Page 8: Historical Events In March - 26

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

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

1969  Marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use   

1969  Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched on March - 26.   

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  Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history george Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2 for heavyweight boxing title   

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

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  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 March - 26.   

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  On March - 26 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 March - 26.   

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

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

1982  Ground-breaking in Washington DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial on this day in history.   

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1479  On this day in history birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III   

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on March - 26.   

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1671  On March - 26 birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

1684  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on this day in history.   

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 March - 26.   

1130  On this day in history death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)   

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

1258  On this day in history floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies   

1350  On March - 26 alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies   

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