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Today in History: April 26

1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo and kill Giuliano de' Medici.

1564 William Shakespeare is baptized.

1654 Jews are expelled from Brazil

1931 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits a home run but is called out for passing a runner, the mistake ultimately costs him the home run record.

1941 The first organ is played at a baseball stadium in Chicago.

1983 The Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks 1,200 for first time.

1986 The world's worst nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl power plant in the Soviet Union.

1995 Baseball season begins after lengthy strike

2021 The US, the EU and other countries announce they are sending pandemic aid to India as it's COVID-19 crisis continues to worsen

2022 US infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says that the country is out of the "Pandemic Phase" - for the moment

Born on April 26

121 Antonius Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome (161-180), born in Rome (d. 180).

1785 John James Audubon, artist and naturalist.

1970 Melania Trump [née Knauss], Slovenian-American model, wife of former President Donald Trump and former First Lady of the United States, born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia


JOTD
A boss said to his secretary, "I want to have sex with you, but I will make it very fast. I'll throw $1,000 on the floor and by the time you bend down to pick it up, I'll be done." She thought for a moment then called her boyfriend and told him the story. Her boyfriend said, "Do it but ask him for $2,000. Then pick up the money so fast, he won't even have enough time to undress himself." She agrees. After half an hour passes, the boyfriend calls the girlfriend and asks, "So what happened?" She responds, "The bastard used coins, so I'm still picking it up and he is still having sex with me!"