Page 6: Historical Events In March - 26

1931  On March - 26 iraq &Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty   

1931  New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capitol of British-Indies on this day in history.   

1931  On March - 26 iraq & Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty   

1932  Jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1934  Driving tests introduced in Britain on March - 26.   

1934  Grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51 on March - 26.   

1935  On this day in history "RvJ" Mitchell &Major Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire fighter aircraft decide on 8 .303 machine guns   

1935  "RvJ" Mitchell & Mjr Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire on this day in history.   

1936  200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, New York-Cal Tech on March - 26.   

1936  Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska on this day in history.   

1936  1st parliamentary debate on NZ radio on March - 26.   

1937  On this day in history joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice &replace his 40 with 36 oz bat   

1937  Spinach growers of Crystal City TX, erect statue of Popeye on this day in history.   

1937  William H Hastie becomes first black federal judge (Virgin Islands) on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice & replace his 40 with 36 oz bat   

1937  Albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide on this day in history.   

1938  On March - 26 nBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony   

1940  The birth of James Caan, American actor on March - 26.   

1940  On this day in history ernest Hemingway & Benjamin Glazer premiere in NYC   

1941  HMS YORK, lost Eastern Mediterranean, in Suda Bay, north Crete - badly damaged by Italian explosive motor boats, beached and later wrecked by bombing on March - 26.   

1942  On March - 26 20 tons of gelignite kills 21 in a stone quarry in Easton PA   

1942  On March - 26 aDM King becomes both Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, U.S. Fleet   

1942  German offensive in North-Africa under Colonel-General Rommel on March - 26.   

1942  On this day in history the first "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz &Birkenau Camps   

1942  On March - 26 the first 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec   

1942  On March - 26 1st "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz & Birkenau Camps   

1943  On this day in history battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean   

1943  On March - 26 second Lieutenant Moananui-a-Kiwi NGARIMU, 28th NZ (Maori) Battalion, won the Victoria Cross at Tebaga Gap, Tunisia   

1943  On this day in history the first woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott)   

1943  On March - 26 1st woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott)   

1944  705 British bombers attack Essen on March - 26.   

1944  The birth of Diana Ross, American singer on this day in history.   

1945  British premier Churchill looks over at the Rhine (near Ginsberg) on this day in history.   

1945  Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine 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  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  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0304  On this day in history death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

0752  On this day in history stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies   

0809  On this day in history liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66   

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

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