Historical Events 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 March - 26.  

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

1932  On March - 26 jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25  

1934  Driving tests introduced in Britain on March - 26.  

1934  On March - 26 grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51  

1935  On March - 26 "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  On March - 26 200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, New York-Cal Tech  

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

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

1937  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1937  On March - 26 joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice & replace his 40 with 36 oz bat  

1937  On March - 26 albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide  

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

1940  On March - 26 the birth of James Caan, American actor  

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 March - 26.  

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  German offensive in North-Africa under Colonel-General Rommel on this day in history.  

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  On March - 26 1st "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz & Birkenau Camps  

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 this day in history.  

1943  The first woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott) on March - 26.  

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 March - 26.  

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

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  On March - 26 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 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  On this day in history death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian  

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 March - 26.  

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

1517  On March - 26 death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer