)
[*]1886-?abdullaTuqay, Tatar poet (d.1913)
[*]1888- AnitaLoos, American writer (d.1981)
[*]1889-LudwigWittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (d.1951)
[*]1893-DrazaMihajlovic, Serbian WW2 Hero and war criminal (d.1946)
[*]1894-RudolfHess, Nazi official (d.1987)
[*]1896- ErnstUdet, WWI pilot and film actor, Luftwaffe officer (d.1941)
[*]1897- EddieEagan, American sportsman (d.1967)
[*]1897 -DouglasSirk, German-born film director (d.1987)
[*]1898-VicenteAleixandre, Spanish writer,Nobellaureate (d.1984)
[*]1898 -JohnGrierson, Scottish filmmaker (d.1972)
[*]1900-CharlesRichter, American geophysicist (d.1985)
[*]1911-MarianneHoppe, German actress (d.2002)
[*]1912- A.E. van Vogt, Canadian writer (d.2000)
[*]1914-BernardMalamud, American author (d.1986)
[*]1914 -JamesW. Rouse, American investor (d.1996)
[*]1916-MorrisWest, Australian writer (d.1999)
[*]1917- I.M.Pei, Chinese-born architect
[*]1917 -SalMaglie, baseball player (d.1992)
[*]1918-FannyBlankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (d.2004)
[*]1918 -StaffordRepp American actor (d.1974)
[*]1925-JørgenIngmann, Danish musician
[*]1926-MichaelMathias Prechtl, German illustrator (d.2003)
[*]1932-MichaelSmith, English-born chemist,Nobellaureate (d.2000)
[*]1933-FilibertoOjeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (d.2005)
[*]1933 -CarolBurnett, American comedian
[*]1933 -ArnoAllan Penzias, German-born physicist,Nobellaureate
[*]1938- DuaneEddy, American musician
[*]1940-GiorgioMoroder, Italian composer
[*]1940-CliffWatson, English rugby league player
[*]1942-ClaudineAuger, French actress
[*]1942 -MichaelKergin, Canadian diplomat
[*]1942 - Bobby Rydell, American singer
[*]1943- GaryWright, American singer
[*]1943 -PeterZumthor, Swiss architect
[*]1944- AmienRais, Indonesian politician
[*]1949-CarlosBianchi, Argetinian football player
[*]1949 -JerryBlackwell, wrestler (d.1995)
[*]1955-MikeScott, American baseball player
[*]1956- KooStark, American actress
[*]1958-JeffreyGuterman, American mental health counselor
[*]1960-RogerTaylor, English musician(DuranDuran)
[*]1960 -SteveLombardozzi, American baseball player
[*]1961- JoanChen, Chinese-born actress
[*]1961 -ChrisMars, American rock drummer(TheReplacements)
[*]1962-ColinAnderson, English footballer
[*]1962 -DebraWilson, American actress and comedian
[*]1963-AnthonyCumia, American radio personality
[*]1963 - Jet Li, Chinese martial artist
[*]1963 -ColinScotts, Australian-born NFL football player
[*]1965- KevinJames, American comedian
[*]1967- GlenJacobs, American professional wrestler
[*]1970-MelaniaTrump, Slovenian model
[*]1970 -TionneWatkins, American singer(TLC)
[*]1971-MarcAndreessen, Co-founder of Netscape
[*]1973-ChrisPerry, English footballer
[*]1975-JoeyJordison, American musician(Slipknot)
[*]1975 - Nerina Pallot, British singer
[*]1976-JosePasillas, American musician(Incubus)
[*]1977- TomWelling, American actor
[*]1978-Avant,American R&B Singer
[*]1979-JanneWirman, Finnish musician(Childrenof Bodom)
[*]1980-JordanaBrewster, American actress
[*]1980 - Anna Mucha, Polish actress
[*]1980 -ChanningTatum, American actor
[*]1981-MatthieuDelpierre, French footballer
[*]1982-JoanneGobure, Nauruan poet
[*]1983-JessicaLynch, American P.O.W.
