Robert Jonathan Demme (February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017)

The acclaimed director of "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) and "Philadelphia"
(1993) Jonathan Demme passed away in New York on Wednesday.

According to family sources, he had been battling esophageal cancer and died 
of complications from heart disease.

 
ED DONAHUE

Chernobyl reactor number four after the disaster, showing the
extensive damage to the main reactor hall (image centre) and
turbine building (image lower left)

          
              John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865)

Colonists Landing at what would become Jamestowne occurred
on this day in 1607.

Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989)