For Bob Guiles, today's birthday boy.
Elsewhere in history...
Apr 26 1865
Discovered hiding in a farmer's tobacco shed, John Wilkes Booth is shot
in the neck by a complete lunatic. Dying and paralyzed from the neck
down, he whispers: "Tell my mother I did it for my country." As his
hands are held up to his face, Booth mutters "useless... useless..."
They are his last words.
Apr 26 1933
Hermann Goering founds the Geheime Staatspolizei, otherwise known as the
Gestapo. The original purpose of this "Secret State Police" is to
disrupt and harass opponents of National Socialism, but it will later
come to adopt many additional responsibilities.
Apr 26 1969
Paul McCartney denies rumors of his recent death. Eventually, most
people come to believe him.
Apr 26 1986
44 seconds into a late-night experiment at the Chernobyl nuclear power
station, reactor number four sustains two large explosions. A plume of
dangerous radioactivity looms three kilometers high, making it the worst
catastrophe in the history of nuclear power. The Soviet news agency TASS
holds off reporting the incident for almost 48 hours.
Apr 26 1991
In a telephone interview, Michigan judge Francis Bourisseau explains
that he would never grant an abortion to a minor, except perhaps for
white girls raped by blacks. For some reason, this statement manages to
attract wide attention.
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