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March 26 Events in History - March 26 Birthdays - March 26 Deaths
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March 26, 2006 Smoking is banned in restaurants and bars in Scotland March 26, 2000 72nd Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Billy Crystal hosts, American Beauty wins Best Picture, Kevin Spacey and Hilary Swank win lead acting awards March 26, 1997 "Annie," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City March 26, 1997 NHL announce Might Ducks and Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan March 26, 1996 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld vs. Vic) March 26, 1995 "Defending the Caveman," opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 671 perf March 26, 1995 "Moliere Comedies" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 56 performances March 26, 1995 15th Golden Raspberry Awards: Color of Night wins March 26, 1995 24th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nanci Bowen March 26, 1995 Mashonaland beat Mashonaland U-24 by 165 runs to win Logan Cup March 26, 1994 Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 m ladies (38.99 sec) March 26, 1994 Gunda Niemann skates world record 5 km ladies (7:03.26) March 26, 1994 Gunda Niemann skates un-official world record 10 km ladies (14:22.60) March 26, 1994 Talk show hostess Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman March 26, 1994 Yuka Sato of Japan wins world figure skating championship in Tokyo March 26, 1992 NHL New York Rangers clinch 1st NHL regular season championship in 50 years March 26, 1991 Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street and Lexington Ave, New York City March 26, 1991 Marc Camoletti's "Don't Dress for Dinner," premieres in London March 26, 1991 Orlando Thunder beats San Antonio Riders in their 1st WLAF game 35-34 March 26, 1991 Victoria beat NSW by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final March 26, 1990 62nd Academy Awards - "Driving Miss Daisy," D Day-Lewis, J Tandy win March 26, 1989 1st free elections in U.S.S.R.; 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins March 26, 1989 Allison Finney wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic March 26, 1988 Janet B. Evans swims 1500m freestyle female world record (15:52.10) March 26, 1987 August Wilson's "Fences," premieres in New York City March 26, 1987 Hyderabad beat Delhi on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy March 26, 1987 NASA launches Fltsatcom-6, it failed to reach orbit March 26, 1987 National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet) March 26, 1986 Geffen records signs Guns and Roses March 26, 1983 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 26, 1982 Ground-breaking in Washington, D.C. for Vietnam Veterans Memorial March 26, 1982 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder release "Ebony and Ivory" in the U.K. March 26, 1982 Soap opera "Capitol" premieres March 26, 1981 Police and Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia March 26, 1981 Soyuz T-4 lands March 26, 1980 Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10 years (The Police) March 26, 1979 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Mich State beats Indiana St. 75-64 March 26, 1979 Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt March 26, 1979 Michigan State Spartans snaps Indiana State's 33-game win streak March 26, 1979 Padres and Giants announce plans to play exhibition series in Tokyo but Giant players reject it March 26, 1977 Elvis Costello releases his 1st record "Less Than Zero" March 26, 1976 AL approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M March 26, 1976 Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album March 26, 1975 "Tommy" premieres in London March 26, 1975 Washington Capitals play record NHL 37th road game without a win and NHL record of 17 straight loses March 26, 1974 George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2 for heavyweight boxing title March 26, 1974 Romanian Communist Party names party leader Ceausescu president March 26, 1973 35th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76 March 26, 1973 Soap "Young and Restless" premieres March 26, 1973 Susan Shaw, is 1st woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange March 26, 1973 UCLA wins their 7th straight NCAA basketball title March 26, 1972 "Only Fools Are Sad" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 144 performances March 26, 1972 Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic March 26, 1972 Los Angeles Lakers broke NBA record by winning 69 of 82 games (69-13) March 26, 1971 "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings March 26, 1971 "Cannon" with William Conrad premieres on CBS-TV March 26, 1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence March 26, 1970 "Minnie's Boys" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 80 performances March 26, 1970 500th nuclear explosion announced by the U.S. since 1945 March 26, 1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark March 26, 1970 Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary) plead guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl March 26, 1969 Marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV March 26, 1969 Nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use March 26, 1969 Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched March 26, 1967 21st Tony Awards: Homecoming and Cabaret win March 26, 1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Venice Ladies' Golf Open March 26, 1967 Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Populorum progressio March 26, 1964 "Funny Girl" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1,348 performances March 26, 1962 Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature March 26, 1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Golden Circle of Golf Festival March 26, 1960 Iraq executes 30 after attack on President Kassem March 26, 1960 Orioles-Reds series for Havana, is moved to Miami March 26, 1960 USC captures NCAA swimming title March 26, 1959 Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs. WI age 15 years 124 days March 26, 1958 30th Academy Awards-"Bridge over River Kwai," Woodward and Guinness win March 26, 1958 U.S. Army launched America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III" March 26, 1956 Medic Alert Foundation forms March 26, 1956 Red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One March 26, 1955 "Ballad of Davy Crockett," becomes