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26 Mar 1027
Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor founder of the Salian dynasty
26 Mar 1147
Jewish community in Cologne fasts to commemorate anti-Jewish violence
26 Mar 1484
William Caxton prints his translation of Aesops Fables
26 Mar 1526
King Francois I returns Spanish captivity to France
26 Mar 1534
Lbeck accepts free Dutch ships into East Sea
26 Mar 1692
King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands
26 Mar 1780
1st British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette & Sunday Monitor)
26 Mar 1790
US Congress passes Naturalization Act requires 2-year residency
26 Mar 1793
Pro-royalist uprising in Vende region of France
26 Mar 1804
Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana
26 Mar 1804
Territory of Orleans organizes in Louisiana Purchase
26 Mar 1808
Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son Ferdinand VII.
26 Mar 1845
Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster precursor of band-aid
26 Mar 1856
New South Waless first 1st-class game v Victoria at Melbourne NSW won
26 Mar 1859
1st supposed sighting of Vulcan a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury it doesnt exist
26 Mar 1862
Battle of La Glorieta Pass New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon Pigeons Ranch)
26 Mar 1863
Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves
26 Mar 1871
Municipal elections bring revolutionaries to power in Paris to form Commune government
26 Mar 1872
7.8 earthquake shakes Owens Valley California
26 Mar 1874
36th Grand National Mr. J. M. Richardson wins his second consecutive GN aboard French 51 favourite Reugny
26 Mar 1812
Earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale destroys 90% of Caracas Venezuela and kills an estimated 1500020000 people
26 Mar 1821
Franz Grillparzers Das Goldene Vliess premieres in Vienna
26 Mar 1830
The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra New York.
26 Mar 1845
Joseph Francis from NYC patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat
26 Mar 1878
Sabi Game Reserve opens in South Africa the worlds 1st officially designated game reserve
26 Mar 1881
Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again
26 Mar 1885
Eastman Film Co manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film
26 Mar 1886
48th Grand National Tommy Skelton wins aboard 251 chance Old Joe
26 Mar 1889
Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26 out of 47 South Africa v England
26 Mar 1889
Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 & 8-11) v South Africa at Newlands
26 Mar 1889
South Africa all out 47 then follow-on all out 43 v England
26 Mar 1895
King Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid starts Spains Arbor Day
26 Mar 1897
59th Grand National Terry Kavanagh aboard 61 favourite Manifesto wins by 20 lengths from Filbert
26 Mar 1900
1st edition The (Free) People (Neth probably Amsterdam)
26 Mar 1909
August Strindbergs Bjalb-jarle-ti premieres in Stockholm
26 Mar 1909
In support of Mohammed Ali Shahs coup detat against the constitutional government in Persia a Russian military force invades northern Persia to relieve the siege of Tabriz
26 Mar 1909
71st Grand National Georges Parfrement wins aboard French 1009 hope Lutteur III
26 Mar 1910
US forbid immigration to criminals anarchists paupers & the sick
26 Mar 1910
William H Lewis appointed US Assistant Attorney General
26 Mar 1913
Bulgaria captures Adrianople ending the 1st Balkan War
26 Mar 1913
Dayton Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto Miami & Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously
26 Mar 1915
Stanley Cup Final Denman Arena Vancouver BC Barney Stanley scores 5 goals as Vancouver Millionaires beat Ottawa Senators 12-3 for a 3-0 sweep of first non-challenge series Vancouver first PCHA champions
26 Mar 1915
77th Grand National legendary jockey Jack Anthony wins his second of 3 GNs aboard 1008 bet Ally Sloper
26 Mar 1917
Stanley Cup Final Seattle Ice Arena Seattle WA Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL) 9-1 for a 3-1 series victory first US team to win SC
26 Mar 1920
79th Grand National legendary jockey Jack Anthony wins his record 3rd GN aboard 61 Troytown
26 Mar 1924
Premiere of Bernard Shaws Saint Joan in London
26 Mar 1926
ACD de Graeff appointed governor general of Dutch East Indies
26 Mar 1926
The 1st lip-reading tournament held in America
26 Mar 1926
