Historical Events Happened In March - 26

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

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

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

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

1934  Driving tests introduced in Britain on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

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

1936  On this day in history 200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, New York-Cal Tech  Share it »

1936  Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  Share it »

1942  20 tons of gelignite kills 21 in a stone quarry in Easton PA on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1942  German offensive in North-Africa under Colonel-General Rommel on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1944  On this day in history 705 British bombers attack Essen  Share it »

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

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

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

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

1516  On this day in history birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)  Share it »

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

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

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

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

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer  Share it »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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