MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2010

Today is Monday, April 26, the 116th day of 2010. There are 249 days left in the year.

1478 _ Easter is celebrated for the first time

1514 _ Copernicus makes his first observations of Saturn

1564 _ William Shakespeare baptized

1721 _ Smallpox vaccination first administrated

1755 _ First Russian university opens (Moscow)

1835 _ Frederic Chopin's ``Grand Polonaise Brillante," premieres in Paris France

1913 _ Sun Yet San calls for revolt against President Yuan Shikai in China

1971 _ Turkey state of siege proclaimed

1991 _ Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics

1994 _ First multiracial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr. Nomaza Paintin in New Zealand is first black South African to vote