April 26: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1336Italian poet Petrarch climbed to the summit of Mont Ventoux in France.
2. 1803Thousands of meteorite fragments rained down on L'Aigle, France.
3. 1903Atlético Madrid, one of Spain's major football clubs, was founded in the capital, Madrid.
4. 1920Ice hockey was played as an Olympic sport for the first time at the Antwerp Olympics.
5. 1956The world's first successful container ship, Ideal X, sailed from the Port of Newark toward Houston.

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