Page 8: Historical Events In March - 26

1967  21st Tony Awards: Homecoming &Cabaret win on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history operation Bold Dragon III began in Mekong Delta   

1969  On this day in history marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV   

1969  On March - 26 nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use   

1969  On this day in history soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched   

1969  B[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at 87 on March - 26.   

1970  On March - 26 "Minnie's Boys" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 80 performances   

1970  500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark   

1970  On March - 26 peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul &Mary) pleads guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl   

1971  On this day in history "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings   

1971  On March - 26 "Cannon" with William Conrad premieres on CBS-TV   

1971  On March - 26 bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence   

1973  On March - 26 soap opera "The Young and the Restless" premieres   

1973  Susan Shaw, is first woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange on March - 26.   

1973  On March - 26 george Sisler, hall of famer 1st baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at 80   

1974  George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history romanian communist party names party leader Nicolae Ceausescu President   

1975  On this day in history "Tommy" premieres in London   

1975  Ottawa raises minimum wage for federal employees from $2.20 to $2.60 per hour on this day in history.   

1975  Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at 68 on March - 26.   

1976  On March - 26 american League approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M   

1976  Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album on this day in history.   

1976  Richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history elvis Costello releases his first record "Less Than Zero"   

1979  Camp David peace treaty between Israel &Egypt on this day in history.   

1979  Jean Stafford, US author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1980  Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police) on March - 26.   

1980  Jon-Jon Poulos, rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at 32 on this day in history.   

1981  On March - 26 police &Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia   

1981  Soyuz T-4 lands on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history the British Social Democratic Party is founded by the 'Gang of Four'   

1981  On this day in history cyril Dean Darlington, biologist (hereditary mechanisms), dies at 77   

1982  Ground-breaking in Washington DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial on March - 26.   

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1479  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on March - 26.   

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

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on March - 26.   

1684  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  On this day in history birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)   

0304  On March - 26 death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

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

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

1130  On this day in history death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)   

1212  On March - 26 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  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on this day in history.