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Events on Saturday 26 April 1986 3
1911 – 1986Broderick Crawford (1911-1986)American actor, Oscar winner for All the King's Men and star of Highway Patrol.
1986Broderick Crawford dies in Rancho MirageBroderick Crawford dies aged 74.
1986ChernobylNuclear disaster, UkraineThe April 1986 explosion at Chernobyl released radiation across Europe, forcing 350,000 people to evacuate permanently.