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Historical Events Happened In March - 26

Monday, 20 May 2013

1934 Driving tests introduced in Britain on this day in history.

1934 On this day in history grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51

1935 On this day in history "RvJ" Mitchell &Major Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire fighter aircraft decide on 8 .303 machine guns

1935 "RvJ" Mitchell & Mjr Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire on this day in history.

1936 200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, New York-Cal Tech on this day in history.

1936 On this day in history mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska

1936 On this day in history 1st parliamentary debate on NZ radio

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

1937 On this day in history spinach growers of Crystal City TX, erect statue of Popeye

1937 On this day in history william H Hastie becomes first black federal judge (Virgin Islands)

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

1937 On this day in history albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide

1938 NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony on this day in history.

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

1940 Ernest Hemingway & Benjamin Glazer premiere in NYC on this day in history.

1941 HMS YORK, lost Eastern Mediterranean, in Suda Bay, north Crete - badly damaged by Italian explosive motor boats, beached and later wrecked by bombing on this day in history.

1942 On this day in history 20 tons of gelignite kills 21 in a stone quarry in Easton PA

1942 ADM King becomes both Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, U.S. Fleet on this day in history.

1942 On this day in history german offensive in North-Africa under Colonel-General Rommel

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

1942 On this day in history the first 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec

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

1943 On this day in history battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean

1943 On this day in history second Lieutenant Moananui-a-Kiwi NGARIMU, 28th NZ (Maori) Battalion, won the Victoria Cross at Tebaga Gap, Tunisia

1943 The first woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott) on this day in history.

1943 1st woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott) on this day in history.

1944 705 British bombers attack Essen on this day in history.

1944 The birth of Diana Ross, American singer on this day in history.

1945 On this day in history british premier Churchill looks over at the Rhine (near Ginsberg)

1945 On this day in history generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine

1945 Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima on this day in history.

1945 On this day in history kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto

1945 US 7th Army crosses Rhine at Worms on this day in history.

1945 Venray soccer team forms on this day in history.

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Famous Birthdays In March - 26

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1479 Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on this day in history.

1516 Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.

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

1577 On this day in history birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon

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 this day in history.

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

Famous Deaths In March - 26

Famous People Died On This Day In History

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

1212 On this day in history sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58

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

1350 Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on this day in history.

1517 Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on this day in history.

1535 Death of Georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482) on this day in history.

1546 On this day in history thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies

1566 On this day in history antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies