Historical Events In March - 26

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

1968  Operation Bold Dragon III began in Mekong Delta on this day in history.   

1969  Marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV on March - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1970  "Minnie's Boys" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 80 performances on March - 26.   

1970  500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945 on this day in history.   

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  Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence on March - 26.   

1973  On March - 26 soap opera "The Young and the Restless" premieres   

1973  On this day in history susan Shaw, is first woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange   

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

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 this day in history.   

1975  On March - 26 "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  American League approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M on this day in history.   

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  Elvis Costello releases his first record "Less Than Zero" on March - 26.   

1979  On March - 26 camp David peace treaty between Israel &Egypt   

1979  Jean Stafford, US author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63 on March - 26.   

1980  Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police) on March - 26.   

1980  On this day in history jon-Jon Poulos, rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at 32   

1981  On this day in history police &Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia   

1981  On March - 26 soyuz T-4 lands   

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 this day in history.   

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 March - 26.   

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  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on this day in history.   

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on March - 26.   

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

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.   

1698  On March - 26 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  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on March - 26.   

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

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

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