Page 6: Historical Events In March - 26

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

1931  On this day in history new Delhi replaces Calcutta as capitol of British-Indies   

1931  Iraq & Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty on March - 26.   

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

1934  Driving tests introduced in Britain on March - 26.   

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

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

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 March - 26.   

1937  On March - 26 spinach growers of Crystal City TX, erect statue of Popeye   

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 this day in history.   

1937  Albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide on this day in history.   

1938  NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony on March - 26.   

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

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

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

1942  The first "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz &Birkenau Camps on this day in history.   

1942  The first 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec on March - 26.   

1942  1st "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz & Birkenau Camps on March - 26.   

1943  Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1944  On March - 26 705 British bombers attack Essen   

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   

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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  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on March - 26.   

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

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on March - 26.   

0752  On this day in history stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies   

0809  On this day in history liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66   

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

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

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1350  On this day in history alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies   

1517  On this day in history death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer