Historical Events for 26th April 2026

1819 – Odd Fellows Lodge forms
1912 – First home run hit at Fenway Park by Hugh Bradley of the Red Sox
1956 – First modern container ship, the Ideal X, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas
1967 – Jule Styne, Adolph Green and Betty Comden’s musical “Hallelujah, Baby!”, starring Leslie Uggams, opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC; runs for 293 performances and wins 2 Tony Awards
1976 – Pan Am begins nonstop flights between NYC and Tokyo
1983 – San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game
1994 – Physicists announce the first evidence of the top quark subatomic particle
2012 – NFL Draft: Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck first pick by Indianapolis Colts

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