Historical Events In March - 26

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

1968  On this day in history 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  On this day in history nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use  

1969  Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched on this day in history.  

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

1970  On this day in history 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 March - 26 "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings  

1971  "Cannon" with William Conrad premieres on CBS-TV on this day in history.  

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

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

1973  Susan Shaw, is first woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange on March - 26.  

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

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 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 March - 26.  

1976  Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album on this day in history.  

1976  Richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1977  Elvis Costello releases his first record "Less Than Zero" on March - 26.  

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

1979  Jean Stafford, US author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1980  Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police) on this day in history.  

1980  On March - 26 jon-Jon Poulos, rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at 32  

1981  Police &Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia on March - 26.  

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 March - 26.  

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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 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1698  Václav Prokop Diviš, 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  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 this day in history.  

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on this day in history.  

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