[*]1983 -JoséMaría López, Argentine racing driver
[*]1984- MijaMartina, Bosnian singer [/list]
1192-EmperorGo-Shirakawa of Japan (b.1127)
[*]1444-RobertCampin, Flemish painter (b.1378)
[*]1478-Giulianodi Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence (assassinated)(b.1453)
[*]1489-AshikagaYoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b.1465)
[*]1716-JohnSomers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England(b.1651)
[*]1784- NanoNagle, Irish convent founder (b.1718)
[*]1789- CountPetrIvanovich Panin, Russian soldier (b.1721)
[*]1865-JohnWilkes Booth, American actor and assassin (shot) (b.1838)
[*]1881-LudwigFreiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, Germangeneral (b.1815)
[*]1892- SirProvoWallis, British Admiral and naval hero (b.1791)
[*]1910-BjørnstjerneBjørnson, Norwegian author,NobelPrize laureate (b.1832)
[*]1920-SrinivasaRamanujan, Indian mathematician (b.1887)
[*]1932- HartCrane, American poet (suicide) (b.1899)
[*]1932 -WilliamLockwood, English cricketer (b.1868)
[*]1938-EdmundHusserl, Austrian philosopher (b.1859)
[*]1940- CarlBosch, German chemist,NobelPrize laureate (b.g1874)
[*]1944-VioletteMorris, French athlete (b. 1893)
[*]1945-PavloSkoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general (b.1871)
[*]1951-ArnoldSommerfeld, German physicist (b.1868)
[*]1956-EdwardArnold, American actor (b.1890)
[*]1957-GichinFunakoshi, Father of Japanese Shotokan Karatedo (b.1868)
[*]1964- E. J.Pratt, Canadian poet born Newfoundland (b.1882)
[*]1969-MoriheiUeshiba, Japanese martial artist and founder ofaikido (b.1883)
[*]1970-GypsyRose Lee, American actress (b.1911)
[*]1973- IreneRyan, American actress (b.1902)
[*]1976- SidJames, British comedian (b.1913)
[*]1981-JimDavis, American actor (b.1909)
[*]1984- CountBasie, American musician and composer (b.1904)
[*]1986-BroderickCrawford, American actor (stroke) (b.1911)
[*]1986 -DechkoUzunov, Bulgarian painter (b.1899)
[*]1987- JohnErnest Silkin, British politician, (b.1923)
[*]1989-LucilleBall, American actress and comedian (b.1911)
[*]1991-CarmineCoppola, American composer and conductor (b.1910)
[*]1991 -EmilyMcLaughlin, American actress (b.1930)
[*]1996-StirlingSilliphant, American writer and producer (b.1918)
[*]1999- JillDando, British television presenter (b.1961)
[*]2003-RosemaryBrown, Canadian politician (b.1930)
[*]2003 -MaxNicholson, Irish environmentalist (b.1904)
[*]2003 -PeterStone, American writer (b.1930)
[*]2004-HubertSelby Jr., American author (b.1928)
[*]2005- MasonAdams, American actor (b.1919)
[*]2005 -BladeIcewood, American rapper (b.1977)
[*]2005 -MariaSchell, Austrian-born actress (b.1926)
[*]2005 -AugustoRoa Bastos, Paraguayan author(n.1917)[/list]
Feastday of the followingsaintsin theRomanCatholic Church:
[*]Tanzania - Union Day.
[*]Shi'aIslam -Mawlid,Muhammad'sbirthday(2005).
[*]FloridaandGeorgia,USA -ConfederateMemorial Day.
[*]WorldIntellectual Property Day (since2001).[/list]
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April 26 is the 116th day of the year in theGregorianCalendar (117th inleapyears). There are 249 days remaining in the year. Itis the first day following theSpringequinox which cannot beEasterSunday in Western Christianity.
1478- ThePazziattackLorenzode' Medici and kill his brotherGiulianoduringHighMass in theFlorenceCathedral.
[*]1607-Englishcolonists of theJamestownsettlement make landfall atCapeHenry,Virginia.
[*]1802- A general amnesty signed byNapoleonBonaparte allowed all but about one thousand of themost notoriousémigrésof theFrenchRevolution to return toFrance,as part of a reconciliary gesture to make peace with the variousfactions of theAncienRegime that would ultimately consolidate his ownrule.
[*]1805-UnitedStates Marines capturedDerne,Tripoli under the command ofFirstLieutenantPresleyO'Bannon.
[*]1865-AmericanCivil War:ConfederateGeneralJosephJohnston surrenders his army toGeneralWilliamTecumseh Sherman at theBennettPlace nearDurham,North Carolina.
[*]1865 -Unioncavalry troopers cornerJohnWilkes Booth,PresidentLincoln'sassassin,in abarninVirginia.Booth is shot dead by cavalrymanBostonCorbett.
[*]1925-Paulvon Hindenburg defeatsWilhelmMarx in the second round of theGermanpresidential election to become the first directlyelectedReichspräsident,theheadof state of theWeimarRepublic.
[*]1933- TheGestapo,the officialsecretpolice force ofNaziGermany, is established.
[*]1937-SpanishCivil War:Guernica,Spainis bombed byGermanLuftwaffe.
[*]1942- The worst-ever mining accident in history kills 1,549minersin anexplosionat the Honkeiko Colliery,Manchuria.
[*]1945-Battleof Bautzen (World War II) - last successful Germantank-offensive
[*]1946-FatherDivine, a controversial religious leader who claimsto beGod,marries the much-youngerEdnaRose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in theInternationalPeace Mission movement.
[*]1954- TheGenevaConference, an effort to restore peace inIndochinaandKorea,begins.
[*]1956- Firstcontainership leftPortNewark,NewJersey forHouston,Texas
[*]1962-NASA'sRanger4 spacecraft crashes into theMoon.
[*]1963- inLibyaAmendments to the constitution, transforming Libya (United Kingdom ofLibya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya), and allowing forfemale participation in elections.
[*]1964-TanganyikaandZanzibarmerge to formTanzania.
[*]1986- InUkraine,a nuclear reactor at theChernobylnuclearplantexplodes,creating the world's worstnucleardisaster.
[*]1991- Seventy tornadoes break out in the centralUnitedStates. Before its end,Andover,Kansas, would record the year's onlyF5tornado (seeAndover,Kansas Tornado Outbreak).
[*]1994- AChinaAirlinesAirbusA-300-600R crashes atNagoyaAirport,Japankilling 264.
[*]1999- Last release of theNemesisOS.
[*]2002- 19-year-oldRobertSteinhäusershootsand kills 17 people at his school inErfurt,Germany.
[*]2005- Under international pressure,Syriawithdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison inLebanon,ending its 29-year military domination of that country. [/list]
121-MarcusAurelius,RomanEmperor (d.180)
[*]570-Muhammed,founder of Islam, according to theShi'asect. Other sources suggestApril20.
[*]1538-GianPaolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (d.1600)
[*]1573-Mariede' Medici, wife ofHenryIV of France (d.1642)
[*]1564(baptized) -WilliamShakespeare, English writer (d.1616)
[*]1648- KingPeterII of Portugal (d.1706)
[*]1710-ThomasReid, Scottish philosopher (d.1796)
[*]1711- DavidHume, Scottish philosopher and historian (d.1776)
[*]1718- EsekHopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral (d.1802)
[*]1765-Emma,Lady Hamilton, English mistress ofHoratioNelson (d.1815)
[*]1774-ChristianLeopold von Buch, German geologist (d.1853)
[*]1785-JohnJames Audubon, French-American naturalist andillustrator (d.1851)
[*]1787-LudwigUhland, German poet (d.1862)
[*]1798-JamesBeckwourth, American explorer (d.1867)
[*]1798 -EugèneDelacroix, French painter (d.1863)
[*]1801-AmbroseDudley Mann, American diplomat (d.1889)
[*]1812- AlfredKrupp, German industrialist (d.1887)
[*]1822-FrederickLaw Olmsted, American landscape architect (d.1903)
[*]1826-GeorgeHull Ward, American general (d.1863)
[*]1826 -AmbroseR. Wright, American Civil War General (d.1872
[*]1878-BishopRafael Guizar Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop
[*]1879-OwenWillans Richardson, British physicist,NobelPrize laureate (d.1959)
[*]1886- MaRainey, American singer (d.1939)
[*]1886-?abdullaTuqay, Tatar poet (d.1913)
[*]1888- AnitaLoos, American writer (d.1981)
[*]1889-LudwigWittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (d.1951)
[*]1893-DrazaMihajlovic, Serbian WW2 Hero and war criminal (d.1946)
[*]1894-RudolfHess, Nazi official (d.1987)
[*]1896- ErnstUdet, WWI pilot and film actor, Luftwaffe officer (d.1941)
[*]1897- EddieEagan, American sportsman (d.1967)
[*]1897 -DouglasSirk, German-born film director (d.1987)
[*]1898-VicenteAleixandre, Spanish writer,Nobellaureate (d.1984)
[*]1898 -JohnGrierson, Scottish filmmaker (d.1972)
[*]1900-CharlesRichter, American geophysicist (d.1985)
[*]1911-MarianneHoppe, German actress (d.2002)
[*]1912- A.E. van Vogt, Canadian writer (d.2000)
[*]1914-BernardMalamud, American author (d.1986)
[*]1914 -JamesW. Rouse, American investor (d.1996)
[*]1916-MorrisWest, Australian writer (d.1999)
[*]1917- I.M.Pei, Chinese-born architect
[*]1917 -SalMaglie, baseball player (d.1992)
[*]1918-FannyBlankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (d.2004)
[*]1918 -StaffordRepp American actor (d.1974)
[*]1925-JørgenIngmann, Danish musician
[*]1926-MichaelMathias Prechtl, German illustrator (d.2003)
[*]1932-MichaelSmith, English-born chemist,Nobellaureate (d.2000)
[*]1933-FilibertoOjeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (d.2005)
[*]1933 -CarolBurnett, American comedian
[*]1933 -ArnoAllan Penzias, German-born physicist,Nobellaureate
[*]1938- DuaneEddy, American musician
[*]1940-GiorgioMoroder, Italian composer
[*]1940-CliffWatson, English rugby league player
[*]1942-ClaudineAuger, French actress
[*]1942 -MichaelKergin, Canadian diplomat
[*]1942 - Bobby Rydell, American singer
[*]1943- GaryWright, American singer
[*]1943 -PeterZumthor, Swiss architect
[*]1944- AmienRais, Indonesian politician
[*]1949-CarlosBianchi, Argetinian football player
[*]1949 -JerryBlackwell, wrestler (d.1995)
[*]1955-MikeScott, American baseball player
[*]1956- KooStark, American actress
[*]1958-JeffreyGuterman, American mental health counselor
[*]1960-RogerTaylor, English musician(DuranDuran)
[*]1960 -SteveLombardozzi, American baseball player
[*]1961- JoanChen, Chinese-born actress
[*]1961 -ChrisMars, American rock drummer(TheReplacements)
[*]1962-ColinAnderson, English footballer
[*]1962 -DebraWilson, American actress and comedian
[*]1963-AnthonyCumia, American radio personality
[*]1963 - Jet Li, Chinese martial artist
[*]1963 -ColinScotts, Australian-born NFL football player
[*]1965- KevinJames, American comedian
[*]1967- GlenJacobs, American professional wrestler
[*]1970-MelaniaTrump, Slovenian model
[*]1970 -TionneWatkins, American singer(TLC)
[*]1971-MarcAndreessen, Co-founder of Netscape
[*]1973-ChrisPerry, English footballer
[*]1975-JoeyJordison, American musician(Slipknot)
[*]1975 - Nerina Pallot, British singer
[*]1976-JosePasillas, American musician(Incubus)
[*]1977- TomWelling, American actor
[*]1978-Avant,American R&B Singer
[*]1979-JanneWirman, Finnish musician(Childrenof Bodom)
[*]1980-JordanaBrewster, American actress
[*]1980 - Anna Mucha, Polish actress
[*]1980 -ChanningTatum, American actor
[*]1981-MatthieuDelpierre, French footballer
[*]1982-JoanneGobure, Nauruan poet
[*]1983-JessicaLynch, American P.O.W.
