March 26  2008 | 
And previous decades events | 
Read about how to open files in Open File Database.  | 
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1938 (March 26 1938) | Birth | Anthony James Leggett, American physicist, Nobel laureate |  | 
| March 26th, 1908 (March 26 1908) | Birth | Franz Stangl, German concentration camp commandant (died in 1971) | Franz Stangl Quotes | 
| March 26th, 1898 (March 26 1898) | Birth | Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (died in 1979) |  | 
| 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, 1868 (March 26 1868) | Birth | King Fuad I of Egypt (died in 1936) |  | 
| March 26th, 1858 (March 26 1858) | Death | John Addison Thomas, American soldier (born in 1811) |  | 
| March 26th, 1808 (March 26 1808) | Event | Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII. |  | 
| March 26th, 1698 (March 26 1698) | Birth | Vaclav Prokop Divis, Czech theologian and natural scientist (died in 1765) |  |