Historical Events In March - 26

1931  On March - 26 iraq &Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty   

1931  New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capitol of British-Indies on March - 26.   

1931  Iraq & Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25   

1934  On this day in history driving tests introduced in Britain   

1934  On March - 26 grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51   

1935  On March - 26 "RvJ" Mitchell &Major Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire fighter aircraft decide on 8 .303 machine guns   

1935  On March - 26 "RvJ" Mitchell & Mjr Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire   

1936  200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, New York-Cal Tech on March - 26.   

1936  On March - 26 mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska   

1936  On March - 26 1st parliamentary debate on NZ radio   

1937  On March - 26 joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice &replace his 40 with 36 oz bat   

1937  Spinach growers of Crystal City TX, erect statue of Popeye on this day in history.   

1937  William H Hastie becomes first black federal judge (Virgin Islands) on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice & replace his 40 with 36 oz bat   

1937  On March - 26 albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide   

1938  On this day in history nBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony   

1940  On this day in history the birth of James Caan, American actor   

1940  Ernest Hemingway & Benjamin Glazer premiere in NYC on March - 26.   

1941  On March - 26 hMS YORK, lost Eastern Mediterranean, in Suda Bay, north Crete - badly damaged by Italian explosive motor boats, beached and later wrecked by bombing   

1942  20 tons of gelignite kills 21 in a stone quarry in Easton PA on March - 26.   

1942  On March - 26 aDM King becomes both Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, U.S. Fleet   

1942  German offensive in North-Africa under Colonel-General Rommel on March - 26.   

1942  On this day in history the first "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz &Birkenau Camps   

1942  The first 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec on this day in history.   

1942  1st "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz & Birkenau Camps on this day in history.   

1943  Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean on March - 26.   

1943  Second Lieutenant Moananui-a-Kiwi NGARIMU, 28th NZ (Maori) Battalion, won the Victoria Cross at Tebaga Gap, Tunisia on March - 26.   

1943  The first woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott) on March - 26.   

1943  1st woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott) on March - 26.   

1944  On March - 26 705 British bombers attack Essen   

1944  On this day in history the birth of Diana Ross, American singer   

1945  British premier Churchill looks over at the Rhine (near Ginsberg) on this day in history.   

1945  Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine on this day in history.   

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1479  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on March - 26.   

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on March - 26.   

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on March - 26.   

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.   

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on March - 26.   

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

0304  On this day in history death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

0752  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on this day in history.   

0809  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on this day in history.   

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1258  On this day in history floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies   

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on March - 26.   

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on March - 26.