Page 8: 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 March - 26 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  B[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1970  "Minnie's Boys" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 80 performances on March - 26.   

1970  500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945 on this day in history.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1976  Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album on March - 26.   

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

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

1980  On March - 26 bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police)   

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

1981  On March - 26 police &Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia   

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

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

1981  On this day in history cyril Dean Darlington, biologist (hereditary mechanisms), dies at 77   

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 March - 26 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 this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

1671  On this day in history 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  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on March - 26.   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies   

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