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 March - 26 marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV   

1969  On March - 26 nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use   

1969  On March - 26 soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched   

1969  B[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history "Minnie's Boys" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 80 performances   

1970  500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark   

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

1971  On March - 26 "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings   

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

1971  Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence on this day in history.   

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

1973  Susan Shaw, is first woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history george Sisler, hall of famer 1st baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at 80   

1974  George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

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

1975  "Tommy" premieres in London on March - 26.   

1975  On March - 26 ottawa raises minimum wage for federal employees from $2.20 to $2.60 per hour.   

1975  Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at 68 on March - 26.   

1976  On this day in history american League approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M   

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

1976  Richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1977  Elvis Costello releases his first record "Less Than Zero" on this day in history.   

1979  Camp David peace treaty between Israel &Egypt on this day in history.   

1979  On March - 26 jean Stafford, US author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63   

1980  Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police) on March - 26.   

1980  On March - 26 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  Cyril Dean Darlington, biologist (hereditary mechanisms), dies at 77 on March - 26.   

1982  On this day in history ground-breaking in Washington DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial   

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1479  On March - 26 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 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  Johann Graf, composer was born on March - 26.   

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  On March - 26 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  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on this day in history.   

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.