Historical Events Happened In March - 26

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

1931  New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capitol of British-Indies on this day in history.  

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

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

1934  On this day in history driving tests introduced in Britain  

1934  Grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 March - 26.  

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

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

1938  On March - 26 nBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony  

1940  The birth of James Caan, American actor on this day in history.  

1940  On this day in history ernest Hemingway & Benjamin Glazer premiere in NYC  

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 March - 26.  

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

1942  On March - 26 the first "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz &Birkenau Camps  

1942  On March - 26 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  On March - 26 battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean  

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

1943  On March - 26 the first woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott)  

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

1944  On March - 26 705 British bombers attack Essen  

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  On March - 26 generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine  

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1479  On March - 26 birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III  

1516  On this day in history 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 March - 26 birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon  

1659  On March - 26 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher  

1671  On March - 26 birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer  

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

1698  On March - 26 birth of václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)  

0304  On March - 26 death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian  

0752  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on March - 26.  

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

1130  On this day in history death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)  

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

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 this day in history.