Historical Events In March - 26

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

1931  On March - 26 new Delhi replaces Calcutta as capitol of British-Indies  

1931  On this day in history iraq & Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty  

1932  Jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25 on March - 26.  

1934  Driving tests introduced in Britain on March - 26.  

1934  Grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51 on March - 26.  

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

1935  On this day in history "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 March - 26.  

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

1937  Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice & replace his 40 with 36 oz bat on March - 26.  

1937  Albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide on March - 26.  

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  On this day in history ernest Hemingway & Benjamin Glazer premiere in NYC  

1941  On this day in history 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 this day in history aDM King becomes both Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, U.S. Fleet  

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

1942  The first "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz &Birkenau Camps on March - 26.  

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

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

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

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  On this day in history the first woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott)  

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 March - 26.  

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

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  On March - 26 birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III  

1516  On March - 26 birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)  

1554  On this day in history birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)  

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

1659  On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher  

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on March - 26.  

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.  

1698  On this day in history birth of václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)  

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on this day in history.  

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 March - 26.  

1212  On March - 26 sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58  

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on March - 26.  

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

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