| General Information for April 26th 2018 |
| There are 3 public holidays today. |
| Day 116 of 2018 |
| 249 days left in 2018 |
| Week 17 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 2007 - Queen's Pier is officially closed by the Hong Kong government, after a bitter struggle by conservationists, to facilitate land reclamation in the Central district. |
| 1986 - The Chernobyl Disaster takes place on this day. |
| 1957 - Sir Patrick Moore begins presenting the monthly television series The Sky At Night which is going to make him, and his monocle, famous. |
| 1923 - Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - later HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - and Prince Albert are wed. |