Page 8: Historical Events In March - 26

1967  On this day in history 21st Tony Awards: Homecoming &Cabaret win   

1968  Operation Bold Dragon III began in Mekong Delta on this day in history.   

1969  Marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use   

1969  Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched on March - 26.   

1969  On this day in history b[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at 87   

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  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 this day in history.   

1971  "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings on March - 26.   

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  On March - 26 george Sisler, hall of famer 1st baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at 80   

1974  On March - 26 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  On this day in history "Tommy" premieres in London   

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

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

1976  American League approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M on March - 26.   

1976  Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album on this day in history.   

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 March - 26.   

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

1979  Jean Stafford, US author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history police &Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia   

1981  On this day in history soyuz T-4 lands   

1981  On this day in history the British Social Democratic Party is founded by the 'Gang of Four'   

1981  On this day in history cyril Dean Darlington, biologist (hereditary mechanisms), dies at 77   

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 this day in history.   

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on March - 26.   

1554  On March - 26 birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)   

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

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1671  On March - 26 birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  On March - 26 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  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  On this day in history death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)   

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on March - 26.   

1258  On March - 26 floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies   

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on this day in history.   

1517  On this day in history death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer