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March 26
March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). There are 280 days remaining.
Events
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1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
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1552 - Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru
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1636 - Utrecht University is founded in The Netherlands
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1707 - The Act of Union becomes law, making England and Scotland one country.
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1808 - Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.
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1812 - An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
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1839 - The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
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1871 - The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
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1881 - Domnitor Carol I of the Principality of Romania is proclaimed the first King of Romania.
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1913 - Balkan War: Bulgarian forces take Adrianople.
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1917 - World War I: First Battle of Gaza - British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
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1937 - In Crystal City, Texas, spinach growers erect a statue of the cartoon character Popeye.
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1942 - World War II: In Poland, Auschwitz receives its first female prisoners.
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1943 - World War II: Battle of Komandorski Islands - In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
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1953 - Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine.
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1958 - The United States Army launches Explorer III.
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1971 - East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
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1973 - The soap opera The Young and the Restless debuts on CBS television.
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1975 - The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force.
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1979 - Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty in Washington, DC
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1982 - A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, DC.
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1995 - The Schengen Treaty goes into effect.
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1996 - The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan for Russia.
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1997 - Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides.
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1998 - Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria; 52 people killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
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1999 - The "Melissa worm" infects e-mail systems around the world.
- 1999 - A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
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2000 - The Seattle Kingdome is imploded to make room for a new stadium.
- 2000 - Presidential elections are held in Russia, and Vladimir Putin is elected President.
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2003 - The Supreme Court of the United States hears oral arguments in Lawrence v. Texas.
Births
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1859 - Alfred Edward Housman, poet (d. 1936)
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1874 - Robert Frost, poet (d. 1963)
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1875 - Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea (d. 1965)
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1879 - Othmar Ammann, engineer, Verrazano Narrows Bridge (d. 1965)
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1884 - Wilhelm Backhaus, pianist (d. 1969)
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1888 - Elsa Brändström, "The Angel of Siberia" (d. 1948)
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1893 - James Bryan Conant , chemist and politician (d. 1978)
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1904 - Joseph Campbell, author, mythologist (d. 1987)
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1905 - Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist (d. 1997)
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1911 - Tennessee Williams, dramatist (d. 1983)
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1913 - Paul Erdös, mathematician (d. 1996)
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1914 - General William Westmoreland, United States commander during the Vietnam War
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1916 - Sterling Hayden, American actor (d. 1986)
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1917 - Rufus Thomas, musician (d. 2001)
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1919 - Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
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1923 - Bob Elliott, comedian
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1925 - Pierre Boulez, French composer and conductor
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1930
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1931 - Leonard Nimoy, actor, director
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1934 - Alan Arkin, actor
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1935 - Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine National Authority
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1940
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1942 - Erica Jong, author
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1943 - Bob Woodward, journalist
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1944 - Diana Ross, singer, lead singer of the Supremes
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1946 - Johnny Crawford , American actor
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1947 - Dar Robinson, stunt man (d. 1986)
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1948 - Steven Tyler, musician ("Aerosmith")
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1949
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1950
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1953 - Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Labor
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1954 - Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels
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1956 - Charly McClain, country music singer
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1957 - Leeza Gibbons , TV host
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1960
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1961 - William Hague, British Politician
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1962 - John Stockton, basketball star, NBA career leader in assists and steals
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1968 - James Iha, musician ("Smashing Pumpkins")
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1985 - Keira Knightley, actress
Deaths
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922 - Al-Hallaj, Sufi teacher and writer (b. ca. 858)
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1212 - King Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)
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1517 - Heinrich Isaac, composer (b. c. 1450)
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1726 - Sir John Vanbrugh, dramatist and architect (b. 1664)
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1814 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French inventor of the guillotine (b. 1738)
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1827 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b. 1770)
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1892 - Walt Whitman, American poet (b. 1819)
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1902 - Cecil Rhodes, English explorer and entrepreneur (b. 1853)
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1920 - William Chester Minor, contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834)
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1923 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (b. 1844)
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1929 - Katharine Lee Bates, poet
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1933 - Eddie Lang, jazz musician (b. 1902)
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1940 - Spiridon Louis, Greek marathon runner
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1945 - David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
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1958 - Phil Mead, English cricketer (b. 1887)
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1959 - Raymond Chandler, novelist (b. 1888)
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1969 - John Kennedy Toole, author (b. 1937)
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1973 - Noel Coward, English composer and playwright (b. 1899)
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1976 - Josef Albers, artist (b. 1888)
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1983 - Anthony Blunt, British spy
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1984 - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea
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1987 - Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
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1990 - Halston, fashion designer (b. 1932)
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1995 - Eazy-E, American rapper
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1996:
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1997 - Marshall Applewhite, cult leader
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2000 - Alex Comfort, author (b. 1920)
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2003 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, United States Senator (b. 1927)
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2004:
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2005:
Holidays and observances
External links
March 25 - March 27 - February 26 - April 26 -- listing of all days
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