April 26 Confederate Memorial Day United States of America ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 26,1803 - Over 2,300 meteorite stones, weighing between one quarter ounce and 20 pounds, rained down on the people of L’Aigle in northeastern France. The meteorites poured down along an 8-mile-long strip in this little town, 100 miles west of Paris. No one was hurt; but it was the first time scientists could verify that stones could come from outer space. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- April 26,1625 Dieppe France - Jesuit priest Jean de Brébeuf sails for Quebec with two priests and two lay brothers; founder of Huron Mission.