Page 8: Historical Events In March - 26

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

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

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  Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched on this day in history.   

1969  On March - 26 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  500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945 on this day in history.   

1970  Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark on March - 26.   

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

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

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

1971  Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence on this day in history.   

1973  Soap opera "The Young and the Restless" premieres on this day in history.   

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

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

1974  George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1974  Romanian communist party names party leader Nicolae Ceausescu President on this day in history.   

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

1976  On March - 26 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 this day in history.   

1977  On March - 26 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1981  Police &Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia on this day in history.   

1981  Soyuz T-4 lands on March - 26.   

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

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  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on this day in history.   

1516  On March - 26 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  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on March - 26.   

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

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 March - 26.   

0304  On this day in history death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

0752  On March - 26 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  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  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on March - 26.   

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