Page 6: Historical Events In March - 26

1931  On March - 26 iraq &Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty   

1931  On this day in history new Delhi replaces Calcutta as capitol of British-Indies   

1931  On this day in history 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  Grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51 on March - 26.   

1935  On this day in history "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 this day in history 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 March - 26.   

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

1937  On March - 26 spinach growers of Crystal City TX, erect statue of Popeye   

1937  William H Hastie becomes first black federal judge (Virgin Islands) 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  Albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide on this day in history.   

1938  NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony on this day in history.   

1940  The birth of James Caan, American actor on March - 26.   

1940  Ernest Hemingway & Benjamin Glazer premiere in NYC on this day in history.   

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 March - 26 20 tons of gelignite kills 21 in a stone quarry in Easton PA   

1942  On March - 26 aDM King becomes both Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, U.S. Fleet   

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

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 March - 26.   

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

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

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

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1479  On March - 26 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  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  On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

1671  On this day in history birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

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  On March - 26 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  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 March - 26.   

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

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