📜 This Day in History
April 26
1478In a conspiracy to replace the Medici family as rulers of the Republic of Florence, the Pazzi family attacked Lorenzo de' Medici and killed his brother Giuliano at Florence Cathedral.- 1915First World War: Britain, France and Russia signed a secret treaty promising territory to Italy if it joined the war on their side.
- 1944World War II: U.S. Navy submarines began attacks on Japan's Take Ichi convoy as it sailed in waters between Taiwan and the Philippines, eventually sinking four vessels and killing more than 4,000 troops.
- 1970The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) came into being when the WIPO Convention entered into force.
- 1994Just before landing at Nagoya Airport, Japan, the copilot of China Airlines Flight 140 inadvertently triggered the takeoff/go-around switch, causing the aircraft to crash and killing 264 of the 271 people on board.
- 2017The Shandong was launched for the People's Liberation Army Navy, China's first domestically built aircraft carrier.
