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March 26th, 2008 (March 26 2008) | Death | Heath Benedict, American Football Player (born in 1983) | |
March 26th, 2008 (March 26 2008) | Death | Robert Fagles, American translator and professor (born in 1933) | |
March 26th, 2008 (March 26 2008) | Death | Wally Phillips, American radio personality (born in 1925) | |
March 26th, 2008 (March 26 2008) | Death | Manuel Marulanda Velez aka Tirofijo, founder and lifelong leader of Colombian rebel group FARC-EP (born in 1930) | |
March 26th, 2006 (March 26 2006) | Event | In Scotland, the prohibition of smoking in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force. | |
March 26th, 2006 (March 26 2006) | Event | The military junta ruling Myanmar officially named Naypyidaw, a new city in Mandalay Division, as the new capital. Yangon had formerly been the nation s capital. | |
March 26th, 2006 (March 26 2006) | Death | Anil Biswas, Indian politician (born in 1944) | |
March 26th, 2006 (March 26 2006) | Death | Paul Dana, American race car driver (born in 1975) | |
March 26th, 2006 (March 26 2006) | Death | Nikki Sudden, British singer/songwriter (born in 1956) | |
March 26th, 2005 (March 26 2005) | Event | The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People s Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the walk. | |
March 26th, 2005 (March 26 2005) | Death | James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1912) | James Callaghan Quotes |
March 26th, 2005 (March 26 2005) | Death | Gerard Filion, Quebec businessman and journalist (born in 1909) | |
March 26th, 2005 (March 26 2005) | Death | Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz and Crowded House) (born in 1959) | |
March 26th, 2005 (March 26 2005) | Death | Marius Russo, American baseball player (born in 1914) | |
March 26th, 2004 (March 26 2004) | Death | Jan Berry, American musician (Jan and Dean) (born in 1941) | |
March 26th, 2004 (March 26 2004) | Death | Jan Sterling, American actress (born in 1921) | |
March 26th, 2003 (March 26 2003) | Death | Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator (born in 1927) | |
March 26th, 2002 (March 26 2002) | Death | Randy Castillo, American drummer (Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue) (born in 1950) | Ozzy Osbourne Quotes |
March 26th, 2000 (March 26 2000) | Death | Alex Comfort, American author (born in 1920) | |
March 26th, 1999 (March 26 1999) | Event | The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world. | |
March 26th, 1999 (March 26 1999) | Event | A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man. | Jack Kevorkian Quotes |
March 26th, 1998 (March 26 1998) | Event | Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria; 52 people killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2. | |
March 26th, 1997 (March 26 1997) | Event | Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven s Gate cult suicides. | |
March 26th, 1997 (March 26 1997) | Death | Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader (born in 1931) | |
March 26th, 1996 (March 26 1996) | Event | The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan for Russia. | |
March 26th, 1996 (March 26 1996) | Death | Edmund Muskie, American politician (born in 1914) | |
March 26th, 1996 (March 26 1996) | Death | David Packard, American engineer and businessman (born in 1912) | |
March 26th, 1995 (March 26 1995) | Event | The Schengen Treaty goes into effect. | |
March 26th, 1995 (March 26 1995) | Death | Eazy-E, American rapper (N.W.A) (born in 1963) | |
March 26th, 1992 (March 26 1992) | Death | Barbara Frum, Canadian journalist (born in 1937) | |
March 26th, 1990 (March 26 1990) | Death | Halston, American fashion designer (born in 1932) | |
March 26th, 1987 (March 26 1987) | Birth | Yui, Japanese musician | |
March 26th, 1987 (March 26 1987) | Death | Eugen Jochum, German conductor (born in 1902) | |
March 26th, 1985 (March 26 1985) | Birth | Keira Knightley, English actress | |
March 26th, 1985 (March 26 1985) | Birth | Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricket captain | |
March 26th, 1985 (March 26 1985) | Birth | Jonathan Groff, American stage actor | |
March 26th, 1984 (March 26 1984) | Birth | Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean crickaeter | |
