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  On March - 26 iraq & Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty  

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

1934  On this day in history driving tests introduced in Britain  

1934  On this day in history 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  "RvJ" Mitchell & Mjr Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire on this day in history.  

1936  200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, New York-Cal Tech on March - 26.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1938  NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony on March - 26.  

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

1940  On March - 26 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  20 tons of gelignite kills 21 in a stone quarry in Easton PA on March - 26.  

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

1942  On March - 26 german offensive in North-Africa under Colonel-General Rommel  

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

1942  On this day in history 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  1st woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott) on this day in history.  

1944  705 British bombers attack Essen on this day in history.  

1944  The birth of Diana Ross, American singer on March - 26.  

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

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

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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  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.  

1554  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.  

0304  On March - 26 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  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on March - 26.  

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  On this day in history alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies  

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