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

   * 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
   * 1707 - The Act of Union with Scotland becomes law, making England and
     Scotland one country.
   * 1808 - Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand
     VII.
   * 1812 - An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
   * 1839 - The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
   * 1871 - The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
   * 1913 - Balkan War: Bulgarian forces take Adrianople.
   * 1917 - World War I: Battle of Gaza - British cavalry troops retreat
     after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
   * 1937 - In Crystal City, Texas spinach growers erect a statue of the
     cartoon character Popeye.
   * 1942 - World War II: In Poland, Auschwitz receives its first female
     prisoners.
   * 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.
   * 1953 - Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine.
   * 1958 - The United States Army launches Explorer III.
   * 1971 - East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan and the
     establishment of Bangladesh.
   * 1982 - A ground breaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is
     held in Washington, DC.
   * 1996 - The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan to
     Russia with economic reform.
   * 1997 - Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides.
   * 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 (the incident was videotaped and aired on the
     September 17, 1998 edition of 60 Minutes).
   * 2000 - The Seattle Kingdome is imploded to make room for a new stadium.
   * 2000 - Presidential elections in Russia: Vladimir Putin elected
     President.
   * 2003 - The United States Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Lawrence
     v. Texas.

Births

   * 1859 - Alfred Edward Housman, poet (+ 1936)
   * 1874 - Robert Frost, poet (+ 1963)
   * 1875 - Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea (+ 1965)
   * 1879 - Othmar Ammann, engineer, Verrazano Narrows Bridge (+ 1965)
   * 1884 - Wilhelm Backhaus, pianist (+ 1969)
   * 1888 - Elsa BrŠndstršm, "The Angel of Siberia"
   * 1893 - James Bryan Conant, chemist and politician (+ 1978)
   * 1904 - Joseph Campbell, author, mythologist (+ 1987)
   * 1911 - Tennessee Williams, dramatist (+ 1983)
   * 1914 - General William Westmoreland, United States commander during the
     Vietnam War
   * 1923 - Bob Elliott, comedian
   * 1925 - Pierre Boulez, French composer and conductor
   * 1930 - Sandra Day O'Connor, United States Supreme Court Justice
   * 1931 - Leonard Nimoy, actor, director
   * 1934 - Alan Arkin, actor
   * 1939 - James Caan, actor
   * 1942 - Erica Jong, author
   * 1943 - Bob Woodward, journalist
   * 1944 - Diana Ross, singer
   * 1948 - Steven Tyler, musician ("Aerosmith")
   * 1949 - Patrick Sźskind, writer (The Perfume)
   * 1950 - Teddy Pendergras, singer
   * 1960 - Marcus Allen, American football star

Deaths

   * 1517 - Heinrich Isaac, composer
   * 1827 - Ludwig van Beethoven, aged 56, composer
   * 1892 - Walt Whitman, poet
   * 1902 - Cecil Rhodes, imperialist
   * 1920 - William Chester Minor, one of the Oxford English Dictionary's
     most famous contributors.
   * 1923 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress
   * 1945 - David Lloyd George, ex-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
   * 1959 - Raymond Chandler, novelist
   * 1969 - John Kennedy Toole, author
   * 1973 - Noel Coward, composer, playwright
   * 1990 - Halston, fashion designer
   * 1996 - David Packard, engineer
   * 2000 - Alex Comfort, author (The Joy of Sex)
   * 2003 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, retired United States Senator

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