March 26th, 1984 (March 26 1984) | Birth | Stephanie Lapointe, French-Canadian singer | |
March 26th, 1984 (March 26 1984) | Birth | Sara Jean Underwood, American model | |
March 26th, 1984 (March 26 1984) | Death | Ahmed Sekou Toure, President of Guinea (born in 1922) | |
March 26th, 1983 (March 26 1983) | Birth | David Bennett, Canadian powerlifter and steamfitter | |
March 26th, 1983 (March 26 1983) | Birth | Michael Brendli, American professional wrestler | |
March 26th, 1983 (March 26 1983) | Death | Anthony Blunt, British art historian and spy (born in 1907) | |
March 26th, 1982 (March 26 1982) | Event | A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, DC. | |
March 26th, 1982 (March 26 1982) | Birth | Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer | |
March 26th, 1981 (March 26 1981) | Birth | Baruch Dego, Israeli football player | |
March 26th, 1981 (March 26 1981) | Birth | Jay Sean, British Asian R&B singer | |
March 26th, 1981 (March 26 1981) | Birth | Josh Wilson, American baseball player | |
March 26th, 1980 (March 26 1980) | Birth | Son Ho Young, Korean singer | |
March 26th, 1979 (March 26 1979) | Event | Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, DC. | Menachem Begin Quotes |
March 26th, 1979 (March 26 1979) | Birth | Hiromi Uehara, Japanese jazz pianist | |
March 26th, 1979 (March 26 1979) | Birth | Pierre Wome, Cameroonian footballer | |
March 26th, 1979 (March 26 1979) | Birth | Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer | |
March 26th, 1978 (March 26 1978) | Birth | Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player | |
March 26th, 1978 (March 26 1978) | Death | Wilfred Pickles, English actor and broadcaster (born in 1904) | |
March 26th, 1977 (March 26 1977) | Event | Focus on the Family is founded by Dr. James Dobson | James Dobson Quotes |
March 26th, 1977 (March 26 1977) | Birth | Kevin Davies, English footballer | |
March 26th, 1977 (March 26 1977) | Birth | Sylvain Grenier, Canadian professional wrestler | |
March 26th, 1976 (March 26 1976) | Event | Queen Elizabeth II sent out the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment. | |
March 26th, 1976 (March 26 1976) | Birth | Joachim Alcine, Haitian-born Quebec boxer | |
March 26th, 1976 (March 26 1976) | Birth | Amy Smart, American actress | Amy Smart Quotes |
March 26th, 1976 (March 26 1976) | Birth | Natalia Livingston, American actress | |
March 26th, 1976 (March 26 1976) | Birth | Nurgul Yesilcay, Turkish actress | |
March 26th, 1976 (March 26 1976) | Birth | Ufuk Talay, Australian soccer player | |
March 26th, 1976 (March 26 1976) | Death | Josef Albers, German artist (born in 1888) | |
March 26th, 1976 (March 26 1976) | Death | Lin Yutang, Chinese writer (born in 1895) | Lin Yutang Quotes |
March 26th, 1975 (March 26 1975) | Event | The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force. | |
March 26th, 1974 (March 26 1974) | Birth | Mike Peca, Canadian ice hockey player | |
March 26th, 1973 (March 26 1973) | Birth | Heather Goldenhersh, American actress | |
March 26th, 1973 (March 26 1973) | Birth | Lawrence E. Page, American search engine pioneer | |
March 26th, 1973 (March 26 1973) | Birth | T.R. Knight, American actor | |
March 26th, 1973 (March 26 1973) | Birth | Matt Burke, Australian rugby player | |
March 26th, 1973 (March 26 1973) | Death | Noel Coward, English composer and playwright (born in 1899) | Noel Coward Quotes |
March 26th, 1973 (March 26 1973) | Death | Johnny Drake, American football player (born in 1916) | |
March 26th, 1973 (March 26 1973) | Death | Don Messer, Canadian fiddler (born in 1909) | |
March 26th, 1973 (March 26 1973) | Death | George Sisler, American baseball player (born in 1893) | |
March 26th, 1972 (March 26 1972) | Birth | Jon Reep, American comedian and actor | |
March 26th, 1972 (March 26 1972) | Birth | Jason Maxwell, Retired American Baseball Player | |
March 26th, 1971 (March 26 1971) | Event | East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People s Republic of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Liberation War begins. | |
March 26th, 1971 (March 26 1971) | Birth | Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist and sociobiologist | |
March 26th, 1970 (March 26 1970) | Birth | Paul Bosvelt, Dutch football player | |
