Historical Events In March - 26

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

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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 March - 26.  

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 March - 26 bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence  

1973  On this day in history 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 March - 26.  

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

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

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

1976  American League approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M on March - 26.  

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

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

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

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  On this day in history 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  On March - 26 police &Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia  

1981  Soyuz T-4 lands on March - 26.  

1981  On this day in history the British Social Democratic Party is founded by the 'Gang of Four'  

1981  On March - 26 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 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 March - 26.  

1577  On this day in history birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon  

1659  On March - 26 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher  

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

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

1698  On this day in history birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)  

0304  On this day in history 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  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on this day in history.  

1130  On March - 26 death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)  

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

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