March 26
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March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). There are 280 days remaining.
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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, making England and Scotland one country.
- 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.
- 1871 – The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
- 1881 – Domnitor Carol I of the Principality of Romania is proclaimed the first King of Romania.
- 1913 – Balkan War: Bulgarian forces take Adrianople.
- 1917 – World War I: First Battle of Gaza – British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
- 1937 – In Crystal City, Texas, spinach growers erect a statue of the cartoon character Popeye.
- 1942 – World War II: In Poland, Auschwitz receives its first female prisoners.
- 1943 – World War II: Battle of Komandorski Islands – In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
- 1953 – Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine.
- 1958 – The United States Army launches Explorer III.
- 1971 – East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
- 1973 – The soap opera The Young and the Restless debuts on CBS television.
- 1975 – The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force.
- 1979 – Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egyptian-Israeli 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.
- 2003 – The Supreme Court of the United States hears oral arguments in Lawrence v. Texas.
Births
- 1859 – Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (d. 1936)
- 1874 – Robert Frost, American poet (d. 1963)
- 1875 – Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea (d. 1965)
- 1879 – Othmar Ammann, bridge engineer (d. 1965)
- 1884 – Wilhelm Backhaus, pianist (d. 1969)
- 1888 – Elsa Brändström, "The Angel of Siberia" (d. 1948)
- 1893 – James Bryan Conant, chemist and politician (d. 1978)
- 1904 – Joseph Campbell, American author (d. 1987)
- 1905 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
- 1911 – Tennessee Williams, dramatist (d. 1983)
- 1913 – Paul Erdös, mathematician (d. 1996)
- 1914 – General William Westmoreland, U.S. general
- 1916 – Sterling Hayden, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1917 – Rufus Thomas, musician (d. 2001)
- 1919 – Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1923 – Bob Elliott, comedian
- 1925 – Pierre Boulez, French composer and conductor
- 1930 – Sandra Day O'Connor, United States Supreme Court justice
- 1930 – Gregory Corso, American poet (d. 2001)
- 1931 – Leonard Nimoy, American actor and director
- 1934 – Alan Arkin, actor
- 1935 – Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine National Authority
- 1940 – James Caan, actor
- 1940 – Nancy Pelosi, American politician
- 1942 – Erica Jong, author
- 1943 – Bob Woodward, journalist
- 1944 – Diana Ross, singer (Supremes)
- 1946 – Johnny Crawford, American actor
- 1947 – Dar Robinson, stunt man (d. 1986)
- 1948 – Steven Tyler, musician (Aerosmith)
- 1949 – Patrick Süskind, writer
- 1949 – Vicki Lawrence, American actress and singer
- 1950 – Teddy Pendergrass, singer
- 1950 – Martin Short, comedian
- 1950 – Ernest Thomas, American actor
- 1953 – Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Labor
- 1954 – Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels
- 1956 – Charly McClain, country music singer
- 1957 – Leeza Gibbons, television host
- 1960 – Jennifer Grey, actress
- 1960 – Marcus Allen, American football player
- 1961 – William Hague, British politician
- 1962 – John Stockton, basketball player
- 1968 – James Iha, musician (Smashing Pumpkins)
- 1985 – Keira Knightley, actress
Deaths
- 922 – Al-Hallaj, Sufi teacher and writer (b. ca. 858)
- 1212 – King Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)
- 1517 – Heinrich Isaac, composer (b. c. 1450)
- 1726 – Sir John Vanbrugh, dramatist and architect (b. 1664)
- 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)
- 1920 – William Chester Minor, contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834)
- 1923 – Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (b. 1844)
- 1929 – Katharine Lee Bates, poet
- 1933 – Eddie Lang, jazz musician (b. 1902)
- 1940 – Spiridon Louis, Greek marathon runner
- 1945 – David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
- 1958 – Phil Mead, English cricketer (b. 1887)
- 1959 – Raymond Chandler, novelist (b. 1888)
- 1969 – John Kennedy Toole, author (b. 1937)
- 1973 – Noel Coward, English composer and playwright (b. 1899)
- 1976 – Josef Albers, artist (b. 1888)
- 1983 – Anthony Blunt, British spy
- 1984 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea
- 1987 – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
- 1990 – Halston, fashion designer (b. 1932)
- 1995 – Eazy-E, American rapper
- 1996:
- David Packard, American engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard (b. 1912)
- Edmund Muskie, American politician
- 1997 – Marshall Applewhite, cult leader
- 2000 – Alex Comfort, author (b. 1920)
- 2003 – Daniel Patrick Moynihan, United States Senator (b. 1927)
- 2004:
- Jan Berry, American musician (Jan and Dean)
- Jan Sterling, American actress
- 2005:
- James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
- Paul Hester, drummer (Split Enz and Crowded House) (b. 1959)
- Marius Russo, Major League Baseball player (b. 1914)
Holidays and observances
- Zoroastrianism – Prophet Zarthushtra's (Zoroaster's) Birthday
- Holi in Hinduism (2005)
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