What happened on March 26? There are more than 294 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About March 26
March 26 is the 86th day of the year 2024. There are 280 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday. This day falls under the 13th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Gibsonton, Florida 33534 sunrise occured at 07:24 AM and sunset occured at 07:45 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Aries. The modern birthstone for this month is Aquamarine while the mystical birthstone is Jade.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 309 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For March 26
- 1026Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1484William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop’s Fables.
- 1552Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru.
- 1636Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
- 1808Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.
- 1812An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
- 1830The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
- 1839The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
- 1881Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.
- 1913Balkan War: Bulgarian forces invade Adrianople.
- 1917World War I: First Battle of Gaza – British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
- 1934The driving test is introduced in the United Kingdom.
- 1942World War II: In Poland, the first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz.
- 1958The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
- 1958The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
- 1967Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City
- 1971East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
- 1974Gaura Devi leads a group of 27 women of Laata village, Henwalghati, Garhwal Himalayas, to form circles around trees to stop them being felled and giving rise to the Chipko Movement in India.
- 1975The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
- 1976Queen Elizabeth II sends the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.
- 1979Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- 1982A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
- 1991Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
- 1995The Schengen Treaty comes into effect.
- 1997Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven’s Gate cult suicides.
- 1998Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: 52 people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
- 1999A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
- 1999The “Melissa worm” infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.
- 2001World Championship Wrestling is purchased by the World Wrestling Federation.
- 2005The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People’s Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the demonstration.
Who Were Born On March 26?
- 603Pacal II, Mayan ruler (d. 683)
- 1516Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)
- 1554Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)
- 1698Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)
- 1749William Blount, American statesman (d. 1800)
- 1753Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (d. 1814)
- 1773Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838)
- 1794Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)
- 1859Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919)
- 1859Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (d. 1936)
- 1866Fred Karno, British music hall impresario (d. 1941)
- 1868King Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
- 1871Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole of the Kingdom of Hawaii (d. 1922)
- 1874Robert Frost, American poet (d. 1963)
- 1875Max Abraham, German physicist (d. 1922)
- 1875Syngman Rhee, South Korean politician (d. 1965)
- 1876Prince William of Wied (d. 1945)
- 1879Othmar Ammann, Swiss bridge engineer (d. 1965)
- 1881Guccio Gucci, founder of The House of Gucci. (d. 1953)
- 1882Hermann Obrecht, Swiss jurist (d. 1940)
- 1884Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (d. 1969)
- 1886Hugh Mulzac, America military officer (d. 1971)
- 1888Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse (d. 1948)
- 1893Palmiro Togliatti, Italian communist leader (d. 1964)
- 1894Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (d. 1985)
- 1896Rudolf Dassler, German sportswear executive (d. 1974)
- 1898Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
- 1904Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor and filmmaker (d. 1986)
- 1904Joseph Campbell, American author (d. 1987)
- 1904Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician (d. 2004)
- 1905Monty Berman, British film and television producer (d. 2006)
- 1905Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
- 1906Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpeter (d. 1981)
- 1908Franz Stangl, German concentration camp commandant (d. 1971)
- 1908Henry (Hank) Sylvern, American radio personality (d. 1964)
- 1911Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2003)
- 1911T. Hee, American animator (d. 1988)
- 1911Tennessee Williams, American dramatist (d. 1983)
- 1913Jacqueline de Romilly, French philologist and classical scholar (d. 2010)
- 1913Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1996)
- 1914Toru Kumon, Japanese educator (d. 1995)
- 1914William Westmoreland, American military commander (d. 2005)
- 1915Hwang Sunwon, Korean writer (d. 2000)
- 1916Bill Edrich, English cricketer (d. 1986)
- 1916Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1995)
- 1916Harry Rabinowitz, South African composer and conductor
- 1916Sterling Hayden, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1917Rufus Thomas, American musician (d. 2001)
- 1919Roger Leger, Quebec ice hockey player (d. 1965)
- 1919Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1922Oscar Sala, Italian-born physicist (d. 2010)
- 1923Bob Elliott, American comedian
- 1923Gert Bastian, German politician (d. 1992)
- 1925Ben Mondor, Canadian-born American baseball executive (d. 2010)
- 1925James Moody, American jazz musician (d. 2010)
- 1925Pierre Boulez, French composer and conductor
- 1926Ventsislav Yankov, Bulgarian pianist
