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 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 March - 26 grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51   

1935  "RvJ" Mitchell &Major Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire fighter aircraft decide on 8 .303 machine guns on March - 26.   

1935  "RvJ" Mitchell & Mjr Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire on March - 26.   

1936  200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, New York-Cal Tech on this day in history.   

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 March - 26.   

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

1937  Spinach growers of Crystal City TX, erect statue of Popeye on this day in history.   

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

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

1937  On March - 26 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 March - 26.   

1940  On March - 26 ernest Hemingway & Benjamin Glazer premiere in NYC   

1941  On March - 26 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 this day in history.   

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 March - 26 the first 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec   

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 March - 26.   

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

1943  On March - 26 1st woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott)   

1944  705 British bombers attack Essen on March - 26.   

1944  On this day in history the birth of Diana Ross, American singer   

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

1945  Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine on March - 26.   

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1479  On this day in history 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 March - 26 birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)   

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 March - 26.   

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

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

1698  On March - 26 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  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on March - 26.   

0809  On March - 26 liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66   

1130  On March - 26 death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)   

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on March - 26.   

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

1350  On March - 26 alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies   

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