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March 26

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This date in recent years

March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). There are 280 days remaining.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

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Events

1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
1552 - Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru
1636 - Utrecht University is founded in The Netherlands
1707 - The Act of Union 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.
1881 - Domnitor Carol I of the Principality of Romania is proclaimed the first King of Romania.
1913 - Balkan War: Bulgarian forces take Adrianople.
1917 - World War I: First Battle of Gaza - British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
1934 - Driving test introduced in the United Kingdom.
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.
1956 - Reijer Groenveld arrives in the USA from Holland.
1958 - The United States Army launches Explorer III.
1958 - The African Regroupment Party (PRA) is launched at a meeting in Paris.
1971 - East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
1973 - The soap opera The Young and the Restless debuts on CBS television.
1975 - The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force.
1979 - Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egyptian-Israeli 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 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 - 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.
2001- The final edition of WCW Monday Nitro airs on TNT. Vince McMahon appeared on simulcast between WWE Raw and Nitro to give a speech about what he was going to do with WCW. This is the final show of WCW and the last night of wrestling on the Turner networks to this date.
2003 - The Supreme Court of the United States hears oral arguments in Lawrence v. Texas.
2005 - The revived series of British science fiction program Doctor Who begins broadcasting on British Television
2006 - The British rock band Queen, along with replacement singer Paul Rodgers, are scheduled to perform at the XCel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, and are sure to rock the socks off of everyone in a 12.7 mile radius. Twice.