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26 April 2022 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 26 April 2022 was a Tuesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “First Class” by Jack Harlow.
- Top Film of 2022
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2022 was Avatar: The Way of Water.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 26 April is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 26 April 2022 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 26 April 2022 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 26 April
- 1993 The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on mission STS-55 to conduct experiments aboard the Spacelab module.
- 1994 South Africa begins its first multiracial election, which is won by Nelson Mandela's African National Congress.
- 1999 Outbreak of CIH computer virus.
- 2005 Cedar Revolution: Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
- 2015 Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97.7% of the vote, one of the biggest vote shares in Kazakhstan's history.
Famous people born on April 26
- Channing Tatum, American actor and producer (born 1980)
- Giancarlo Esposito, American actor, director, and producer (born 1958)
- Melania Trump, Slovene-American model; 47th First Lady of the United States (born 1970)
- Carol Burnett, American actress, singer, and producer (born 1933)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2022 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2022 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 10 – The United States Mint announces they have started shipping the first of the American Women quarters, starting with poet Maya Angelou, the first African American woman to be featured on a U.S. quarter.
- March 15 – Amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the Senate passes a resolution condemning President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal.
- March 27 – The 94th Academy Awards, hosted by Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes, are held at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Sian Heder's CODA is awarded Best Picture, along with an additional two awards, including Troy Kotsur for Best Supporting Actor.
Life in the US in 2022
President
Joe Biden
Gas (per gallon)
$3.99
Loaf of Bread
$2.76
Average House
$454,900
Weekly Wage
$1,069
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