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What happend on 26. March in History
In our data base we found 332 events happened on 26. March:
• 304: Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian [category: Deaths]
• 603: Pacal II, Mayan (d. 683) [category: Births]
• 922: Al-Hallaj, Persian Sufi teacher and writer [category: Deaths]
• 1027: Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. [category: Events]
• 1130: King Sigurd I of Norway (b. c. 1090) [category: Deaths]
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• 1212: King Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154) [category: Deaths]
• 1351: Combat of the Thirty : Thirty Breton Knights call out and defeat thirty English Knights [category: Events]
• 1484: William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables. [category: Events]
• 1516: Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) [category: Births]
• 1517: Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer [category: Deaths]
• 1535: Georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482) [category: Deaths]
• 1546: Thomas Elyot, English diplomat [category: Deaths]
• 1552: Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru. [category: Events]
• 1554: Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) [category: Births]
• 1566: Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish composer (b. 1510) [category: Deaths]
• 1634: Domenico Freschi Italian composer and Roman Catholic priest (d. 1710) [category: Births]
• 1636: Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands. [category: Events]
• 1649: John Winthrop,English lawyer and second governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony [category: Deaths]
• 1679: Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621) [category: Deaths]
• 1697: Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (b. 1640) [category: Deaths]
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• 1698: Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) [category: Births]
• 1726: Sir John Vanbrugh, English dramatist (b. 1664) [category: Deaths]
• 1749: William Blount, American statesman (d. 1800) [category: Births]
• 1753: Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (d. 1814) [category: Births]
• 1772: Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704) [category: Deaths]
• 1773: Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838) [category: Births]
• 1776: Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725) [category: Deaths]
• 1780: Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: John Mudge, English physician (b. 1721) [category: Deaths]
• 1794: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1797: James Hutton, Scottish geologist (b. 1726) [category: Deaths]
• 1812: An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela. [category: Events]
• 1814: Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738) [category: Deaths]
• 1827: Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b. 1770) [category: Deaths]
• 1830: The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York. [category: Events]
• 1839: The first Henley Royal Regatta is held. [category: Events]
• 1854: Maurice Lecoq, French sports shooter (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1858: John Addison Thomas, American soldier (b. 1811) [category: Deaths]
• 1859: Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1859: Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1866: Fred Karno, British music hall impresario (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1868: King Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1871: Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole of the Kingdom of Hawaii (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1874: Robert Frost, American poet (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1875: Max Abraham, German physicist (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1875: Syngman Rhee, South Korean politician (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1876: Prince William of Wied (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1879: Othmar Ammann, Swiss bridge engineer (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1879: Waldemar Tietgens, German rower (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1880: André Prévost, French tennis player (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1881: Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1881: Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again. [category: Events]
• 1882: Hermann Obrecht, Swiss jurist (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1884: Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1885: Anson Stager, American telegraphist (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada. [category: Events]
• 1886: Hugh Mulzac, America military officer (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1888: Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1888: Barghash bin Said, Zanzibar ruler, second Sultan of Zanzibar (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: Walt Whitman, American poet (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: Palmiro Togliatti, Italian communist leader (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1894: Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1898: Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1898: Rudolf Dassler, German sportswear executive (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1902: Cecil Rhodes, English explorer (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor and filmmaker (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1904: Joseph Campbell, American author (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1904: Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1905: Monty Berman, British producer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1905: Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1905: Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1906: Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpeter (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1907: Azellus Denis, Canadian politician (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1908: Franz Stangl, German concentration camp commandant (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1908: Henry (Hank) Sylvern, American radio personality (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1910: An Jung-geun, Korean general (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1911: T. Hee, American animator (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1911: Tennessee Williams, American dramatist (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1913: Jacqueline de Romilly, French philologist and classical scholar (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1913: Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1913: Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople. [category: Events]
• 1914: Toru Kumon, Japanese educator (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1914: William Westmoreland, American military commander (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1915: Hwang Sunwon, Korean writer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1916: Bill Edrich, English cricketer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1916: Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1916: Harry Rabinowitz, South African composer and conductor [category: Births]
• 1916: Sterling Hayden, American actor (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1917: World War I: First Battle of Gaza – British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance. [category: Events]
• 1919: Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1919: Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1920: Sergio Livingstone, Chilean footballer and sportscaster (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: William Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Oscar Sala, Italian-born physicist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1923: Bob Elliott, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1923: Gert Bastian, German politician (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1923: Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Ben Mondor, Canadian-American baseball executive (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1925: James Moody, American jazz musician (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1925: Pierre Boulez, French composer and conductor [category: Births]
• 1926: Ventsislav Yankov, Bulgarian pianist [category: Births]
