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Information about 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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