On this day: Guernica bombed in 1937 during the Spanish civil war

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On this day: Guernica bombed in 1937 during the Spanish civil war

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on April 26: 1937 – The Spanish Basque town of Guernica was bombed by German planes sent by Hitler to help Franco during the Spanish Civil War. 1964 – Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba joined to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. It was re-named Tanzania on October 29. 1986 – A reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear complex in Ukraine exploded and caught fire, spreading a radioacti…