Historical Events for 26th April 2023

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1952 - US minesweeper Hobson rams aircraft carrier Wasp, kills 176
1954 - "Seven Samurai", Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune, is released
1954 - Mass trials of Jonas Salk's anti-polio vaccine begin; the first shot is delivered in Fairfax County, Virginia; more than 443,000 children receive shots over three months
1954 - Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva
1957 - Jamestown, Virginia 350th Anniversary Festival opens
1961 - French paratroopers' revolt suppressed in Algeria
1961 - Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961
1964 - Tanganyika and Zanzibar form The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
1974 - Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam
1982 - Argentina surrenders to Great Britain on South Georgia Island, near the Falkland Islands

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