• 1926: Konstantin Fehrenbach, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Harold Chapman, British photographer [category: Births]
• 1929: Edwin Turney, American businessman (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1929: Tom Foley, American politician [category: Births]
• 1929: Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Gregory Corso, American poet (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1930: Sandra Day O'Connor, American jurist [category: Births]
• 1931: Leonard Nimoy, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1931: SwissAir is founded as the national airline of Switzerland. [category: Events]
• 1933: Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian Writer [category: Births]
• 1933: Vine Deloria Jr., American scholar (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1933: Eddie Lang, American jazz musician (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Alan Arkin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1934: John Biller, American athlete (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: The driving test is introduced in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1935: Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian statesman [category: Births]
• 1936: Giora Feidman, Argentinian-Jewish klezmer clarinetist [category: Births]
• 1936: Harry Kalas, American sportscaster (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1937: James Lee, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1937: Wayne Embry, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1938: Anthony James Leggett, American physicist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1939: Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war. [category: Events]
• 1940: James Caan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1940: Nancy Pelosi, American politician [category: Births]
• 1940: Spiridon Louis, Greek runner, winner of the first modern Olympics marathon (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Richard Dawkins, British biologist [category: Births]
• 1941: Yvon Marcoux, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1942: Erica Jong, American author [category: Births]
• 1942: Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. [category: Events]
• 1943: Bob Woodward, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1944: Diana Ross, American singer (The Supremes) [category: Births]
• 1945: Mikhail Voronin, Soviet gymnast (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1945: David Lloyd George, British politician and statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Alain Madelin, French politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Jiří Kabeš, Czech singer, violist, violinist, guitarist and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1946: Johnny Crawford, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Dar Robinson, American stuntman (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1948: Richard Tandy, British keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra) [category: Births]
• 1948: Steven Tyler, American singer (Aerosmith) [category: Births]
• 1948: Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Fran Sheehan, American musician (Boston) [category: Births]
• 1949: Patrick Süskind, German writer [category: Births]
• 1949: Vicki Lawrence, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1950: Alan Silvestri, American film composer [category: Births]
• 1950: Ernest Thomas, American actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Martin Short, Canadian comedian [category: Births]
• 1950: Teddy Pendergrass, American singer (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes) (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1951: Carl Wieman, American physicist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1951: James F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Didier Pironi, French Formula 1 driver (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1952: T. A. Barron, American writer [category: Births]
• 1953: Elaine Chao, American, 24th United States Secretary of Labor [category: Births]
• 1953: Lincoln Chafee, American politician [category: Births]
• 1953: Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian nationalist (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1954: Clive Palmer, Australian businessman [category: Births]
• 1954: Curtis Sliwa, American anti-crime activist [category: Births]
• 1954: Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Danny Arndt, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1956: Charly McClain, American singer [category: Births]
• 1957: Leeza Gibbons, American television host [category: Births]
• 1957: Paul Morley, English journalist [category: Births]
• 1957: Édouard Herriot, French politician (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Chris Codiroli, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1958: Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1958: Phil Mead, English cricketer (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris. [category: Events]
• 1958: The United States Army launches Explorer 3. [category: Events]
• 1959: Chris Hansen, American reporter and correspondent [category: Births]
• 1959: Raymond Chandler, American-born novelist (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Axel Prahl, German actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Jennifer Grey, American actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Marcus Allen, American football player [category: Births]
• 1960: Øystein Mæland, Norweigian psychiatrist, civil servant and politician [category: Births]
• 1961: Billy Warlock, American actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Leigh Bowery, Australian performance artist (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1961: William Hague, British politician [category: Births]
• 1962: Eric Allan Kramer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: John Stockton, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Paul de Leeuw, Dutch television host [category: Births]
• 1962: Richard Coles, English musician and priest [category: Births]
• 1963: Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese writer [category: Births]
• 1963: Roch Voisine, Canadian singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1964: Hai Zi, Chinese poet (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1964: Martin Donnelly, Irish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1964: Todd Barry, American Comedian [category: Births]
• 1964: Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Trey Azagthoth, American guitarist (Morbid Angel) [category: Births]
• 1966: Michael Imperioli, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Nick Wirth, British engineer [category: Births]
• 1966: Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Mark Carroll, Australian rugby league footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City [category: Events]
• 1968: James Iha, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle) [category: Births]
• 1968: Kenny Chesney, American singer [category: Births]
• 1968: Laurent Brochard, French cyclist [category: Births]
• 1969: Alessandro Moscardi, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1969: John Kennedy Toole, American author (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Martin McDonagh, Anglo-Irish playwright and director [category: Births]
• 1970: Paul Bosvelt, Dutch football player [category: Births]
• 1970: Thomas Kyparissis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist and sociobiologist [category: Births]
• 1971: East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins. [category: Events]
• 1972: Jason Maxwell, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Jon Reep, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Leslie Mann, American actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Heather Goldenhersh, American actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Lawrence E. Page, American computer scientist, Co-Founder of Google [category: Births]
• 1973: Matt Burke, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1973: T. R. Knight, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Don Messer, Canadian fiddler (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: George Sisler, American baseball player (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Noël Coward, English composer and playwright (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Mike Peca, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1974: Gaura 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. [category: Events]
