Page 8: 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched   

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

1970  "Minnie's Boys" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 80 performances on March - 26.   

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

1970  Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark on this day in history.   

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

1971  On this day in history "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings   

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

1971  Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence on March - 26.   

1973  On this day in history soap opera "The Young and the Restless" premieres   

1973  On March - 26 susan Shaw, is first woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange   

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 March - 26 "Tommy" premieres in London   

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  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 March - 26.   

1976  On this day in history richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75   

1977  On this day in history elvis Costello releases his first record "Less Than Zero"   

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  Jon-Jon Poulos, rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at 32 on March - 26.   

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

1981  On March - 26 soyuz T-4 lands   

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

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 this day in history.   

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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  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on March - 26.   

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on March - 26.   

1659  On March - 26 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on March - 26.   

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  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on March - 26.   

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 March - 26.   

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

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on March - 26.   

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