Page 6: Historical Events In March - 26
Saturday, 18 January 2025
1931 Iraq &Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty on this day in history.
1931 New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capitol of British-Indies on March - 26.
1931 On this day in history iraq & Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty
1932 Jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25 on March - 26.
1934 On March - 26 driving tests introduced in Britain
1934 On March - 26 grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51
1935 On March - 26 "RvJ" Mitchell &Major Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire fighter aircraft decide on 8 .303 machine guns
1935 "RvJ" Mitchell & Mjr Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire on this day in history.
1936 200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, New York-Cal Tech on March - 26.
1936 On March - 26 mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska
1936 On March - 26 1st parliamentary debate on NZ radio
1937 Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice &replace his 40 with 36 oz bat on this day in history.
1937 On March - 26 spinach growers of Crystal City TX, erect statue of Popeye
1937 On March - 26 william H Hastie becomes first black federal judge (Virgin Islands)
1937 On March - 26 joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice & replace his 40 with 36 oz bat
1937 Albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide on this day in history.
1938 NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony on March - 26.
1940 On March - 26 the birth of James Caan, American actor
1940 On this day in history ernest Hemingway & Benjamin Glazer premiere in NYC
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 this day in history.
1942 20 tons of gelignite kills 21 in a stone quarry in Easton PA on March - 26.
1942 On March - 26 aDM King becomes both Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, U.S. Fleet
1942 German offensive in North-Africa under Colonel-General Rommel on this day in history.
1942 On this day in history the first "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz &Birkenau Camps
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 this day in history 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 March - 26.
1943 1st woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott) on this day in history.
1944 On this day in history 705 British bombers attack Essen
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 this day in history.
1945 On this day in history generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine
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