Historical Events In March - 26

1931  On March - 26 iraq &Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty   

1931  On March - 26 new Delhi replaces Calcutta as capitol of British-Indies   

1931  Iraq & Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

1932  On March - 26 jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25   

1934  On this day in history driving tests introduced in Britain   

1934  Grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1935  On March - 26 "RvJ" Mitchell &Major Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire fighter aircraft decide on 8 .303 machine guns   

1935  On this day in history "RvJ" Mitchell & Mjr Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire   

1936  200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, New York-Cal Tech on March - 26.   

1936  Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska on March - 26.   

1936  1st parliamentary debate on NZ radio on this day in history.   

1937  On March - 26 joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice &replace his 40 with 36 oz bat   

1937  On this day in history spinach growers of Crystal City TX, erect statue of Popeye   

1937  On this day in history william H Hastie becomes first black federal judge (Virgin Islands)   

1937  Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice & replace his 40 with 36 oz bat on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide   

1938  On this day in history nBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony   

1940  On March - 26 the birth of James Caan, American actor   

1940  Ernest Hemingway & Benjamin Glazer premiere in NYC on this day in history.   

1941  HMS YORK, lost Eastern Mediterranean, in Suda Bay, north Crete - badly damaged by Italian explosive motor boats, beached and later wrecked by bombing on March - 26.   

1942  20 tons of gelignite kills 21 in a stone quarry in Easton PA on March - 26.   

1942  On this day in history aDM King becomes both Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, U.S. Fleet   

1942  On March - 26 german offensive in North-Africa under Colonel-General Rommel   

1942  The first "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz &Birkenau Camps on this day in history.   

1942  On March - 26 the first 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec   

1942  1st "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz & Birkenau Camps on March - 26.   

1943  On March - 26 battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean   

1943  On March - 26 second Lieutenant Moananui-a-Kiwi NGARIMU, 28th NZ (Maori) Battalion, won the Victoria Cross at Tebaga Gap, Tunisia   

1943  The first woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott) on this day in history.   

1943  On March - 26 1st woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott)   

1944  705 British bombers attack Essen on March - 26.   

1944  On this day in history the birth of Diana Ross, American singer   

1945  British premier Churchill looks over at the Rhine (near Ginsberg) on March - 26.   

1945  Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine on this day in history.   

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1479  On this day in history birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III   

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

1577  On this day in history birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon   

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on March - 26.   

1671  On this day in history birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on March - 26.   

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on this day in history.   

0752  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on this day in history.   

0809  On this day in history liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66   

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on this day in history.   

1212  On this day in history sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58   

1258  On this day in history floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies   

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on this day in history.   

1517  On March - 26 death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer