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March 26 is the 85 th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in Leap Year s). There are 280 days remaining.
Events
- 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor .
- 1552 - Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru .
- 1636 - Utrecht University is founded in The Netherlands .
- 1707 - The Act Of Union becomes law, uniting England and Scotland into one state, the Kingdom Of Great Britain .
- 1808 - Charles IV Of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII .
- 1812 - An Earthquake destroys Caracas , Venezuela .
- 1839 - The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
- n forces take Adrianople .
- - British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
- 1934 - Driving Test introduced in the United Kingdom .
- , Auschwitz receives its first female prisoners.
- - In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japan ese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska .
- 1953 - Jonas Salk announces his Polio Vaccine .
- 1958 - The United States Army launches Explorer III .
- 1958 - The African Regroupment Party ( PRA ) is launched at a meeting in Paris .
- 1971 - East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic Of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
- 1975 - The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force.
- 1976 - A Dictatorship Of Terror begins in Argentina . As a result of the state terrorism, thirty thousand people are murdered. Their final whereabouts remain unknown.
- 1976 Queen Elizabeth II sent out the first royal email, from the Royal Signals And Radar Establishment .
- 1979 - Anwar Al-Sadat , Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, DC .
- 1982 - A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, DC .
- 1995 - The Schengen Treaty goes into effect.
- 1996 - The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan for Russia .
- 1997 - Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gate Cult Suicides .
- 1998 - Oued Bouaicha Massacre in Algeria ; 52 people killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
- 1999 - The " Melissa Worm " infects E-mail systems around the world.
- 1999 - A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree Murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
- 2000 - The Seattle Kingdome is imploded to make room for a new Stadium .
- 2000 - Presidential Elections are held in Russia , and Vladimir Putin is elected President .
- 2005 - Return of Doctor Who after 16-year absence.
- 2006 - In Scotland the prohibition of Smoking in all public places came into force.
Births
- 1516 - Conrad Gessner , Swiss naturalist (d. 1565 )
- 1554 - Charles Of Lorraine, Duke Of Mayenne , French military leader (d. 1611 )
- 1753 - Benjamin Thompson , American physicist and inventor (d. 1814 )
- 1859 - Alfred Edward Housman , English poet (d. 1936 )
- 1868 - King Fuad I Of Egypt (d. 1936 )
- 1874 - Robert Frost , American poet (d. 1963 )
- 1875 - Max Abraham , German physicist (d. 1922 )
- 1875 - Syngman Rhee , President Of South Korea (d. 1965 )
- 1879 - Othmar Ammann , Swiss-born bridge engineer (d. 1965 )
- 1882 - Hermann Obrecht , member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1940 )
- 1884 - Wilhelm Backhaus , German pianist (d. 1969 )
- 1888 - Elsa Brändström , Swedish nurse (d. 1948 )
- 1893 - Palmiro Togliatti , Italian communist leader (d. 1964 )
- 1904 - Joseph Campbell , American author (d. 1987 )
- 1904 - Xenophon Zolotas , Prime Minister Of Greece (d. 2004 )
- 1905 - Viktor Frankl , Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997 )
- 1911 - Bernard Katz , German-born biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 2003 )
- 1911 - Tennessee Williams , American dramatist (d. 1983 )
- 1913 - Paul Erdős , Hungarian mathematician (d. 1996 )
- 1914 - Toru Kumon , Japanese educator (d. 1995 )
- 1914 - William Westmoreland , U.S. general (d. 2005 )
- 1916 - Christian B. Anfinsen , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995 )
- 1916 - Sterling Hayden , American actor (d. 1986 )
- 1916 - Bill Edrich , English cricketer (d. 1986 )
- 1917 - Rufus Thomas , American musician (d. 2001 )
- 1919 - Strother Martin , American actor (d. 1980 )
- 1922 - Oscar Sala , Italian-born physicist
- 1923 - Bob Elliott , American comedian
- 1925 - Pierre Boulez , French composer and conductor
- 1925 - James Moody , American jazz musician, composer, and actor
- 1930 - Gregory Corso , American poet (d. 2001 )
- 1930 - Sandra Day O'Connor , U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- 1931 - Leonard Nimoy , American actor and director
- 1934 - Alan Arkin , American actor
- 1935 - Mahmoud Abbas , President of the Palestine National Authority
- 1938 - Anthony James Leggett , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1940 - James Caan , American actor
- 1940 - Nancy Pelosi , American politician
- 1942 - Erica Jong , American author
- 1943 - Bob Woodward , American journalist
- 1944 - Diana Ross , American singer ( Supremes )
- 1946 - Johnny Crawford , American actor
- 1947 - Dar Robinson , American stunt man (d. 1986 )
- 1948 - Steven Tyler , American musician ( Aerosmith )
- 1949 - Vicki Lawrence , American actress and singer
- 1949 - Patrick Süskind , German writer
- 1950 - Teddy Pendergrass , American singer
- 1950 - Martin Short , Canadian comedian
- 1950 - Ernest Thomas , American actor
- 1951 - Carl Wieman , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1953 - Elaine Chao , U.S. Secretary of Labor
- 1954 - Curtis Sliwa , American founder of the Guardian Angels
- 1956 - Charly McClain , American singer
- 1957 - Leeza Gibbons , American television host
- 1960 - Marcus Allen , American football player
- 1960 - Jennifer Grey , American actress
- 1961 - William Hague , British politician
- 1962 - John Stockton , American basketball player
- 1963 - Kyogoku Natsuhiko , Japanese writer
- 1963 - Roch Voisine , Canadian singer andsongwriter
- 1964 - Martin Donnelly , Irish racecar driver
- 1968 - Kenny Chesney , American singer
- 1968 - James Iha , American musician ( Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle )
- 1971 - Behzad Ghorbani , Iranian zoologist and sociobiologist
- 1973 - Lawrence E. Page , American Internet search engine pioneer
- 1974 - Mike Peca , Canadian hockey player
- 1976 - Amy Smart , American actress
- 1977 - Kevin Davies , English footballer
- 1979 - Hiromi Uehara , Japanese jazz pianist
- 1981 - Matthieu Delpierre , French footballer
- 1982 - Mikel Arteta , Spanish footballer
- 1985 - Keira Knightley , English actress
- 1987 - YUI , Japanese musician
- 1991 - Brittney Wilson , Canadian actress
Deaths
- 922 - Al-Hallaj , Persian Sufi teacher and writer
- 1212 - King Sancho I Of Portugal (b. 1154 )
- 1517 - Heinrich Isaac , Flemish composer
- 1546 - Thomas Elyot , English diplomat
- 1566 - Antonio De Cabezón , Spanish composer (b. 1510 )
- 1679 - Johannes Schefferus , Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621 )
- 1697 - Godfrey McCulloch , Scottish politican and murderer (executed) (b. 1640 )
- 1726 - Sir John Vanbrugh , English dramatist and architect (b. 1664 )
- 1772 - Charles Pinot Duclos , French writer (b. 1704 )
- 1776 - Samuel Ward , American politician (b. 1725 )
- 1780 - Charles I, Duke Of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713 )
- 1793 - John Mudge , English physician and inventor (b. 1721 )
- 1814 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin , French inventor of the guillotine (b. 1738 )
- 1827 - Ludwig Van Beethoven , German composer (b. 1770 )
- 1892 - Walt Whitman , American poet (b. 1819 )
- 1902 - Cecil Rhodes , English explorer and entrepreneur (b. 1853 )
- 1910 - An Jung-geun , Japanese assassin of Ito Hirobumi (executed) (b. 1879 )
- 1920 - William Chester Minor , American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834 )
- 1923 - Sarah Bernhardt , French actress (b. 1844 )
- 1926 - Konstantin Fehrenbach , Chancellor Of Germany (b. 1852 )
- 1927 - Georges Vézina , Canadian hockey player (b. 1887 )
- 1929 - Katharine Lee Bates , American poet (b. 1859 )
- 1933 - Eddie Lang , American musician (b. 1902 )
- 1940 - Spiridon Louis , Greek runner (b. 1873 )
- 1945 - David Lloyd George , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (b. 1863 )
- 1958 - Phil Mead , English cricketer (b. 1887 )
- 1959 - Raymond Chandler , American-born novelist (b. 1888 )
- 1969 - John Kennedy Toole , American author (b. 1937 )
- 1973 - Noel Coward , English composer and playwright (b. 1899 )
- 1976 - Josef Albers , German artist (b. 1888 )
- 1976 - Lin Yutang , Chinese writer (b. 1895 )
- 1983 - Anthony Blunt , British spy (b. 1907 )
- 1984 - Ahmed Sékou Touré , President Of Guinea (b. 1922 )
- 1987 - Eugen Jochum , German conductor (b. 1902 )
- 1990 - Halston , American fashion designer (b. 1932 )
- 1992 - Barbara Frum , Canadian journalist (b. 1937 )
- 1995 - Eazy-E , American rapper (b. 1963 )
- 1996 - Edmund Muskie , American politician (b. 1914 )
- 1996 - David Packard , American engineer and businessman (b. 1912 )
- 1997 - Marshall Applewhite , American cult leader (b. 1931 )
- 2000 - Alex Comfort , American author (b. 1920
- 2002 - Randy Castillo , Drummer for Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue
- 2003 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan , U.S. Senator (b. 1927 )
- 2004 - Jan Berry , American musician ( Jan And Dean ) (b. 1941 )
- 2004 - Jan Sterling , American actress (b. 1921 )
- 2005 - James Callaghan , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (b. 1912 )
- 2005 - Paul Hester , Australian drummer ( Split Enz and Crowded House ) (b. 1959 )
- 2005 - Marius Russo , baseball player (b. 1914 )
- 2006 - Anil Biswas , Indian politician (b. 1944 )
- 2006 - Paul Dana , American race car driver (b. 1975 )
- 2006 - Nikki Sudden , British singer/songwriter, (b. 1956 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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