April 26 is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years). There are 249 days remaining in the year.
- 1879 — Samuel D. Richards died.
- 1946 — Jose Miculax Bux is apprehended.
- 1950 — Sture Bergwall is born.
- 1965 — Roberto Fernandes is born.
- 1984 — Robert Hansen's victims, Angela Feddern and Teresa Watson, are found.
- 1984 — William Smith is apprehended.
- 1985 — Alex Mengel died.
- 1990 — James Ray Cable is apprehended.
- 1995 — Gary Don Franklin died.
- 2002 — Alton Coleman died.
- 2010 — Shelley Armitage is murdered by Stephen Griffiths.
- 2013 — Jessica Lynn Heeringa is murdered by Jeffrey Willis.
- 2014 — Yiya Murano died.
- 2024 — Carlos Yadiel Baez-Nieves is apprehended.