Page 6: Historical Events In March - 26

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

1931  On March - 26 new Delhi replaces Calcutta as capitol of British-Indies   

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

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

1934  On March - 26 driving tests introduced in Britain   

1934  Grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 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 March - 26.   

1937  On March - 26 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  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 this day in history.   

1942  On March - 26 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  On this day in history 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  1st "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz & Birkenau Camps on March - 26.   

1943  On March - 26 battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean   

1943  On March - 26 second Lieutenant Moananui-a-Kiwi NGARIMU, 28th NZ (Maori) Battalion, won the Victoria Cross at Tebaga Gap, Tunisia   

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

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

1944  705 British bombers attack Essen on March - 26.   

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

1945  On March - 26 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  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on March - 26.   

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 this day in history 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  Johann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 26 stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies   

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

1130  On March - 26 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  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on March - 26.   

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