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What happened in history on March 26th?
Year | Name |
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2017 | Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption. |
2010 | The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea. |
2005 | Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China. |
1998 | During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives. |
1997 | Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides. |
1991 | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market. |
1982 | A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C. |
1981 | Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party. |
1979 | Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C. |
1975 | The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force. |
1971 | East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins. |
1970 | South Vietnamese President Nguyỿn VĿn Thiỿu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy. |
1967 | Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City. |
1958 | The United States Army launches Explorer 3. |
1958 | The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris. |
1954 | Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons. |
1945 | World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces. |
1942 | World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. |
1939 | Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war. |
1934 | The United Kingdom driving test is introduced. |
1931 | Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland. |
1931 | Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam. |
1922 | The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland. |
1917 | World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance. |
1915 | The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association. |
1913 | First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople. |
1885 | The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada. |
1871 | The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held. |
1839 | The first Henley Royal Regatta is held. |
1830 | The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York. |
1812 | An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela. |
1812 | A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection. |
1636 | Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands. |
1552 | Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru. |
1484 | William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables. |
1351 | Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights. |
1344 | The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end. |
1169 | Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt. |
1027 | Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. |
908 | Emperor Zhu Wen of Later Liang has Li Zhu, the last Tang Dynasty emperor, poisoned. |
590 | Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. |
Here is a random list who born on March 26. For full list please click on the link above.
Year | Name |
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1998 | Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater |
1971 | Paul Williams, English footballer and manager |
1884 | Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1950) |
1965 | Trey Azagthoth, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer |
1951 | Carl Wieman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
1917 | Rufus Thomas, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001) |
1933 | Tinto Brass, Italian director and screenwriter |
1906 | Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (d. 1981) |
1957 | Shirin Neshat, Iranian visual artist |
1948 | Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on March 26. For full list please click on the link above.
Date | Name |
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1996 | David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1912) |
2014 | Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (b. 1928) |
1885 | Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825) |
2006 | Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956) |
1992 | Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist and radio host (b. 1937) |
809 | Ludger, Frisian missionary |
1979 | Jean Stafford, American author and academic (b. 1915) |
1920 | William Chester Minor, American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834) |
1934 | John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877) |
1940 | Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880) |