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What Happened on March 26th This Day in History

Year	Name
2017	Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.
2010	The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.
2005	Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.
1998	During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.
1997	Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
1991	Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
1982	A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
1981	Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
1979	Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in Washington, D.C.
1975	The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
1971	East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
1970	South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
1967	Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
1958	The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
1958	The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
1954	Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
1945	World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
1942	World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
1939	Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
1934	The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
1931	Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
1931	Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
1922	The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
1917	World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
1915	The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
1913	First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
1896	An explosion at the Brunner Mine near Greymouth, New Zealand kills 65 coal miners in the country's worst industrial accident.
1885	The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
1871	The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
1839	The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
1830	The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
1812	An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela.
1812	A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
1700	William Dampier is the first European to circumnavigate New Britain, discovering it is an island (which he names Nova Britannia) rather than part of New Guinea.
1697	Safavid government troops take control of Basra.
1651	Silver-loaded Spanish ship San José is pushed south by strong winds, subsequently it wrecks in the coast of southern Chile and its surviving crew is killed by indigenous Cuncos.[5]
1640	The Royal Academy of Turku, the first university of Finland, is founded in the city of Turku by Queen Christina of Sweden at the proposal of Count Per Brahe.[3]
1636	Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
1552	Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru.
1484	William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
1351	Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.
1344	The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
1169	Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
1027	Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
1021	On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son, al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah. On the same day, al-Hakim's designated heir, Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas, is arrested in Damascus and brought to Egypt.
590	Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

Famous People Born on March 26

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Year	Name
1965	Violeta Szekely, Romanian runner
1984	Felix Neureuther, German skier
1984	Jimmy Howard, American ice hockey player
1893	James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (d. 1978)
1937	Wayne Embry, American basketball player and manager
1960	Marcus Allen, American football player and sportscaster
1990	Yuya Takaki, Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor
1968	James Iha, American guitarist and songwriter
1979	Ben Blair, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1979	Juliana Paes, Brazilian actress

Famous People Deaths On March 26

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Date	Name
1132	Geoffrey of Vendôme, French cardinal and theologian (b. 1065)
1966	Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)
1858	John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
1932	Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founder of Cadillac and Lincoln (b. 1843)
809	Ludger, Frisian missionary
1902	Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
1649	John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
922	Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian mystic and poet (b. 858)
1983	Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (b. 1907)
1130	Sigurd the Crusader, Norwegian king (b. 1090)