Day Guide for Friday April 26th 2024 What are the holidays on April 26th 2024?

This is our day guide for Friday April 26th 2024 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Holidays on April 26th 2024

International: Prayer Day

Great Prayer Day is basically a collection of minor Christian holy days consolidated into one day

Regional

India (regional): Public Holiday

Members of the 18th Lok Sabha will be elected during the 2024 Indian general election.

Regional

Malaysia (regional): Birthday of the Sultan of Terengganu

The current Sultan of Terengganu, Mizan Zainal Abidin, is the 18th Sultan and became ruler in May 1998 following the death of his father.

Tanzania: Union Day

Union Day is a public holiday in Tanzania on April 26th. It marks Zanzibar and Tanganyika becoming the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar in 1964.

Public sector only

USA (regional): Arbor Day

The first American Arbor Day took place in Nebraska City on 10 April 1872

Observances on April 26th 2024

Armenia: Frontier Guards Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Frontier Guards Day

United Nations: International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day 

Find out the dates, history and traditions of International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day 

USA: National Audubon Day

A day to recognize the work done by the National Audubon Society to protect birds.

USA: National Help a Horse Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Help a Horse Day

USA: National Kids and Pets Day

Who can forget their first pet. Our love of animals is forged at an early age.

USA: National Pretzel Day

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USA: National Richter Scale Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Richter Scale Day

United Nations: World Intellectual Property Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of World Intellectual Property Day

Belarus: Day of Remembrance of the Chernobyl tragedy

A day to remember those affected by the world's worst nuclear accident, that took place in 1986.

USA: National Arbor Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Arbor Day

USA: National Hairball Awareness Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Hairball Awareness Day

United Kingdom: Football Shirt Friday

We give a shirt! Get your team together and help tackle bowel cancer.

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General Information for April 26th 2024
There are 5 public holidays today.
Day 117 of 2024
249 days left in 2024
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.
1953 - Panmunjom peace talks began again - an event referred to in the lyrics of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire'.
1923 - Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - later HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - and Prince Albert are wed.