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 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  On this day in history soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched   

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  On March - 26 500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945   

1970  Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark on this day in history.   

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

1971  On this day in history "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings   

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

1971  On March - 26 bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence   

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

1973  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album   

1976  On March - 26 richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75   

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  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 March - 26.   

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  On March - 26 soyuz T-4 lands   

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

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

1982  On March - 26 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 this day in history 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 this day in history birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer   

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  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on March - 26.   

0809  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on March - 26.   

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 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 March - 26.   

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on this day in history.