Page 8: Historical Events In March - 26

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

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

1969  Marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV on March - 26.   

1969  Nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use on March - 26.   

1969  Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched on March - 26.   

1969  On this day in history b[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at 87   

1970  On this day in history "Minnie's Boys" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 80 performances   

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

1970  Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark on this day in history.   

1970  Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul &Mary) pleads guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl on this day in history.   

1971  On March - 26 "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings   

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

1971  Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence on March - 26.   

1973  Soap opera "The Young and the Restless" premieres on March - 26.   

1973  Susan Shaw, is first woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange on this day in history.   

1973  George Sisler, hall of famer 1st baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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  "Tommy" premieres in London on this day in history.   

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

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

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 March - 26.   

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  On this day in history camp David peace treaty between Israel &Egypt   

1979  Jean Stafford, US author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63 on March - 26.   

1980  On this day in history bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police)   

1980  Jon-Jon Poulos, rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at 32 on March - 26.   

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

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

1981  On March - 26 the British Social Democratic Party is founded by the 'Gang of Four'   

1981  Cyril Dean Darlington, biologist (hereditary mechanisms), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history ground-breaking in Washington DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial   

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1479  On March - 26 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  On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

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

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on March - 26.   

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

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on March - 26.   

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

0809  On March - 26 liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66   

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 March - 26 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