March 26th, 1969 (March 26 1969) | Death | John Kennedy Toole, American author (born in 1937) | |
March 26th, 1968 (March 26 1968) | Birth | Kenny Chesney, American singer | |
March 26th, 1968 (March 26 1968) | Birth | James Iha, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle) | |
March 26th, 1968 (March 26 1968) | Birth | Laurent Brochard, French cyclist | |
March 26th, 1967 (March 26 1967) | Event | Ten thousand people gather for the Central Park Be-In. | |
March 26th, 1966 (March 26 1966) | Birth | Nick Wirth, British engineer | |
March 26th, 1966 (March 26 1966) | Birth | Michael Imperioli, American actor | |
March 26th, 1965 (March 26 1965) | Event | A truck loses control down Moosic Street, Scranton, Pennsylvania, killing the driver. This accident later inspired the 1974 Harry Chapin song, "30,000 Pounds of Bananas." | Harry Chapin Quotes |
March 26th, 1964 (March 26 1964) | Birth | Martin Donnelly, Irish racecar driver | |
March 26th, 1964 (March 26 1964) | Birth | Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player | |
March 26th, 1963 (March 26 1963) | Birth | Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese writer | |
March 26th, 1963 (March 26 1963) | Birth | Amparo Larranaga, Spanish actress | |
March 26th, 1963 (March 26 1963) | Birth | Roch Voisine, Canadian singer and songwriter | |
March 26th, 1962 (March 26 1962) | Birth | John Stockton, American basketball player | |
March 26th, 1962 (March 26 1962) | Birth | Paul de Leeuw, Dutch television host | |
March 26th, 1961 (March 26 1961) | Birth | Leigh Bowery, Australian-born English fashion performance artist (died in 1994) | |
March 26th, 1961 (March 26 1961) | Birth | William Hague, British politician | William Hague Quotes |
March 26th, 1960 (March 26 1960) | Birth | Marcus Allen, American football player | |
March 26th, 1960 (March 26 1960) | Birth | Jennifer Grey, American actress | |
March 26th, 1959 (March 26 1959) | Birth | Chris Hansen, American reporter and correspondent | |
March 26th, 1959 (March 26 1959) | Death | Raymond Chandler, American-born novelist (born in 1888) | Raymond Chandler Quotes |
March 26th, 1958 (March 26 1958) | Event | The United States Army launches Explorer 3. | |
March 26th, 1958 (March 26 1958) | Event | The African Regroupment Party (PRA) is launched at a meeting in Paris. | |
March 26th, 1958 (March 26 1958) | Birth | Chris Codiroli, American baseballer | |
March 26th, 1958 (March 26 1958) | Birth | Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (died in 1986) | |
March 26th, 1958 (March 26 1958) | Death | Phil Mead, English cricketer (born in 1887) | |
March 26th, 1957 (March 26 1957) | Birth | Leeza Gibbons, American television host | |
March 26th, 1957 (March 26 1957) | Birth | Paul Morley, English music journalist and musician | |
March 26th, 1957 (March 26 1957) | Death | Edouard Herriot, French politician (born in 1872) | |
March 26th, 1956 (March 26 1956) | Birth | Charly McClain, American singer | |
March 26th, 1955 (March 26 1955) | Birth | Danny Arndt, Canadian ice hockey player | |
March 26th, 1954 (March 26 1954) | Birth | Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese seiyu (voice actor) | |
March 26th, 1954 (March 26 1954) | Birth | Curtis Sliwa, American founder of the Guardian Angels | |
March 26th, 1953 (March 26 1953) | Event | Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine. | Jonas Salk Quotes |
March 26th, 1953 (March 26 1953) | Birth | Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Labor | |
March 26th, 1953 (March 26 1953) | Birth | Lincoln Chafee, American Senator from Rhode Island | |
March 26th, 1953 (March 26 1953) | Birth | Youssouf Togoimi, Chadian rebel (died in 2002) | |
March 26th, 1952 (March 26 1952) | Birth | Didier Pironi, French Formula One driver (died in 1987) | |
March 26th, 1951 (March 26 1951) | Birth | Carl Wieman, American physicist, Nobel laureate | |
March 26th, 1951 (March 26 1951) | Death | James F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (died in 1864) | |
March 26th, 1950 (March 26 1950) | Birth | Teddy Pendergrass, American singer | |
March 26th, 1950 (March 26 1950) | Birth | Martin Short, Canadian comedian | |
March 26th, 1950 (March 26 1950) | Birth | Ernest Thomas, American actor | |
