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April 26th, 2007EventQueen s Pier is officially closed by the Hong Kong Government, after a bitter struggle by conservationists, in order to facilitate land reclamation in Hong Kong s Central district
April 26th, 2005EventUnder international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country.
April 26th, 2002EventRobert Steinhauser infiltrates and kills 17 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt,Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.
April 26th, 1994EventA China Airlines Airbus A300-600R crashes at Nagoya Airport, Japan killing 264.
April 26th, 1994EventPhysicists announce first evidence of the top quark subatomic particle.
April 26th, 1991EventSeventy tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before the outbreak s end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year s only F5 tornado (see Andover, Kansas Tornado Outbreak).
April 26th, 1986EventIn Ukraine, a nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, creating the world s worst nuclear disaster.
April 26th, 1982Event57 people are killed by former Korean police officer Woo Bum-kon in a shooting spree in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.
April 26th, 1966EventAn earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent.
April 26th, 1964EventTanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.

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