March 26

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on March 26. From 1900 until now. March 26 is under the sign of Aries. Famous birthdays on this day include Keira Knightley (1985), Steven Tyler (1948) and Diana Ross (1944). Several movies were released around March 26 over the years, such as The White Sun of the Desert in 1970 directed by Vladimir Motyl and The Blue Angel in 1930 directed by Josef von Sternberg.
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Prince Kuhio Day in Hawaii
Zoroastrianism - Prophet Zoroaster's Birthday.
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2019 Yemeni Civil War: An airstrike carried out in north-west Yemen kills seven and injures eight others at a hospital. The airstrike occurred early when patients and staff members were arriving. (BBC) (The Washington Post)
2018 Terrorism in the United Kingdom: Six alleged members of the banned neo-Nazi group National Action appear in court. One is accused of planning to kill MP Rosie Cooper and another is charged with inciting murder. (The Independent)
2017 A Ukrainian military Mi-2 transport helicopter crashes after hitting a power line near Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, killing all five people aboard. (Reuters)
2016 Syrian Civil War: Palmyra offensive (March 2016): Syrian troops advance into Palmyra on multiple fronts with the help of Russian airstrikes and take several neighbourhoods, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. However they were unable to encircle the city. (BBC)
2015 Aftermath of the 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état: 2015 military intervention in Yemen: The Saudi Arabian Air Force launches airstrikes on Sana'a International Airport and Yemen's al Dulaimi military airport resulting in at least 17 deaths. (Reuters), (Al-Jazeera)
2014 A police officer critically injures a 10-year-old child after hitting him with a tear gas canister at close range at a Peace and Democracy Party event in Diyarbakır, Turkey. (BBC)
2013 Australia announces that it will be closing its base in Tarinkot in Urozgan Province, with the majority of troops returning home by the end of this year. (ABC News Australia)
2012 An Afghan police officer shoots and kills two British military personnel before being gunned down. (AP via Google News)
2011 March for the Alternative in London as around 400,000 people march against british government spending cuts and participate in direct action against tax avoiding companies.
2010 US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agree to a new nuclear arms reduction treaty. The treaty limits both sides to 1,550 warheads, a cut of 25 percent for the Americans and 30 percent for the Russians. Once the treaty is ratified, each side would have seven years to carry out the reductions.
2009 Mount Redoubt volcano in Alaska erupts, shooting a plume of ash and smoke into the atmosphere, up to 20,000m.
2008 Advanced Micro Devices unveils the "Phenom" microprocessor for desktop personal computers.
2007 President of Chile Michelle Bachelet sacks several ministers including the Minister for National Defence Vivianne Blanlot Soza and the Minister for Justice Isidro Solís Palma for perceived poor performance as well as her Chief of Staff. The Minister for Transport Sergio Espejo Yaksic is sacked for problems with Santiago's new transport system Transantiago. (BBC)
2006 The military junta ruling Burma officially names Naypyidaw, a new city in Mandalay Division, as the new capital. Yangon had formerly been the nation's capital.
2005 The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the demonstration.
2004 The United States Congress prepares legislation against peer-to-peer technology on multiple fronts. (Wired News)
2003 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says that American and allied troops in Iraq must be used to provide humanitarian aid to Iraqis whilst the security situation is so unstable (BBC)
2000 In Seattle, Washington, the Kingdome sports arena is demolished into a mound of rubble over 65 feet high, to make way for a new stadium.
1999 A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
1998 Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: 52 people are killed with axes and knives; 32 of the killed are babies under the age of 2.
1997 Annie, opens at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
1996 Fire breaks out at the Pasar Anyar shopping centre in Bogor, West Java. The first death toll estimate is 78 until rescuers notice that 68 of them are mannequins.
1995 Defending the Caveman, opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 671 performances
1994 Talk show hostess Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman
1992 Mike Tyson sentenced to 10 years in rape of Desiree Washington
1991 Victoria beats New South Wales by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final.
1990 62nd Academy Awards: Driving Miss Daisy, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Tandy win.
1989 1st free elections in the USSR; 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins
1988 Janet B Evans swims 1500 metre freestyle female world record (15:02.10).
1987 NASA launches Fltsatcom-6, it fails to reach orbit.
1986 Geffen records signs Guns and Roses
1983 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1982 Ground-breaking in Washington, DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial
1981 Police and Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo, Yugoslavia.
1980 A mine lift cage at the Vaal Reef gold mine in South Africa falls 1.2 miles (1.9 kilometers), killing 23.
1979 Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
1978 The control tower and some other facilities of New Tokyo International Airport, which was scheduled to open on March 31, are illegally occupied and damaged by terrorist attack by New Left activists, being forced to reschedule its opening date to May 20.
1977 Elvis Costello releases his first record "Less Than Zero".
1976 Wings release Wings at the Speed of Sound album
1975 Tommy premieres in London
1974 Romanian communist party names party leader Nicolae Ceausescu President.
1973 Soap Young and the Restless premieres
1972 Only Fools Are Sad closes at Edison Theater NYC after 144 performances
1971 Benny Hill Show tops TV ratings
1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark
1969 Marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV
1968 Joan Baez marries activist David Harris in New York.
1967 Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Populorum progressio
1966 Demonstrations are held across the United States against the Vietnam War.
1964 Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand opens at Winter Garden Theater in New York City for 1,348 performances.
1962 US Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature.
1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Golden Circle of Golf Festival.