March 26th, 1950 (March 26 1950) | Birth | Alan Silvestri, American film score composer | |
March 26th, 1949 (March 26 1949) | Birth | Vicki Lawrence, American actress and singer | |
March 26th, 1949 (March 26 1949) | Birth | Patrick Suskind, German writer | |
March 26th, 1948 (March 26 1948) | Birth | Richard Tandy, British keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra) | |
March 26th, 1948 (March 26 1948) | Birth | Steven Tyler, American singer (Aerosmith) | |
March 26th, 1947 (March 26 1947) | Birth | Dar Robinson, American stuntman (died in 1986) | |
March 26th, 1946 (March 26 1946) | Birth | Johnny Crawford, American actor | |
March 26th, 1946 (March 26 1946) | Birth | Alain Madelin, French politician | |
March 26th, 1945 (March 26 1945) | Event | World War II: In Iwo Jima, US forces declare Iwo Jima "secure." | |
March 26th, 1945 (March 26 1945) | Birth | Mikhail Voronin, Soviet gymnast (died in 2004) | |
March 26th, 1945 (March 26 1945) | Death | David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1863) | |
March 26th, 1944 (March 26 1944) | Birth | Diana Ross, American singer (Supremes) | |
March 26th, 1943 (March 26 1943) | Birth | Bob Woodward, American journalist | Bob Woodward Quotes |
March 26th, 1942 (March 26 1942) | Event | World War II: In Poland, Auschwitz receives its first female prisoners. | |
March 26th, 1942 (March 26 1942) | Birth | Erica Jong, American author | Erica Jong Quotes |
March 26th, 1942 (March 26 1942) | Death | Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (born in 1874) | |
March 26th, 1941 (March 26 1941) | Birth | Richard Dawkins, British evolutionary biologist | Richard Dawkins Quotes |
March 26th, 1941 (March 26 1941) | Birth | Yvon Marcoux, Quebec politician | |
March 26th, 1940 (March 26 1940) | Birth | James Caan, American actor | |
March 26th, 1940 (March 26 1940) | Birth | Nancy Pelosi, American politician and 60th Speaker of the House | |
March 26th, 1940 (March 26 1940) | Death | Spiridon Louis, Greek runner, winner of the first modern Olympics marathon (born in 1873) | |
March 26th, 1938 (March 26 1938) | Birth | Anthony James Leggett, American physicist, Nobel laureate | |
March 26th, 1937 (March 26 1937) | Birth | Wayne Embry, American basketball player | |
March 26th, 1935 (March 26 1935) | Birth | Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestine National Authority | |
March 26th, 1934 (March 26 1934) | Event | Driving test introduced in the United Kingdom. | |
March 26th, 1934 (March 26 1934) | Birth | Alan Arkin, American actor | |
March 26th, 1933 (March 26 1933) | Death | Eddie Lang, American musician (born in 1902) | |
March 26th, 1931 (March 26 1931) | Birth | Leonard Nimoy, American actor and director | |
March 26th, 1930 (March 26 1930) | Birth | Gregory Corso, American poet (died in 2001) | |
March 26th, 1930 (March 26 1930) | Birth | Sandra Day O Connor, U.S. Supreme Court Justice | |
March 26th, 1929 (March 26 1929) | Birth | Edwin Turney, American businessman | |
March 26th, 1929 (March 26 1929) | Birth | Tom Foley, American politician, former Speaker of the House | |
March 26th, 1929 (March 26 1929) | Death | Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (born in 1859) | |
March 26th, 1926 (March 26 1926) | Death | Konstantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of Germany (born in 1852) | |
March 26th, 1925 (March 26 1925) | Birth | Pierre Boulez, French composer and conductor | |
March 26th, 1925 (March 26 1925) | Birth | James Moody, American jazz musician, composer, and actor | |
March 26th, 1923 (March 26 1923) | Birth | Gert Bastian, German politician (died in 1992) | |
March 26th, 1923 (March 26 1923) | Birth | Bob Elliott, American comedian | |
March 26th, 1923 (March 26 1923) | Death | Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (born in 1844) | |
March 26th, 1922 (March 26 1922) | Birth | Oscar Sala, Italian-born physicist | |
March 26th, 1920 (March 26 1920) | Death | William Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (born in 1834) | |
March 26th, 1919 (March 26 1919) | Birth | Roger Leger, Quebec ice hockey player (died in 1965) | |
March 26th, 1919 (March 26 1919) | Birth | Strother Martin, American actor (died in 1980) | |
March 26th, 1917 (March 26 1917) | Event | World War I: First Battle of GazaBritish troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance. | |