[*]1983 -JoséMaría López, Argentine racing driver
[*]1984- MijaMartina, Bosnian singer [/list]
1192-EmperorGo-Shirakawa of Japan (b.1127)
[*]1444-RobertCampin, Flemish painter (b.1378)
[*]1478-Giulianodi Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence (assassinated)(b.1453)
[*]1489-AshikagaYoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b.1465)
[*]1716-JohnSomers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England(b.1651)
[*]1784- NanoNagle, Irish convent founder (b.1718)
[*]1789- CountPetrIvanovich Panin, Russian soldier (b.1721)
[*]1865-JohnWilkes Booth, American actor and assassin (shot) (b.1838)
[*]1881-LudwigFreiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, Germangeneral (b.1815)
[*]1892- SirProvoWallis, British Admiral and naval hero (b.1791)
[*]1910-BjørnstjerneBjørnson, Norwegian author,NobelPrize laureate (b.1832)
[*]1920-SrinivasaRamanujan, Indian mathematician (b.1887)
[*]1932- HartCrane, American poet (suicide) (b.1899)
[*]1932 -WilliamLockwood, English cricketer (b.1868)
[*]1938-EdmundHusserl, Austrian philosopher (b.1859)
[*]1940- CarlBosch, German chemist,NobelPrize laureate (b.g1874)
[*]1944-VioletteMorris, French athlete (b. 1893)
[*]1945-PavloSkoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general (b.1871)
[*]1951-ArnoldSommerfeld, German physicist (b.1868)
[*]1956-EdwardArnold, American actor (b.1890)
[*]1957-GichinFunakoshi, Father of Japanese Shotokan Karatedo (b.1868)
[*]1964- E. J.Pratt, Canadian poet born Newfoundland (b.1882)
[*]1969-MoriheiUeshiba, Japanese martial artist and founder ofaikido (b.1883)
[*]1970-GypsyRose Lee, American actress (b.1911)
[*]1973- IreneRyan, American actress (b.1902)
[*]1976- SidJames, British comedian (b.1913)
[*]1981-JimDavis, American actor (b.1909)
[*]1984- CountBasie, American musician and composer (b.1904)
[*]1986-BroderickCrawford, American actor (stroke) (b.1911)
[*]1986 -DechkoUzunov, Bulgarian painter (b.1899)
[*]1987- JohnErnest Silkin, British politician, (b.1923)
[*]1989-LucilleBall, American actress and comedian (b.1911)
[*]1991-CarmineCoppola, American composer and conductor (b.1910)
[*]1991 -EmilyMcLaughlin, American actress (b.1930)
[*]1996-StirlingSilliphant, American writer and producer (b.1918)
[*]1999- JillDando, British television presenter (b.1961)
[*]2003-RosemaryBrown, Canadian politician (b.1930)
[*]2003 -MaxNicholson, Irish environmentalist (b.1904)
[*]2003 -PeterStone, American writer (b.1930)
[*]2004-HubertSelby Jr., American author (b.1928)
[*]2005- MasonAdams, American actor (b.1919)
[*]2005 -BladeIcewood, American rapper (b.1977)
[*]2005 -MariaSchell, Austrian-born actress (b.1926)
[*]2005 -AugustoRoa Bastos, Paraguayan author(n.1917)[/list]
Feastday of the followingsaintsin theRomanCatholic Church:
- SaintAlda (d.1309)
- RichariusorRiquier(d.643)
- Paschasius(d.865)
- SaintCletus(PopeAnacletus) andMarcellinus(Popesandmartyrs)
- Lucidius (4th century)
- Trudpert(Irishmonkmartyred inGermanyin607).
[*]Tanzania - Union Day.
[*]Shi'aIslam -Mawlid,Muhammad'sbirthday(2005).
[*]FloridaandGeorgia,USA -ConfederateMemorial Day.
[*]WorldIntellectual Property Day (since2001).[/list]
