Historical Events In March - 26

1967  21st Tony Awards: Homecoming &Cabaret win on March - 26.   

1968  On March - 26 operation Bold Dragon III began in Mekong Delta   

1969  On March - 26 marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV   

1969  Nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use on this day in history.   

1969  Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched on this day in history.   

1969  B[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at 87 on March - 26.   

1970  On March - 26 "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 March - 26.   

1970  On this day in history peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul &Mary) pleads guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl   

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 March - 26.   

1973  Soap opera "The Young and the Restless" premieres on this day in history.   

1973  Susan Shaw, is first woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange on March - 26.   

1973  George Sisler, hall of famer 1st baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at 80 on March - 26.   

1974  On this day in history george Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2 for heavyweight boxing title   

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

1975  "Tommy" premieres in London on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history ottawa raises minimum wage for federal employees from $2.20 to $2.60 per hour.   

1975  On this day in history faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at 68   

1976  On March - 26 american League approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M   

1976  On March - 26 wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album   

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

1977  Elvis Costello releases his first record "Less Than Zero" on March - 26.   

1979  On March - 26 camp David peace treaty between Israel &Egypt   

1979  On this day in history jean Stafford, US author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63   

1980  Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police) on this day in history.   

1980  Jon-Jon Poulos, rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at 32 on this day in history.   

1981  Police &Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia on this day in history.   

1981  Soyuz T-4 lands on March - 26.   

1981  The British Social Democratic Party is founded by the 'Gang of Four' on March - 26.   

1981  Cyril Dean Darlington, biologist (hereditary mechanisms), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1982  Ground-breaking in Washington DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial on March - 26.   

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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  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

1577  On this day in history birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon   

1659  On March - 26 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 this day in history birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)   

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on this day in history.   

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  On March - 26 death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)   

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  On this day in history death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer