Page 7: Historical Events In March - 26

1945  Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima on March - 26.   

1945  Kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto on March - 26.   

1945  On March - 26 uS 7th Army crosses Rhine at Worms   

1945  On March - 26 venray soccer team forms   

1945  -29] Kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto on March - 26.   

1945  David Lloyd George, British (L) premier (1916-22), dies at 82 on March - 26.   

1948  On March - 26 helen Ernst, German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about 43   

1949  On this day in history 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Okla State 46-36   

1951  On March - 26 uSAF flag approved   

1951  Patty Berg wins LPGA Sandhills Women's Golf Open on March - 26.   

1952  On March - 26 14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats St Johns 80-63   

1953  Dr Jonas Salk announces new vaccine to prevent polio [myelitis] on March - 26.   

1953  Dr Jonas Salk announces vaccine to prevent polio[myelitis] on March - 26.   

1953  On this day in history albert Spalding, composer, dies at 64   

1954  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island on this day in history.   

1955  "Ballad of Davy Crockett", becomes the #1 record in US on this day in history.   

1955  "Ballad of Davy Crockett," becomes the #1 record in US on March - 26.   

1956  Medic Alert Foundation forms on this day in history.   

1956  On March - 26 red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One   

1956  On this day in history thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70   

1958  On March - 26 30th Academy Awards-"Bridge on the River Kwai", Alec Guinness &Joanne Woodward win   

1958  On March - 26 uS Army launches America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III"   

1958  Phil Mead, cricketer (55061 1st-class runs 1905-36), dies on this day in history.   

1959  Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs West Indies age 15 years 124 days on this day in history.   

1959  Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71 on March - 26.   

1960  On this day in history iraq executes 30 after attack on President Kassem   

1960  On this day in history orioles-Reds series for Havana, is moved to Miami   

1960  Ian Keith, actor (Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at 61 on March - 26.   

1962  On March - 26 supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature   

1962  Marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1964  "Funny Girl" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1,348 performances on this day in history.   

1966  On March - 26 operation Jackstay in Navy's first amphibious assault in Vietnam's inland waters   

1967  21st Tony Awards Homecoming &Cabaret win on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Venice Ladies' Golf Open   

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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  On this day in history 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 March - 26 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  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0304  On March - 26 death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

0752  On March - 26 stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies   

0809  On March - 26 liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66   

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on March - 26.   

1212  On March - 26 sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58   

1258  On March - 26 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.