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Today In History: April 26


1607: The first English colonists landed in Virginia, which became a key moment in colonial history.

1865: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to Union General William T. Sherman, ending the last large scale fighting of the Civil War.

1937: German planes bombed Guernica, Spain during the Spanish Civil War.

1945: Soviet and American forces met in Torgau, Germany, marking a turning point in the liberation of Germany from the Nazi regime.

1986: The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred in Ukraine, highlighting the dangers of nuclear power.