March 26

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March 26 in recent years

2008 (Wednesday)

2007 (Monday)

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March 26 is the Template:Day/Totaldays Template:Ordinal/th day of the year (Template:Day/Totaldays Template:Ordinal/th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[" days remaining until the end of the year.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
- 4.1 Liturgical feasts
5 External links

Events

1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
1199 - Richard the Lionheart is fatally wounded by a crossbow bolt during a siege in France, he dies eleven days later. The marksman, a french noble named Pierre Basile, is executed.
1484 - William Caxton printed his translation of Aesop's Fables.
1552 - Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru.
1636 - Utrecht University is founded in The Netherlands.
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.
1881 - Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.
1913 - Balkan War: Bulgarian forces take Adrianople.
1917 - World War I: First Battle of Gaza - British troops are haltedafter 17,000 Turks block their advance.
1934 - Driving test introduced in the United Kingdom.
1942 - World War II: In Poland, Auschwitz receives its first female prisoners.
1945 - World War II: In Iwo Jima, US forces declare Iwo Jima as "secure."
1953 - Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine.
1958 - The United States Army launches Explorer III.
1958 - The African Regroupment Party (PRA) is launched at a meeting in Paris.
1965 - A truck loses control down Moosic Street, Scranton, Pennsylvania, killing the driver. This accident later inspired the 1974 Harry Chapin song, "30,000 Pounds of Bananas."
1967 - Ten thousand people gather for the Central Park Be-In.
1971 - East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
1975 - The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force.
1976 - Queen Elizabeth II sent out the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.
1977 - Focus on the Family is founded by Dr. James Dobson
1979 - Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, DC.
1982 - A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, DC.
1995 - The Schengen Treaty goes into effect.
1996 - The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan for Russia.
1997 - Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides.
1998 - Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria; 52 people killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
1999 - The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and 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.
2000 - Vladimir Putin is elected 2nd President of Russia.
2005 - The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the walk.
2006 - In Scotland, the prohibition of smoking in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force.
2006 - The military junta ruling Myanmar officially named Naypyidaw, a new city in Mandalay Division, as the new capital. Yangon had formerly been the nation's capital.

