♦ International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day is observed every year on April 26. On April 26, 1986, the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl took place.

♦ During a 20-second routine shutdown of the nuclear power plant, the disaster happened which resulted in the spread of a radioactive cloud over the Soviet territory comprising of Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia.

♦ The disaster exposed nearly 8.4 million people to harmful radioactive chemicals. In 2016, the United Nations officially established the International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day.