• 1975: Juvenile, American rapper (Hot Boys) [category: Births]
• 1975: The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force. [category: Events]
• 1976: Amy Smart, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Joachim Alcine, Haitian-born Canadian boxer [category: Births]
• 1976: Natalia Livingston, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Nurgül Yeşilçay, Turkish actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Ufuk Talay, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Josef Albers, German artist (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Lin Yutang, Chinese writer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Kevin Davies, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Sylvain Grenier, Canadian wrestler [category: Births]
• 1978: Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Wilfred Pickles, English actor and broadcaster (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Four days before the scheduled opening of Japan's Narita International Airport, a group of protestors destroys much of the equipment in the control tower with Molotov cocktails. [category: Events]
• 1979: Hiromi Uehara, Japanese jazz pianist [category: Births]
• 1979: Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Pierre Womé, Cameroonian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.. [category: Events]
• 1980: Niina Kelo, Finnish heptathlete [category: Births]
• 1980: Richie Wellens, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Son Ho Young, Korean singer (g.o.d) [category: Births]
• 1981: Baruch Dego, Israeli football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Jay Sean, British singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Josh Wilson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Massimo Donati, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Nate Kaeding, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.. [category: Events]
• 1983: Michael Brendli, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1983: Roman Bednar, Czech footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Anthony Blunt, British art historian and spy (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Alberto Schettino, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Annette Schwarz, German pornographic actress [category: Births]
• 1984: David McGowan, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer [category: Births]
• 1984: Jimmy Howard, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Marco Stier, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Sara Jean Underwood, American model [category: Births]
• 1984: Stéphanie Lapointe, Canadian singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Ahmed Sékou Touré, African political leader and President of Guinea (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Jonathan Groff, American actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Keira Knightley, English actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricketer [category: Births]
• 1986: Emma Laine, Finnish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1986: Jonny Craig, Canadian singer and songwriter (Emarosa, Dance Gavin Dance, and Isles & Glaciers) [category: Births]
• 1986: Misty Stone, American pornographic actress and model [category: Births]
• 1987: Jermichael Finley, American football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Steven Fletcher, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: YUI, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1987: Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Suvi Koponen, Finnish model [category: Births]
• 1989: Josiah Leming, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1989: Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor and racer [category: Births]
• 1989: Simon Kjær, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Hai Zi, Chinese poet (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Yuya Takaki, Japanese actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1990: Yūya Yagira, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market. [category: Events]
• 1991: Five South Korean boys, nicknamed the Frog Boys, disappear while hunting for frogs and are murdered in a case that remains unsolved. [category: Events]
• 1992: Haley Ramm, American actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Barbara Frum, Canadian journalist (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Mayu Watanabe, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48 and Watarirouka Hashiritai) [category: Births]
• 1995: Eazy-E, American rapper (N.W.A) (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: The Schengen Treaty comes into effect. [category: Events]
• 1996: Andres Echeverri, French EDM Producer and DJ. Member of The Partysquad [category: Births]
• 1996: David Packard, American engineer and businessman (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Edmund Muskie, American politician (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides. [category: Events]
• 1998: Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: 52 people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2. [category: Events]
• 1999: A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man. [category: Events]
• 1999: The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world. [category: Events]
• 2000: Alex Comfort, American author (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Randy Castillo, American drummer (Red Square Black and Mötley Crüe) (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American politician and sociologist. (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Jan Berry, American musician (Jan and Dean) (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Countess Luana of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg [category: Births]
• 2005: Frank Searle, British Loch Ness Monster hoaxer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Frederick Rotimi Williams Nigerian politician and jurist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Gérard Filion, Quebec businessman and journalist (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: James Callaghan, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1976-1979 (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Marius Russo, American baseball player (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz, Crowded House, Deckchairs Overboard and Tarmac Adam) (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: The 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. [category: Events]
• 2006: Anil Biswas, Indian politician (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Nikki Sudden, British singer-songwriter (Jacobites and Swell Maps) (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Prince Moritz of Hesse [category: Births]
• 2008: Heath Benedict, American football player (b. 1983) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Manuel Marulanda Velez, Colombian rebel leader, founder and lifelong leader of rebel group FARC-EP (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Robert Fagles, American translator and professor (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Wally Phillips, American radio personality (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Shane McConkey, Canadian skier and BASE jumper (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Diana Wynne Jones, British writer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Geraldine Ferraro, American congresswoman and vice-president nominee (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Roger Abbott, Canadian comedian (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Emmanuel and companions [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Felicitas [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day and National Day (Bangladesh), celebrates the declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1971. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Larissa [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ludger [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: March 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Margaret Clitherow [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Martyr's Day or Day of Democracy (Mali) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Prince Kuhio Day (Hawaii) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Prophet Zoroaster's Birthday (Zoroastrianism) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel (Eastern Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]