Page 6: Historical Events In March - 26

1931  On this day in history iraq &Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty   

1931  New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capitol of British-Indies on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history iraq & Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty   

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

1934  On March - 26 driving tests introduced in Britain   

1934  On this day in history grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51   

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

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

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

1936  Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska on this day in history.   

1936  On March - 26 1st parliamentary debate on NZ radio   

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

1937  Spinach growers of Crystal City TX, erect statue of Popeye on March - 26.   

1937  William H Hastie becomes first black federal judge (Virgin Islands) on this day in history.   

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

1937  On March - 26 albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide   

1938  NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony on this day in history.   

1940  The birth of James Caan, American actor on this day in history.   

1940  Ernest Hemingway & Benjamin Glazer premiere in NYC on March - 26.   

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

1942  On this day in history 20 tons of gelignite kills 21 in a stone quarry in Easton PA   

1942  On this day in history 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  The first "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz &Birkenau Camps on March - 26.   

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

1942  On this day in history 1st "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz & Birkenau Camps   

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  1st woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott) on this day in history.   

1944  705 British bombers attack Essen on this day in history.   

1944  On March - 26 the birth of Diana Ross, American singer   

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

1945  On March - 26 generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine   

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1479  On March - 26 birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III   

1516  On March - 26 birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)   

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on March - 26.   

1577  On March - 26 birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon   

1659  On March - 26 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

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

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

1698  On March - 26 birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)   

0304  On this day in history death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

0752  On March - 26 stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies   

0809  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on March - 26.   

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on March - 26.   

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on March - 26.   

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

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

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