1960 Orioles-Reds series for Havana, is moved to Miami
1959 Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad versus West Indies age 15 years 124 days.
1958 30th Academy Awards - Bridge on the River Kwai, Alec Guinness, and Joanne Woodward win.
1957 22-year-old Elvis Presley buys Graceland on 3734 Bellevue Boulevard (Highway 51 South) for $US100,000. He and his family move from the house on 1034 Audubon Drive.
1956 Medic Alert Foundation forms
1955 "Ballad of Davy Crockett" becomes the #1 record in US.
1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island.
1953 Salk Polio vaccine announced
1951 USAF flag approved
1949 The first half of Giuseppe Verdi's opera ''Aida'', conducted by legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini, and performed in concert (i.e. no scenery or costumes), is telecast by NBC, live from Studio 8H at Rockefeller Center. The second half is telecast a week later. This is the only complete opera that Toscanini ever conducts on television.
1945 British Premier Churchill looks over at the Rhine (near Ginsberg)
1944 705 British bombers attack Essen, Germany.
1943 1st woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott)
1942 1st 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec
1940 Ernest Hemingway and Benjamin Glazer premiere in New York City
1937 William H Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands)
1936 200 telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, NY-Cal Tech
1935 RvJ Mitchell and Major Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire
1931 New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capitol of British-Indies.
1930 US Congress appropriates $50,000 for Inter-American highway.
1928 The China Academy of Art is founded in Hangzhou, Republic of China (first named the National Academy of Art).
1927 Gaumont-British Film Corporation forms.
1926 The 1st lip-reading tournament held in America
1923 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), three games to one.
1917 Stanley Cup: Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1; Seattle is first US team to win Stanley Cup.
1916 Birdman of Alcatraz receives solitary.
1915 Stanley Cup: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Ottawa Senators in 3.
1913 Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the first Balkan War.
1910 US forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers and the sick.
1904 80,000 demonstrators gather in Hyde Park, London, to protest against the importation of Chinese labourers to South Africa by the British government.
1903 American Hotel opens in Amsterdam.
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Jennifer Grey: American actress.
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James Caan: American actor; on-screen from 1963...
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Larry Page: Entrepreneur.
Joseph Campbell: American writer and leading authority...
Richard Dawkins: British evolutionary biologist.
Amy Smart: American actress.
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Tennessee Williams: American writer, poet, and outstanding...
Nancy Pelosi: American politician, the highest-ranking...
Eugenia Last: Canadian astrologer, author of several...
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Martin Short: Canadian comedian.
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Jay Sean: British R&B singer.
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Vicki Lawrence: American actress and comedienne, best...
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Julie Jézéquel: French actress and writer.
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Charles Dumont: French pop singer, he composed several...
Jonathan Groff: American stage and television actor.
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Jessica Hart (model)
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Grégory Corso
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Sterling Hayden: American actor and author.
Bob Woodward: American writer, a journalist with the...
Tinto Brass: Italian film director.
Ian Tough: Scottish entertainer with a stage act...
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Roberto Bolle: Italian ballet dancer, the most...
John Stockton: Basketball Player.
Rebecca Twigg: American professional cyclist who was...
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Andrew Fitzherbert: British homicide, sentenced to life in...
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Fred Zeller: French painter and political activist.
Mikel Arteta: Spanish footballer.
Strother Martin: American character actor who often plays...
Jessica McClure: Baby trapped in Texas well in 1988.
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Christian Anfinsen: American biochemist who won the Nobel...
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Charles Ailleret: French military.
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Suvi Koponen: Finnish-American model and actress.
James Rizzitano: American-International chess master,...
Romeo Neri: Italian gymnast, a winner of an Olympics...
Paul de Leeuw: Dutch television host.
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Sheila Lindsay: Irish psychic and author of "Time...
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Matt Grevers: American swimmer.
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Leeza Gibbons: American talk show host.
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Eddie Lang: American jazz guitarist (d. 1933).
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Rapper-E (Eazy Eric Wright): Dies at 31.
Thomas Wakefield: Writer, dies at 60.
Auguste Charlois: French astronomer (Born 1864).
William Chester Minor: American surgeon and contributor to the...
Katharine Lee Bates: American poet (Born 1859).
Spiridon Louis: Greek runner, winner of the first modern...
John Kennedy Toole: American author (Born 1937).
Lin Yutang: Chinese writer (Born 1895).
Anil Biswas: Indian politician (Born 1944).
Isaac Mayer Wise rabbi/found American Hebrew Congregations: dies at age 80.
Nikolai Arkas composer: dies at age 56.
Konstantin Fehrenbach: German reichs chancellor (1920-21), dies...
Georges Vezina: NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Montreal...
Isaack Stouten: resistance fighter, shot to death at age...
Helen Ernst: German poster artist/resistance fighter,...
Marjorie Colton: inventor of wax paper, dies at age 64.
Jon-Jon Poulos: rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at...
Cyril Dean Darlington: biologist (hereditary mechanisms), dies...
Anthony F Blunt: British art historian/spy for USSR, dies...
Roy "Halston" Frowick: fashion designer, dies of AIDS at age...
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(Elizabeth Cissie) Charlton: football matriarch, dies at age 83.
Edmund S Muskie: US Vice Presidential...
Hai Zi: Chinese poet (Born 1964).
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Emile St Godard: Canadian dog sled racer (Born 1905).
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