March 26th, 1917 (March 26 1917) | Birth | Rufus Thomas, American musician (died in 2001) | |
March 26th, 1916 (March 26 1916) | Birth | Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1995) | |
March 26th, 1916 (March 26 1916) | Birth | Bill Edrich, English cricketer (died in 1986) | |
March 26th, 1916 (March 26 1916) | Birth | Sterling Hayden, American actor (died in 1986) | |
March 26th, 1914 (March 26 1914) | Birth | Toru Kumon, Japanese educator (died in 1995) | |
March 26th, 1914 (March 26 1914) | Birth | William Westmoreland, U.S. general (died in 2005) | |
March 26th, 1913 (March 26 1913) | Event | Balkan War: Bulgarian forces take Adrianople. | |
March 26th, 1913 (March 26 1913) | Birth | Paul Erdos, Hungarian mathematician (died in 1996) | Paul Erdos Quotes |
March 26th, 1911 (March 26 1911) | Birth | Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, Nobel laureate (died in 2003) | |
March 26th, 1911 (March 26 1911) | Birth | Tennessee Williams, American dramatist (died in 1983) | Tennessee Williams Quotes |
March 26th, 1911 (March 26 1911) | Birth | T. Hee, American animator (died in 1988) | |
March 26th, 1910 (March 26 1910) | Death | Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (born in 1864) | |
March 26th, 1910 (March 26 1910) | Death | An Jung-geun, Korean assassin of Ito Hirobumi (executed) (born in 1879) | |
March 26th, 1908 (March 26 1908) | Birth | Franz Stangl, German concentration camp commandant (died in 1971) | Franz Stangl Quotes |
March 26th, 1906 (March 26 1906) | Birth | Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpetist (died in 1981) | |
March 26th, 1905 (March 26 1905) | Birth | Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (died in 1997) | |
March 26th, 1905 (March 26 1905) | Birth | Monty Berman, British film and television producer (died in 2006) | |
March 26th, 1905 (March 26 1905) | Death | Maurice Barrymore, actor; patriarch of the Barrymore family (born in 1849) | |
March 26th, 1904 (March 26 1904) | Birth | Joseph Campbell, American author (died in 1987) | |
March 26th, 1904 (March 26 1904) | Birth | Emilio Fernandez, Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director (died in 1986) | |
March 26th, 1904 (March 26 1904) | Birth | Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece (died in 2004) | Xenophon Quotes |
March 26th, 1902 (March 26 1902) | Death | Cecil Rhodes, English explorer (born in 1853) | |
March 26th, 1898 (March 26 1898) | Birth | Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (died in 1979) | |
March 26th, 1896 (March 26 1896) | Birth | Rudolf Dassler, Founder of PUMA AG (died in 1974) | |
March 26th, 1894 (March 26 1894) | Birth | Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (died in 1985) | |
March 26th, 1893 (March 26 1893) | Birth | Palmiro Togliatti, Italian communist leader (died in 1964) | |
March 26th, 1892 (March 26 1892) | Death | Walt Whitman, American poet (born in 1819) | Walt Whitman Quotes |
March 26th, 1888 (March 26 1888) | Birth | Elsa Brandstrom, Swedish nurse (died in 1948) | |
March 26th, 1888 (March 26 1888) | Death | Barghash bin Said, second Sultan of Zanzibar (born in 1837) | |
March 26th, 1886 (March 26 1886) | Birth | Hugh Mulzac, America military officer (died in 1971) | |
March 26th, 1884 (March 26 1884) | Birth | Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (died in 1969) | |
March 26th, 1882 (March 26 1882) | Birth | Hermann Obrecht, Swiss jurist (died in 1940) | |
March 26th, 1881 (March 26 1881) | Event | Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again. | |
March 26th, 1881 (March 26 1881) | Death | Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (born in 1800) | |
March 26th, 1879 (March 26 1879) | Birth | Othmar Ammann, Swiss bridge engineer (died in 1965) | |
March 26th, 1876 (March 26 1876) | Birth | Prince William of Wied (died in 1945) | |
March 26th, 1875 (March 26 1875) | Birth | Max Abraham, German physicist (died in 1922) | Abraham Quotes |
March 26th, 1875 (March 26 1875) | Birth | Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea (died in 1965) | |
March 26th, 1874 (March 26 1874) | Birth | Robert Frost, American poet (died in 1963) | Robert Frost Quotes |
