Page 8: Historical Events In March - 26

1967  On March - 26 21st Tony Awards: Homecoming &Cabaret win   

1968  On March - 26 operation Bold Dragon III began in Mekong Delta   

1969  Marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV on this day in history.   

1969  Nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use on March - 26.   

1969  On this day in history soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched   

1969  On this day in history b[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at 87   

1970  On this day in history "Minnie's Boys" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 80 performances   

1970  500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945 on March - 26.   

1970  On this day in history golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark   

1970  On March - 26 peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul &Mary) pleads guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl   

1971  On this day in history "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings   

1971  On March - 26 "Cannon" with William Conrad premieres on CBS-TV   

1971  On this day in history bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence   

1973  Soap opera "The Young and the Restless" premieres on this day in history.   

1973  Susan Shaw, is first woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange on this day in history.   

1973  On March - 26 george Sisler, hall of famer 1st baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at 80   

1974  On March - 26 george Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2 for heavyweight boxing title   

1974  Romanian communist party names party leader Nicolae Ceausescu President on March - 26.   

1975  "Tommy" premieres in London on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history ottawa raises minimum wage for federal employees from $2.20 to $2.60 per hour.   

1975  Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at 68 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history american League approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M   

1976  Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album on March - 26.   

1976  On March - 26 richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75   

1977  On March - 26 elvis Costello releases his first record "Less Than Zero"   

1979  Camp David peace treaty between Israel &Egypt on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history jean Stafford, US author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63   

1980  On March - 26 bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police)   

1980  Jon-Jon Poulos, rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at 32 on March - 26.   

1981  Police &Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia on this day in history.   

1981  Soyuz T-4 lands on this day in history.   

1981  On March - 26 the British Social Democratic Party is founded by the 'Gang of Four'   

1981  Cyril Dean Darlington, biologist (hereditary mechanisms), dies at 77 on March - 26.   

1982  Ground-breaking in Washington DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)   

1554  On this day in history birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)   

1577  On March - 26 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 this day in history.   

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

0304  On March - 26 death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

0752  On this day in history stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies   

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  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 this day in history.   

1350  On this day in history alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies   

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