85th Grand National Billy Watkinson victorious aboard 251 bet Jack Horner first Australian jockey to win the race
26 Mar 1927
Alfred Hugenberg purchases German film company UFA
26 Mar 1930
Congress appropriates 50000 for Inter-American highway
26 Mar 1931
Leo Bentley bowls 3 consecutive perfect games in Lorain Ohio
26 Mar 1931
New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies
26 Mar 1935
RJ Mitchell & Mjr Sorley discuss armament of Supermarine Spitfire
26 Mar 1936
200 telescope lens shipped Corning Glass Works NY-Cal Tech
26 Mar 1936
Mary Joyce ends a 1000 mile trip by dog in Alaska
26 Mar 1937
Spinach growers of Crystal City Texas erect statue of Popeye
26 Mar 1937
William H Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands)
26 Mar 1942
Explosion of 20 tons of gelignite in a stone quarry at Easton Pennsylvania kills 21
26 Mar 1943
Elsie S Ott becomes 1st woman awarded US Air Force Medal
26 Mar 1945
Kamikaze attack on US battle fleet near Kerama Retto
26 Mar 1949
11th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36
26 Mar 1949
103rd Grand National Leo McMorrow aboard 661 outsider Russian Hero wins by a comfortable 8 lengths ahead of Roimond
26 Mar 1952
14th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Kansas beats St. Johns 80-63
26 Mar 1952
Friedrich Durrenmatts Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi premieres in Munich
26 Mar 1953
Ugetsu Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Masayuki Mori Machiko Ky and Kinuyo Tanaka is released
26 Mar 1955
Ballad of Davy Crockett becomes the 1 record in US
26 Mar 1955
109th Grand National Pat Taaffe wins aboard Quare Times at 1009 third consecutive GN victory for trainer Vincent OBrien
26 Mar 1955
France misses out on a maiden Grand Slam after losing 16-11 to Wales at Stade Colombes share Five Nations Rugby Championship with Wales with 3-1 record
26 Mar 1958
US Army launched Americas third successful satellite Explorer III
26 Mar 1958
The African Regroupment Party (PRA) is launched at a meeting in Paris.
26 Mar 1959
Test debut for Pakistani cricketer Mushtaq Mohammad v West Indies aged 15 years
26 Mar 1960
Iraq executes 30 after attack on President Kassem
26 Mar 1960
Orioles-Reds series planned for Havana is moved to Miami
26 Mar 1960
114th Grand National Gerry Scott wins aboard 132 favourite Merryman II first clear favourite to win in 33 years
26 Mar 1962
US Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legistature
26 Mar 1964
Funny Girl opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1348 performances
26 Mar 1966
Large-scale anti-Vietnam War protests take place in the United States including in New York Washington D.C. and Chicago
26 Mar 1966
120th Grand National Tim Norman aboard 501 outsider Anglo wins by 20 lengths giving Freddie 2nd place for a second straight year
26 Mar 1966
Wales beats France 9-8 at the National Stadium Cardiff to clinch their 15th Five Nations Rugby Championship
26 Mar 1967
Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Populorum progressio
26 Mar 1969
Marcus Welby MD a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV
26 Mar 1970
Minnies Boys opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 80 performances
26 Mar 1970
500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945
26 Mar 1970
Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark
26 Mar 1970
Peter Yarrow (Peter Paul & Mary) plead guilty to taking immoral liberties with a 14 year old girl
26 Mar 1970
The Police (Northern Ireland) Act becomes law the act provides for the disarmament of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and the establishment of an RUC reserve force
26 Mar 1971
Cannon with William Conrad premieres on CBS-TV
26 Mar 1972
Only Fools Are Sad closes at Edison Theater NYC after 144 performances
26 Mar 1972
LA Lakers break NBA wins record by winning 69 of 82 games (69-13) record will stand for 24 years
26 Mar 1972
William Whitelaw appointed as the first Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
26 Mar 1973
35th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship UCLA beats Memphis 81-76 Bruins 7th straight title
26 Mar 1973
TV Soap The Young & the Restless premieres on CBS
26 Mar 1973
Susan Shaw is first woman in 171 years in Londons Stock exchange
26 Mar 1974
Romanian communist party names party leader Ceausescu president
26 Mar 1975
Washington Capitals play record NHL 37th road game without a win & NHL record of 17 straight loses
26 Mar 1975
The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force.
