Page 6: Historical Events In March - 26

1931  Iraq &Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty on March - 26.   

1931  On this day in history new Delhi replaces Calcutta as capitol of British-Indies   

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

1932  Jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25 on March - 26.   

1934  Driving tests introduced in Britain on this day in history.   

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 March - 26.   

1936  On this day in history 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 March - 26.   

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

1937  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1940  On March - 26 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 March - 26.   

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

1942  On March - 26 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 March - 26.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1944  On March - 26 705 British bombers attack Essen   

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

1945  On March - 26 british premier Churchill looks over at the Rhine (near Ginsberg)   

1945  On this day in history generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine   

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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 March - 26.   

1554  On March - 26 birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)   

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

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

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.   

1684  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer   

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

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

0752  On this day in history 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  On March - 26 death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)   

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1258  On March - 26 floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies   

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on March - 26.   

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on this day in history.