- 1927Harold Chapman, British photographer
- 1929Edwin Turney, American businessman (d. 2008)
- 1929Tom Foley, American politician
- 1930Gregory Corso, American poet (d. 2001)
- 1930Sandra Day O'Connor, American jurist
- 1931Leonard Nimoy, American actor and director
- 1933Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian Writer
- 1933Vine Deloria Jr., American scholar (d. 2005)
- 1934Alan Arkin, American actor
- 1935Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian statesman
- 1936Giora Feidman, Argentinian-Jewish klezmer clarinetist
- 1936Harry Kalas, American sportscaster (d. 2009)
- 1937Wayne Embry, American basketball player
- 1938Anthony James Leggett, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1940James Caan, American actor
- 1940Nancy Pelosi, American politician
- 1941Richard Dawkins, British evolutionary biologist
- 1941Yvon Marcoux, Quebec politician
- 1942Erica Jong, American author
- 1943Bob Woodward, American journalist
- 1944Diana Ross, American singer (Supremes)
- 1945Mikhail Voronin, Soviet gymnast (d. 2004)
- 1946Alain Madelin, French politician
- 1946Johnny Crawford, American actor
- 1947Dar Robinson, American stuntman (d. 1986)
- 1948Richard Tandy, British keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra)
- 1948Steven Tyler, American singer (Aerosmith)
- 1949Patrick Süskind, German writer
- 1949Vicki Lawrence, American actress and singer
- 1950Alan Silvestri, American film composer
- 1950Ernest Thomas, American actor
- 1950Martin Short, Canadian comedian
- 1950Teddy Pendergrass, American singer (d. 2010)
- 1951Carl Wieman, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1952Didier Pironi, French Formula 1 driver (d. 1987)
- 1952T. A. Barron, American writer
- 1953Elaine Chao, American member of the George W. Bush Administration
- 1953Lincoln Chafee, American politician
- 1953Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian nationalist (d. 2002)
- 1954Curtis Sliwa, American anti-crime activist
- 1954Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese voice actor
- 1955Danny Arndt, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1956Charly McClain, American singer
- 1957Leeza Gibbons, American television host
- 1957Paul Morley, English music journalist and musician
- 1958Chris Codiroli, American baseball player
- 1958Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (d. 1986)
- 1959Chris Hansen, American reporter and correspondent
- 1960Axel Prahl, German actor
- 1960Jennifer Grey, American actress
- 1960Marcus Allen, American football player
- 1961Billy Warlock, American actor
- 1961Leigh Bowery, Australian-born English fashion performance artist (d. 1994)
- 1961William Hague, British politician
- 1962Eric Allan Kramer, American actor
- 1962John Stockton, American basketball player
- 1962Paul de Leeuw, Dutch television host
- 1963Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese writer
- 1963Roch Voisine, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1964Baz Warne, English guitarist (The Stranglers)
- 1964Hai Zi, Chinese poet (d. 1989)
- 1964Martin Donnelly, Irish race car driver
- 1964Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1965Trey Azagthoth, American guitarist
- 1966Michael Imperioli, American actor
- 1966Nick Wirth, British engineer
- 1967Mark Carroll, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1968James Iha, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle)
- 1968Kenny Chesney, American singer
- 1968Laurent Brochard, French cyclist
- 1970Martin McDonagh, Anglo-Irish playwright and film director
- 1970Paul Bosvelt, Dutch football player
- 1970Thomas Kyparissis, Greek footballer
- 1971Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist and sociobiologist
- 1972Jason Maxwell, American baseball player
- 1972Jon Reep, American comedian and actor
- 1972Leslie Mann, American actress
- 1973Heather Goldenhersh, American actress
- 1973Lawrence E. Page, American search engine designer
- 1973Matt Burke, Australian rugby player
- 1973T. R. Knight, American actor
- 1974Mike Peca, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975Juvenile, American rapper
- 1976Amy Smart, American actress
- 1976Joachim Alcine, Haitian-born Quebec boxer
- 1976Natalia Livingston, American actress
- 1976Nurgül Yeşilçay, Turkish actress
- 1976Ufuk Talay, Australian footballer
- 1977Kevin Davies, English footballer
- 1977Sylvain Grenier, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1978Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
- 1979Hiromi Uehara, Japanese jazz pianist
- 1979Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer
- 1979Pierre Womé, Cameroonian footballer
- 1980Richie Wellens, English footballer
- 1980Son Ho Young, Korean singer
- 1981Baruch Dego, Israeli football player
- 1981Jay Sean, British R&B singer
- 1981Josh Wilson, American baseball player
- 1982Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
- 1982Nate Kaeding, American football player
- 1983Michael Brendli, American professional wrestler
- 1983Roman Bednar, Czech footballer
- 1984Alberto Schettino, Italian footballer
- 1984Annette Schwarz, German pornographic actress
- 1984David McGowan, English footballer
- 1984Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1984Jimmy Howard, American ice hockey player
- 1984Sara Jean Underwood, American model
- 1984Stéphanie Lapointe, French-Canadian singer
- 1985Jonathan Groff, American stage and television actor
- 1985Keira Knightley, English actress
- 1985Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricket captain
- 1986Jonny Craig, Canadian singer and songwriter (Emarosa and Dance Gavin Dance)
- 1986Misty Stone, American pornographic actress and model
- 1987Jermichael Finley, American football player
- 1987Steven Fletcher, Scottish footballer
- 1987YUI, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1988Suvi Koponen, Finnish model
- 1989Josiah Leming, American singer-songwriter
- 1989Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor and racer
- 1989Simon Kjær, Danish footballer
- 1990Yūya Yagira, Japanese actor
- 1990Yuya Takaki, Japanese actor and singer
- 1992Haley Ramm, American actress
- 2005Countess Luana of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg
- 2007Prince Moritz of Hesse, son of Donatus, Hereditary Prince of Hesse
Who Died On March 26?
