What happened on April 26 ?

Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church: Saint Alda (d. 1309)

Richarius or Riquier (d. 643)

Paschasius (d. 865)

Saint Cletus (Pope Anacletus) and Marcellinus (Popes and martyrs)

Lucidius (4th century)

Trudpert (Irish monk martyred in Germany in 607).

Feast day of the following saint in the Orthodox Church: Stephen of Perm - also Old Permic Alphabet Day

Tanzania - Union Day.

Shi'a Islam - Mawlid, Muhammad's birthday (2005).

Florida and Georgia, USA - Confederate Memorial Day.

World Intellectual Property Day (since 2001).