March 26th, 1871 (March 26 1871) | Birth | Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole of the Kingdom of Hawaii (died in 1922) | |
March 26th, 1868 (March 26 1868) | Birth | King Fuad I of Egypt (died in 1936) | |
March 26th, 1859 (March 26 1859) | Birth | Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (died in 1936) | |
March 26th, 1859 (March 26 1859) | Birth | Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (died in 1919) | |
March 26th, 1858 (March 26 1858) | Death | John Addison Thomas, American soldier (born in 1811) | |
March 26th, 1852 (March 26 1852) | Event | Decree regarding streets of Paris passed | |
March 26th, 1839 (March 26 1839) | Event | The first Henley Royal Regatta is held. | |
March 26th, 1830 (March 26 1830) | Event | The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York. | |
March 26th, 1827 (March 26 1827) | Death | Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (born in 1770) | Ludwig van Beethoven Quotes |
March 26th, 1814 (March 26 1814) | Death | Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (born in 1738) | |
March 26th, 1812 (March 26 1812) | Event | An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela. | |
March 26th, 1808 (March 26 1808) | Event | Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII. | |
March 26th, 1797 (March 26 1797) | Death | James Hutton, Scottish geologist (born in 1726) | James Hutton Quotes |
March 26th, 1794 (March 26 1794) | Birth | Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (died in 1872) | |
March 26th, 1793 (March 26 1793) | Death | John Mudge, English physician (born in 1721) | |
March 26th, 1780 (March 26 1780) | Death | Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (born in 1713) | |
March 26th, 1776 (March 26 1776) | Death | Samuel Ward, American politician (born in 1725) | |
March 26th, 1773 (March 26 1773) | Birth | Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigation expert (died in 1838) | |
March 26th, 1772 (March 26 1772) | Death | Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (born in 1704) | |
March 26th, 1753 (March 26 1753) | Birth | Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (died in 1814) | |
March 26th, 1749 (March 26 1749) | Birth | William Blount, American Statesman (died in 1800) | |
March 26th, 1726 (March 26 1726) | Death | Sir John Vanbrugh, English dramatist (born in 1664) | |
March 26th, 1698 (March 26 1698) | Birth | Vaclav Prokop Divis, Czech theologian and natural scientist (died in 1765) | |
March 26th, 1697 (March 26 1697) | Death | Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (born in 1640) | |
March 26th, 1679 (March 26 1679) | Death | Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (born in 1621) | |
March 26th, 1649 (March 26 1649) | Death | John Winthrop, second governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony | |
March 26th, 1636 (March 26 1636) | Event | Utrecht University is founded in The Netherlands. | |
March 26th, 1566 (March 26 1566) | Death | Antonio de Cabezon, Spanish composer (born in 1510) | |
March 26th, 1554 (March 26 1554) | Birth | Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (died in 1611) | |
March 26th, 1552 (March 26 1552) | Event | Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru. | |
March 26th, 1546 (March 26 1546) | Death | Thomas Elyot, English diplomat | |
March 26th, 1535 (March 26 1535) | Death | Georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (born in 1482) | |
March 26th, 1517 (March 26 1517) | Death | Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer | |
March 26th, 1516 (March 26 1516) | Birth | Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (died in 1565) | |
March 26th, 1484 (March 26 1484) | Event | William Caxton printed his translation of Aesop s Fables. | |
March 26th, 1212 (March 26 1212) | Death | King Sancho I of Portugal (born in 1154) | |
March 26th, 1130 (March 26 1130) | Death | King Sigurd I of Norway (born in ca. 1090) | |
March 26th, 1026 (March 26 1026) | Event | Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. | |
March 26th, 0922 (March 26 0922) | Death | Al-Hallaj, Persian Sufi teacher and writer | Al Hallaj Quotes |
March 26th, 0603 (March 26 0603) | Birth | Pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque | |
March 26th, 0304 (March 26 0304) | Death | Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian | |