Historical Events In March - 26

1945  Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima on this day in history.  

1945  Kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto on this day in history.  

1945  US 7th Army crosses Rhine at Worms on this day in history.  

1945  Venray soccer team forms on March - 26.  

1945  On this day in history -29] Kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto  

1945  On March - 26 david Lloyd George, British (L) premier (1916-22), dies at 82  

1948  Helen Ernst, German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about 43 on this day in history.  

1949  11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Okla State 46-36 on this day in history.  

1951  USAF flag approved on March - 26.  

1951  On March - 26 patty Berg wins LPGA Sandhills Women's Golf Open  

1952  On this day in history 14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats St Johns 80-63  

1953  Dr Jonas Salk announces new vaccine to prevent polio [myelitis] on this day in history.  

1953  Dr Jonas Salk announces vaccine to prevent polio[myelitis] on this day in history.  

1953  On March - 26 albert Spalding, composer, dies at 64  

1954  On this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island  

1955  "Ballad of Davy Crockett", becomes the #1 record in US on this day in history.  

1955  On March - 26 "Ballad of Davy Crockett," becomes the #1 record in US  

1956  Medic Alert Foundation forms on this day in history.  

1956  Red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One on March - 26.  

1956  Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70 on March - 26.  

1958  30th Academy Awards-"Bridge on the River Kwai", Alec Guinness &Joanne Woodward win on March - 26.  

1958  On March - 26 uS Army launches America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III"  

1958  On this day in history phil Mead, cricketer (55061 1st-class runs 1905-36), dies  

1959  Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs West Indies age 15 years 124 days on March - 26.  

1959  Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71 on March - 26.  

1960  Iraq executes 30 after attack on President Kassem on March - 26.  

1960  On this day in history orioles-Reds series for Havana, is moved to Miami  

1960  Ian Keith, actor (Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at 61 on March - 26.  

1962  Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature on March - 26.  

1962  On this day in history marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at 64  

1964  "Funny Girl" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1,348 performances on this day in history.  

1966  Operation Jackstay in Navy's first amphibious assault in Vietnam's inland waters on March - 26.  

1967  21st Tony Awards Homecoming &Cabaret win on this day in history.  

1967  Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Venice Ladies' Golf Open 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  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.  

1554  On March - 26 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 March - 26.  

1659  On March - 26 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher  

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

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 this day in history.  

0809  On March - 26 liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66  

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on March - 26.  

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on March - 26.  

1258  On this day in history floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies  

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

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