Historical Events In March - 26

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

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  Driving tests introduced in Britain on this day in history.  

1934  Grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51 on March - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1936  On this day in history 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  On March - 26 spinach growers of Crystal City TX, erect statue of Popeye  

1937  On March - 26 william H Hastie becomes first black federal judge (Virgin Islands)  

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

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

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

1940  On this day in history the birth of James Caan, American actor  

1940  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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

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

1942  The first 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec on this day in history.  

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

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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 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  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on March - 26.  

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

1684  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer  

1698  Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on March - 26.  

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on this day in history.  

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

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

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on March - 26.  

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