Page 8: Historical Events In March - 26

1967  On this day in history 21st Tony Awards: Homecoming &Cabaret win   

1968  On this day in history operation Bold Dragon III began in Mekong Delta   

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

1969  On March - 26 nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use   

1969  Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched on March - 26.   

1969  B[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at 87 on March - 26.   

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

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

1970  On March - 26 golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark   

1970  Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul &Mary) pleads guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl on this day in history.   

1971  "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings on March - 26.   

1971  "Cannon" with William Conrad premieres on CBS-TV on this day in history.   

1971  On March - 26 bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence   

1973  Soap opera "The Young and the Restless" premieres on March - 26.   

1973  Susan Shaw, is first woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange on March - 26.   

1973  George Sisler, hall of famer 1st baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history "Tommy" premieres in London   

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

1975  Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at 68 on March - 26.   

1976  On March - 26 american League approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M   

1976  On this day in history wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album   

1976  Richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75 on March - 26.   

1977  On this day in history elvis Costello releases his first record "Less Than Zero"   

1979  Camp David peace treaty between Israel &Egypt on March - 26.   

1979  On March - 26 jean Stafford, US author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63   

1980  On this day in history bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police)   

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

1981  Police &Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia on March - 26.   

1981  On this day in history soyuz T-4 lands   

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

1981  On this day in history cyril Dean Darlington, biologist (hereditary mechanisms), dies at 77   

1982  On this day in history ground-breaking in Washington DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial   

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1479  On this day in history birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III   

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on March - 26.   

1554  On this day in history 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  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on March - 26.   

1671  On March - 26 birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1212  On March - 26 sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58   

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

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

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