Page 6: Historical Events In March - 26
Friday, 04 July 2025
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 this day in history iraq & Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty
1932 Jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25 on March - 26.
1934 On March - 26 driving tests introduced in Britain
1934 Grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51 on this day in history.
1935 "RvJ" Mitchell &Major Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire fighter aircraft decide on 8 .303 machine guns on March - 26.
1935 On March - 26 "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 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 this day in history.
1937 Spinach growers of Crystal City TX, erect statue of Popeye on March - 26.
1937 William H Hastie becomes first black federal judge (Virgin Islands) on March - 26.
1937 Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice & replace his 40 with 36 oz bat on this day in history.
1937 On this day in history 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 On this day in history the birth of James Caan, American actor
1940 Ernest Hemingway & Benjamin Glazer premiere in NYC on March - 26.
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 this day in history.
1942 ADM King becomes both Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, U.S. Fleet on March - 26.
1942 On March - 26 german offensive in North-Africa under Colonel-General Rommel
1942 The first "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz &Birkenau Camps on March - 26.
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 March - 26.
1943 The first woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott) on March - 26.
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 March - 26 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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