the #1 record in US March 26, 1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island March 26, 1953 Dr. Jonas Salk announces vaccine to prevent polio March 26, 1952 14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats St. Johns 80-63 March 26, 1952 F Durrenmatt's "Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi," premieres in Munich March 26, 1951 Patty Berg wins LPGA Sandhills Women's Golf Open March 26, 1951 USAF flag approved March 26, 1949 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36 March 26, 1945 Kamikazes attack U.S. battle fleet near Kerama Retto March 26, 1945 British premier Churchill looks over at the Rhine (near Ginsberg) March 26, 1945 De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34 March 26, 1945 Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine March 26, 1945 Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima March 26, 1945 U.S. 7th Army crosses Rhine at Worms March 26, 1945 Venray soccer team forms March 26, 1944 705 British bombers attack Essen March 26, 1943 Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean March 26, 1943 Elsie S. Ott becomes 1st woman awarded U.S. Air Force Medal March 26, 1942 1st "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz and Birkenau Camps March 26, 1942 1st 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec March 26, 1942 20 tons of gelignite in a stone quarry at Easton Pennsylvania, kills 21 March 26, 1942 German offensive in North-Africa under Col-general Rommel March 26, 1940 Ernest Hemingway and Benjamin Glazer premiere in New York City March 26, 1938 NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony March 26, 1937 Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice and replace his 40 with 36 oz bat March 26, 1937 Spinach growers of Crystal City, Texas, erect statue of Popeye March 26, 1937 William H. Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands) March 26, 1936 1st parliamentary debate on NZ radio March 26, 1936 200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, New York-Cal Tech March 26, 1936 Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska March 26, 1935 "RvJ" Mitchell and Mjr Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire March 26, 1934 Driving tests introduced in Britain March 26, 1931 Iraq and Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty March 26, 1931 Leo Bentley bowls 3 consecutive perfect games in Lorain, Ohio March 26, 1931 New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies March 26, 1930 Congress appropriates $50,000 for Inter-American highway March 26, 1927 Alfred Hugenberg purchases German film company UFA March 26, 1927 Gaumont-British Film Corporation forms March 26, 1926 ACD de Graeff appointed Governor-General of Dutch East-Indies March 26, 1926 The 1st lip-reading tournament held in America March 26, 1924 Premiere of Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan," in London March 26, 1923 Stanley Cup: Ott Senators beat Vanc Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 1 March 26, 1917 Stanley Cup: Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1 - Seattle is 1st U.S. team to win Stanley Cup March 26, 1916 Birdman of Alcatraz receives solitary March 26, 1915 Stanley Cup: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Ottawa Senators March 26, 1913 Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the 1st Balkan War March 26, 1913 Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, and Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously March 26, 1910 U.S. forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers and the sick March 26, 1910 William H. Lewis appointed asst attorney general of U.S. March 26, 1909 August Strindberg's "Bjalb-jarle-ti," premieres in Stockholm March 26, 1903 American Hotel opens in Amsterdam March 26, 1895 King Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid, starts Spain's Arbor Day March 26, 1889 Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26* out of 47! South Africa vs. England March 26, 1889 Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 and 8-11) vs. South Africa at Newlands March 26, 1889 South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 vs. England March 26, 1886 1st cremation in England March 26, 1885 Eastman Film Co. manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film March 26, 1885 Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Sask March 26, 1878 Hastings College of Law founded March 26, 1878 Sabi Game Reserve, world's 1st official designated game reserve, opens March 26, 1872 7.8 earthquake shakes Owens Valley, California March 26, 1872 Thomas J. Martin patents fire extinguisher March 26, 1871 Paris Commune founded March 26, 1863 Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves March 26, 1862 Battle of La Glorieta Pass, New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch) March 26, 1859 1st sighting of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury March 26, 1856 NSW's 1st 1st-class game, vs. Victoria at Melbourne NSW won March 26, 1845 Joseph Francis, New York City, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat March 26, 1845 Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid March 26, 1839 1st Henley Royal Regatta March 26, 1824 1st performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" March 26, 1821 Franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess," premieres in Vienna March 26, 1812 Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die March 26, 1804 Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana March 26, 1804 Territory of Orleans organizes in Louisiana Purchase March 26, 1799 Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine March 26, 1793 Pro-royalist uprising in Vendee region of France March 26, 1790 Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency March 26, 1780 1st British Sunday newspaper appears (Brit Gazette and Sunday Monitor) March 26, 1692 King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands March 26, 1668 England takes control of Bombay India March 26, 1636 University of Utrecht opening ceremony March 26, 1534 Lubeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea March 26, 1526 King Francois I returns Spanish captivity to France March 26, 1150 Tichborne family of Hampshire England started tradition of giving a Gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise March 26, 1147 Jewish community in Cologne fast to commemorate anti-Jewish violence March 26, 1027 John XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier Roman German emperor |