Page 6: 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 March - 26.   

1931  Iraq & Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty on March - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1935  "RvJ" Mitchell &Major Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire fighter aircraft decide on 8 .303 machine guns on this day in history.   

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

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

1936  On March - 26 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide   

1938  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  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 March - 26.   

1942  On this day in history 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  On March - 26 battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean   

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  The birth of Diana Ross, American singer on this day in history.   

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  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on this day in history.   

1516  On March - 26 birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)   

1554  On March - 26 birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)   

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 March - 26 birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

0752  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on March - 26.   

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

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 March - 26.   

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on March - 26.   

1350  On March - 26 alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies   

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on this day in history.