Births

1516 - Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)
1554 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)
1698 - Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)
1749 - William Blount, Founding Father (d. 1800)
1753 - Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (d. 1814)
1773 - Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigation expert (d. 1838)
1794 - Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)
1859 - Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (d. 1936)
1859 - Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919)
1868 - King Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
1874 - Robert Frost, American poet (d. 1963)
1875 - Max Abraham, German physicist (d. 1922)
1875 - Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea (d. 1965)
1876 - Prince William of Wied, sovereign Prince of Albania (d. 1945)
1879 - Othmar Ammann, Swiss-born bridge engineer (d. 1965)
1882 - Hermann Obrecht, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1940)
1884 - Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (d. 1969)
1886 - Hugh Mulzac, America military officer (d. 1971)
1894 - Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (d. 1985)
1896 - Rudolf Dassler, Founder of PUMA AG (d. 1974)
1898 - Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
1888 - Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse (d. 1948)
1893 - Palmiro Togliatti, Italian communist leader (d. 1964)
1904 - Joseph Campbell, American author (d. 1987)
1904 - Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director (d. 1986)
1904 - Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
1905 - Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
1906 - Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpetist (d. 1981)
1908 - Franz Stangl, German commandant of Nazi concentration camps (d. 1971)
1911 - Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2003)
1911 - Tennessee Williams, American dramatist (d. 1983)
1911 - T. Hee, American animator (d. 1988)
1913 - Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1996)
1914 - Toru Kumon, Japanese educator (d. 1995)
1914 - William Westmoreland, U.S. general (d. 2005)
1916 - Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1995)
1916 - Bill Edrich, English cricketer (d. 1986)
1916 - Sterling Hayden, American actor (d. 1986)
1917 - Rufus Thomas, American musician (d. 2001)
1919 - Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
1922 - Oscar Sala, Italian-born physicist
1923 - Gert Bastian, German politician (d. 1992)
1923 - Bob Elliott, American comedian
1925 - Pierre Boulez, French composer and conductor
1925 - James Moody, American jazz musician, composer, and actor
1930 - Gregory Corso, American poet (d. 2001)
1930 - Sandra Day O'Connor, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
1931 - Leonard Nimoy, American actor and director
1934 - Alan Arkin, American actor
1935 - Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestine National Authority
1937 - Wayne Embry, American basketball player
1938 - Anthony James Leggett, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1940 - James Caan, American actor
1940 - Nancy Pelosi, American politician and 60th Speaker of the House
1941 - Richard Dawkins, British evolutionary biologist
1941 - Yvon Marcoux, Quebec politician
1942 - Erica Jong, American author
1943 - Bob Woodward, American journalist
1944 - Diana Ross, American singer (Supremes)
1945 - Mikhail Voronin, Soviet gymnast (d. 2004)
1946 - Johnny Crawford, American actor
1946 - Alain Madelin, French politician
1947 - Dar Robinson, American stuntman (d. 1986)
1948 - Richard Tandy, British keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra)
1948 - Steven Tyler, American singer (Aerosmith)
1949 - Vicki Lawrence, American actress and singer
1949 - Patrick Süskind, German writer
1950 - Teddy Pendergrass, American singer
1950 - Martin Short, Canadian comedian
1950 - Ernest Thomas, American actor
1951 - Carl Wieman, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1952 - Didier Pironi, French Formula One driver (d. 1987)
1953 - Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Labor
1953 - Lincoln Chafee, American Senator from Rhode Island
1953 - Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian rebel (d. 2002)
1954 - Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
1954 - Curtis Sliwa, American founder of the Guardian Angels
1955 - Danny Arndt, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 - Charly McClain, American singer
1957 - Leeza Gibbons, American television host
1957 - Paul Morley, English music journalist and musician
1958 - Chris Codiroli, American baseballer
1958 - Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (d. 1986)
1959 - Chris Hansen, American reporter and correspondent
1960 - Catherine Keener, American actress
1960 - Marcus Allen, American football player
1960 - Jennifer Grey, American actress
1961 - William Hague, British politician
1962 - John Stockton, American basketball player
1962 - Paul de Leeuw, Dutch television host
1963 - Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese writer
1963 - Amparo Larrañaga, Spanish actress
1963 - Roch Voisine, Canadian singer and songwriter
1964 - Martin Donnelly, Irish racecar driver
1964 - Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1966 - Nick Wirth, British engineer
1966 - Michael Imperioli, actor on The Sopranos
1968 - Kenny Chesney, American singer
1968 - James Iha, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle)
1968 - Laurent Brochard, French cyclist
1971 - Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist and sociobiologist
1972 - Jon Reep, American comedian and actor
1973 - Heather Goldenhersh, American actress
1973 - Lawrence E. Page, American search engine pioneer
1973 - T.R. Knight, American actor
1974 - Mike Peca, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 - Amy Smart, American actress
1976 - Nurgül Yeşilçay, Turkish actress
1976 - Ufuk Talay, Australian soccer player
1977 - Kevin Davies, English footballer
1977 - Sylvain Grenier, Canadian professional wrestler
1978 - Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
1979 - Hiromi Uehara, Japanese jazz pianist
1979 - Pierre Wome, Cameroonian footballer
1981 - Baruch Dego, Israeli football player
1981 - Josh Wilson, American baseball player
1982 - Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
1983 - David Bennett, Canadian powerlifter and steamfitter
1983 - Michael Brendli, American professional wrestler
1984 - Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer
1984 - Stéphanie Lapointe, Canadian artist and singer, 2004 Star Académie winner
1984 - Sara Jean Underwood, American model
1985 - Keira Knightley, English actress
1985 - Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricket captain
1985 - Jonathan Groff, American stage actor
1987 - Yui, Japanese musician
1991 - Brittney Wilson, Canadian actress