- 304Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian
- 922Al-Hallaj, Persian Sufi teacher and writer
- 1130King Sigurd I of Norway (b. c. 1090)
- 1212King Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)
- 1517Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer
- 1535Georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482)
- 1546Thomas Elyot, English diplomat
- 1566Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish composer (b. 1510)
- 1649John Winthrop, second governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
- 1679Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)
- 1697Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (b. 1640)
- 1726Sir John Vanbrugh, English dramatist (b. 1664)
- 1772Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)
- 1776Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)
- 1780Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713)
- 1793John Mudge, English physician (b. 1721)
- 1797James Hutton, Scottish geologist (b. 1726)
- 1814Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)
- 1827Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b. 1770)
- 1858John Addison Thomas, American soldier (b. 1811)
- 1881Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800)
- 1885Anson Stager, American telegraphist (b. 1825)
- 1888Barghash bin Said, second Sultan of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
- 1892Walt Whitman, American poet (b. 1819)
- 1902Cecil Rhodes, English explorer (b. 1853)
- 1905Maurice Barrymore, actor; patriarch of the Barrymore family (b. 1849)
- 1910An Jung-geun, Korean general who fought for independence of Korea(executed) (b. 1879)
- 1910Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
- 1920William Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834)
- 1923Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (b. 1844)
- 1926Konstantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
- 1929Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (b. 1859)
- 1933Eddie Lang, American musician (b. 1902)
- 1940Spiridon Louis, Greek runner, winner of the first modern Olympics marathon (b. 1873)
- 1942Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874)
- 1945David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
- 1948Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (b. 1905)
- 1951James F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
- 1957Édouard Herriot, French politician (b. 1872)
- 1958Phil Mead, English cricketer (b. 1887)
- 1959Raymond Chandler, American-born novelist (b. 1888)
- 1969John Kennedy Toole, American author (b. 1937)
- 1973Don Messer, Canadian fiddler (b. 1909)
- 1973George Sisler, American baseball player (b. 1893)
- 1973Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
- 1973Noel Coward, English composer and playwright (b. 1899)
- 1976Josef Albers, German artist (b. 1888)
- 1976Lin Yutang, Chinese writer (b. 1895)
- 1978Wilfred Pickles, English actor and broadcaster (b. 1904)
- 1983Anthony Blunt, British art historian and spy (b. 1907)
- 1984Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (b. 1922)
- 1987Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
- 1989Hai Zi, Chinese poet (b. 1964)
- 1990Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)
- 1992Barbara Frum, Canadian journalist (b. 1937)
- 1995Eazy-E, American rapper (N.W.A) (b. 1963)
- 1996David Packard, American engineer and businessman (b. 1912)
- 1996Edmund Muskie, American politician (b. 1914)
- 1997Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader (b. 1931)
- 2000Alex Comfort, American author (b. 1920)
- 2002Randy Castillo, American drummer (Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe) (b. 1950)
- 2003Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator (b. 1927)
- 2004Jan Berry, American musician (Jan and Dean) (b. 1941)
- 2004Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921)
- 2005Frederick Rotimi Williams Nigerian politician and jurist (b. 1920)
- 2005Gérard Filion, Quebec businessman and journalist (b. 1909)
- 2005James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1976-1979 (b. 1912)
- 2005Marius Russo, American baseball player (b. 1914)
- 2005Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz and Crowded House) (b. 1959)
- 2006Anil Biswas, Indian politician (b. 1944)
- 2006Nikki Sudden, British singer/songwriter (b. 1956)
- 2006Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975)
- 2008Heath Benedict, American football player (b. 1983)
- 2008Manuel Marulanda Velez aka Tirofijo, founder and lifelong leader of Colombian rebel group FARC-EP (b. 1930)
- 2008Robert Fagles, American translator and professor (b. 1933)
- 2008Wally Phillips, American radio personality (b. 1925)
- 2009Shane McConkey, Canadian skier and BASE jumper (b. 1969)
- 2011Diana Wynne Jones, British fantasy writer (b. 1934)
- 2011Geraldine Ferraro, Congresswoman and VP nominee (b. 1935)
- 2011Roger Abbott, Canadian comedian (Air Farce Live) (b. 1946)
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