26 Mar 1976
AL approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for 7M
26 Mar 1976
Wings release Wings at the Speed of Sound album
26 Mar 1977
Elvis Costello releases his 1st record Less Than Zero
26 Mar 1977
Focus on the Family is founded by Dr. James Dobson
26 Mar 1977
AIAW Womens Basketball Tournament Delta State beat Louisiana State University 68-55 in Minneapolis
26 Mar 1979
41st NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Michigan State beats Indiana State 75-64
26 Mar 1979
Michigan State Spartans snaps Indiana States 33-game win streak
26 Mar 1979
Padres & Giants announce plans to play exhibition series in Tokyo but Giant players reject it
26 Mar 1979
OPEC makes full 14.5% oil price increase for effective on April 1
26 Mar 1980
Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10 years (The Police)
26 Mar 1981
Police & Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia
26 Mar 1982
Groundbreaking in Washington D.C. for Vietnam Veterans Memorial
26 Mar 1987
Hyderabad beat Delhi on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
26 Mar 1987
NASA launches Fltsatcom-6 it fails to reach orbit
26 Mar 1987
National Federation of State High School Associations adopt the college 3 point shot (21 feet)
26 Mar 1988
Janet B Evans swims 1500m freestyle female world record (1552.10)
26 Mar 1989
Allison Finney wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
26 Mar 1991
Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street & Lexington Ave NYC
26 Mar 1991
Marc Camolettis Dont Dress for Dinner premieres in London
26 Mar 1991
Orlando Thunder beats San Antonio Riders in their 1st WLAF game 35-34
26 Mar 1991
Victoria beat NSW by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final
26 Mar 1992
NHL NY Rangers clinch 1st NHL regular season championship in 50 years
26 Mar 1994
Gunda Niemann skates world record 5 km ladies (703.26)
26 Mar 1994
Gunda Niemann skates un-official world record 10 km ladies (1422.60)
26 Mar 1994
Yuka Sato of Japan wins world figure skating championship in Tokyo
26 Mar 1995
Defending the Caveman opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 671 performances
26 Mar 1995
Moliere Comedies closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 56 performances
26 Mar 1995
15th Golden Raspberry Awards Color of Night wins
26 Mar 1995
Mashonaland beat Mashonaland U-24 by 165 runs to win Logan Cup
26 Mar 1995
PGA Players Championship TPC at Sawgrass Lee Janzen wins by a stroke ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer of Germany
26 Mar 1995
Nabisco Dinah Shore Womens Golf Mission Hills CC Nanci Bowen wins her only major title 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Susie Redman her sole LPGA Tour victory
26 Mar 1996
Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld v Vic)
26 Mar 1996
The International Monetary Fund approves a 10.2 billion loan for Russia
26 Mar 1997
NHL announce Might Ducks & Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan
26 Mar 1997
Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heavens Gate cult suicides
26 Mar 1998
Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria 52 people killed with axes and knives 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
26 Mar 1999
The Melissa worm infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.
26 Mar 1999
A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
26 Mar 2000
Nabisco Championship Womens Golf Mission Hills CC Karrie Webb of Australia wins the first of her 2 titles in this event 10 strokes ahead of defending champion Dottie Pepper
26 Mar 2001
Kazakhstans Prime Minister opens an oil pipeline from the giant Tengiz Field to the Russian port of Novorossiysk on Monday giving the Central Asian producer its first direct link to international markets
26 Mar 2001
PGA Players Championship TPC at Sawgrass Tiger Woods wins the first of his 2 PCs 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Vijay Singh of Fiji
26 Mar 2005
The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the Peoples Republic of China. Around 200000 to 300000 attend the walk.
26 Mar 2005
Doctor Who returns to BBC TV after 16 years with the debut of Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose
26 Mar 1949
11th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36 Wildcats back-to-back titles center Alex Groza MOP
26 Mar 1952
14th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Kansas beats St. Johns 80-63 first tournament to have a true Final Four format
26 Mar 1970
Peter Yarrow (Peter Paul & Mary) pleads guilty to taking immoral liberties with a 14 year old girl
26 Mar 1979
Michigan State Spartans snaps Indiana States 33-game winning streak
26 Mar 1997
NHL announces Anaheim Mighty Ducks & Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 season in Japan
26 Mar 1526
King Francis I returns from Spanish captivity to France
26 Mar 1839
1st Henley Royal Regatta on the river Thames England
26 Mar 1856
New South Waless first 1st-class game v Victoria at Melbourne NSW wins
26 Mar 1872
Thomas J. Martin of Alabama receives a U.S. patent for a pipe and valve fire extinguisher system t
26 Mar 1889
Johnny Briggs takes 15-26 (7-17 & 8-11) v South Africa at Newlands
26 Mar 1900
1st edition The (Free) People (Netherlands probably Amsterdam)
26 Mar 1910
US forbids immigration to criminals anarchists paupers and the sick
26 Mar 1910
William H. Lewis appointed US Assistant Attorney General
26 Mar 1913
Dayton Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto Miami and Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously
26 Mar 1935
RJ Mitchell & Major Sorley discuss armament of Supermarine Spitfire
26 Mar 1937
William H. Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands)
26 Mar 1943
Battle of Komandorski Islands naval battle between American navy and Japanese Imperial forces in the Pacific Ocean ends inconclusively
26 Mar 1943
Elsie S. Ott is 1st woman to be awarded US Air Force Medal
26 Mar 1955
Ballad of Davy Crockett version recorded by Hill Hayes becomes the 1 record in US
26 Mar 1958
US Army launches Americas third successful satellite Explorer III
26 Mar 1966
Large-scale anti-Vietnam War protests take place in the United States including in New York Washington D.C. and Chicago
26 Mar 1969
Marcus Welby M.D. starring Robert Young and James Brolin debuts as a TV movie on ABC-TV prior to becoming a weekly series
26 Mar 1971
Cannon starring William Conrad as a private detective premieres on CBS-TV airs for 5 seasons
26 Mar 1979
MLB San Diego Padres & San Francisco Giants announce plans to play exhibition series in Tokyo but Giant players reject it
26 Mar 1988
American Janet Evans swims 1500m freestyle female world record 1552.10 in the USA Spring Nationals in Orlando Florida
26 Mar 1885
1st modern legal cremation held in England at Woking Surrey [1]
26 Mar 1924
Premiere of Bernard Shaws play Saint Joan opens in London
26 Mar 1955
Ballad of Davy Crockett version recorded by Bill Hayes becomes the 1 record in US
26 Mar 1956
Red Buttons stars as an angel on TV anthology series Studio One episode Tale of St. Emergency
26 Mar 1970
Golden Gate Park Conservatory made San Francisco city landmark
26 Mar 1970
Peter Yarrow (Peter Paul & Mary) pleads guilty to taking immoral liberties with a 14 year old girl and serves 3 months in prison granted a presidential pardon in 1981
26 Mar 1973
TV soap opera The Young & the Restless premieres on CBS
26 Mar 1997
Annie opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City and runs for 239 performances.
26 Mar 1663
The Quebec Seminary established by Franois de Montmorency-Laval First Bishop of New France. North Americas first institution of higher learning. [1]
26 Mar 1878
Hastings College of Law founded in San Francisco California
26 Mar 1898
Sabi Game Reserve opens in South Africa the worlds 1st officially designated game reserve now part of Kruger National Park
26 Mar 1898
Sabie Game Reserve proclaimed in the Transvaal - the beginnings of Kruger National Park
26 Mar 1960
Iraq executes 30 after attack on Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim
26 Mar 1967
21st Tony Awards The Homecoming (play) & Cabaret (musical) win
26 Mar 1970
Folk singer Peter Yarrow (Peter Paul & Mary) pleads guilty to taking immoral liberties with a 14 year old girl and serves 3 months in prison granted a presidential pardon in 1981
26 Mar 1871
Municipal elections bring revolutionaries to power in Paris who form the short lived Paris Commune government
26 Mar 1889
English cricketer Johnny Briggs takes 15-26 (7-17 & 8-11) at Newlands as South Africa are all out for 47 with Bernard Tancred not out on 26 then follow-on and are again all out for 43
26 Mar 1969
Nuclear reactor Dodewaard in the Netherlands is commissioned
26 Mar 1970
