Historical Events In March - 26

1945  On March - 26 japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima   

1945  On March - 26 kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto   

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

1945  Venray soccer team forms on this day in history.   

1945  -29] Kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto on March - 26.   

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

1948  On March - 26 helen Ernst, German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about 43   

1949  On March - 26 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Okla State 46-36   

1951  USAF flag approved on March - 26.   

1951  On this day in history patty Berg wins LPGA Sandhills Women's Golf Open   

1952  On March - 26 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 March - 26.   

1953  Albert Spalding, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1954  On March - 26 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 March - 26.   

1956  On March - 26 red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One   

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

1958  On this day in history 30th Academy Awards-"Bridge on the River Kwai", Alec Guinness &Joanne Woodward win   

1958  US Army launches America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III" on March - 26.   

1958  On March - 26 phil Mead, cricketer (55061 1st-class runs 1905-36), dies   

1959  On March - 26 test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs West Indies age 15 years 124 days   

1959  Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history iraq executes 30 after attack on President Kassem   

1960  On March - 26 orioles-Reds series for Havana, is moved to Miami   

1960  Ian Keith, actor (Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature   

1962  Marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1966  On March - 26 operation Jackstay in Navy's first amphibious assault in Vietnam's inland waters   

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

1967  On March - 26 kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Venice Ladies' Golf Open   

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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 this day in history.   

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on March - 26.   

1659  On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

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

1684  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on March - 26.   

0304  On this day in history death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

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

0809  On this day in history liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66   

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 this day in history.   

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on this day in history.   

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