What day of the week was April 26, 1989?

The day of the week April 26th, 1989 fell on was a Wednesday.

Lucille Ball the American actress and producer (b. 1911) died on this day in 1989.

The deadliest tornado in world history strikes Central Bangladesh the killing upwards of 1,300, injuring 12,000, and leaving as many as 80,000 homeless. People's Daily publishes the People's Daily editorial of April 26 which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests