Page 8: Historical Events In March - 26

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

1968  On March - 26 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  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  "Minnie's Boys" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 80 performances on this day in history.   

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  On March - 26 "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1974  George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2 for heavyweight boxing title on March - 26.   

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

1975  On this day in history "Tommy" premieres in London   

1975  On March - 26 ottawa raises minimum wage for federal employees from $2.20 to $2.60 per hour.   

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

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

1976  On March - 26 wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album   

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

1977  Elvis Costello releases his first record "Less Than Zero" on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1981  On this day in history 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  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  On March - 26 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 March - 26 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 March - 26.   

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  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

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

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