Folk singer Peter Yarrow (Peter Paul & Mary) pleads guilty to taking immoral liberties with a 14-year-old girl and serves 3 months in prison granted a presidential pardon in 1981
26 Mar 1994
German Gunda Niemann skates un-official world record 10 km ladies (1422.60) in Calgary Alberta
26 Mar 1994
German Gunda Niemann skates world record 5 km ladies (703.26) in Calgary Alberta
26 Mar 2006
Burmas military junta officially names Naypyidaw a new city in Mandalay Division the new capital (Yangon previous capital)
26 Mar 2006
In Scotland the prohibition of smoking in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force
26 Mar 2014
Taavi Rivas becomes Prime Minister of Estonia
26 Mar 2017
Carrie Lam is first woman elected to lead Hong Kong by Beijing-influenced electoral commission
26 Mar 2017
Mass protests in Chile over countrys privatised pension system
26 Mar 2018
US Federal Trade Commission confirms it will investigate Facebook over privacy concerns
26 Mar 2018
US soldier receives worlds first penis and scrotum transplant at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore Maryland
26 Mar 2018
US European Union and Ukraine expel more than 100 Russian diplomats in response to Russian use of nerve gas in UK
26 Mar 2019
Charges of staging fake racist and homophobic attack dropped against Justin Smollett by Chicago prosecutors
26 Mar 2019
European Parliament votes for changes to copyright laws making internet companies responsible for copyright infringements
26 Mar 2019
Maker of Oxyconti Purdue Pharma agrees to pay Oklahoma 270 million settlement ahead of trial accusing the company of fueling the opioid epidemic
26 Mar 2019
State of emergency declared in Rockland County New York due to measles epidemic with unvaccinated children banned from public spaces for 30 days after 153 cases
26 Mar 2020
American cases of COVID-19 exceed all other countries on this date with 81578 cases and 1180 deaths (New York Times)
26 Mar 2020
Christchurch mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant pleads guilty to all 51 murders in New Zealand
26 Mar 2020
Record number of Americans file for unemployment - 3.3 million according to US Department of Labor
26 Mar 1752
The Murder Act passes into law in Great Britain - allows corpses of executed murderers to be given to the Company of Surgeons for dissection [1]
26 Mar 1955
The Ballad of Davy Crockett version recorded by Bill Hayes becomes the 1 record in US
26 Mar 1997
NHL announces Anaheim Mighty Ducks and Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 season in Japan
26 Mar 1997
Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heavens Gate cult suicides in Rancho Santa Fe California
26 Mar 1859
First supposed sighting of Vulcan a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury it doesnt exist
26 Mar 1885
Eastman Film Co manufactures the first commercial motion picture film
26 Mar 1885
First modern legal cremation held in England at Woking Surrey [1]
26 Mar 1898
Sabi Game Reserve opens in South Africa the worlds first officially designated game reserve now part of Kruger National Park
26 Mar 1909
Russian military forces invade northern Persia to support Mohammad Ali Shahs coup dtat against the constitutional government in Persia and relieve the siege of Tabriz
26 Mar 1937
William H. Hastie becomes the first Black federal judge in the Virgin Islands
26 Mar 1952
Friedrich Durrenmatts play Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi (The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi) premieres in Munich
26 Mar 1953
Japanese film Ugetsu is released directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Masayuki Mori Machiko Ky and Kinuyo Tanaka
26 Mar 1972
LA Lakers break the NBA wins record by winning 69 of 82 games (69-13) record stands for 24 years
26 Mar 1977
Focus on the Family is founded by American evangelist Dr. James Dobson
26 Mar 1999
The Melissa worm infects Microsoft Word processing and email systems around the world
26 Mar 2005
Taiwanese government calls for people to demonstrate in Taipei against the Anti-Secession Law of the Peoples Republic of China. Around 200000 to 300000 attend the walk.
26 Mar 2023
WPL Cricket Final Brabourne Stadium Mumbai Mumbai Indians win inaugural tournament beating Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets with 3 balls to spare Player of the match Nat Sciver-Brunt (Mumbai Indians) 60no
26 Mar 2024
Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is struck by a Singapore-flagged cargo ship that has lost power causing the 1.6-mile-long 47-year-old structure to completely collapse and killing six maintenance workers [1]
26 Mar 2025
Masaki Kashiwara is the first Japanese mathematician to be awarded Mathematics greatest award the Abel Prize for his work on the theory of symmetry [1]