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  On March - 26 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  Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched on this day in history.   

1969  B[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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  Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark on March - 26.   

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

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  Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history soap opera "The Young and the Restless" premieres   

1973  On March - 26 susan Shaw, is first woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange   

1973  On this day in history 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  On this day in history romanian communist party names party leader Nicolae Ceausescu President   

1975  "Tommy" premieres in London on March - 26.   

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

1975  On March - 26 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  Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album on March - 26.   

1976  On this day in history richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75   

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

1979  On this day in history camp David peace treaty between Israel &Egypt   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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 March - 26 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 this day in history birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

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  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  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 March - 26.   

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on March - 26.   

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on this day in history.   

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on March - 26.