March 26

Events

 * - crowns  as.
 * - is fatally wounded by a  bolt during a siege in, he dies eleven days later. The , a french  named , is.
 * - printed his translation of .
 * - becomes the Third.
 * - is founded in.
 * - abdicates in favor of his son,.
 * - An destroys,.
 * - The first is held.
 * - is freed and becomes part of  again.
 * - : n forces take.
 * - : -  troops are haltedafter 17,000  block their advance.
 * - introduced in the.
 * - : In, receives its first female prisoners.
 * - : In, US forces declare Iwo Jima as "secure."
 * - announces his.
 * - The launches.
 * 1958  - The  (PRA) is launched at a meeting in.
 * - A truck loses control down Moosic Street,, , killing the driver. This accident later inspired the  song, "30,000 Pounds of Bananas."
 * - Ten thousand people gather for the.
 * - declares its independence from  to form  and  begins.
 * - The enters into force.
 * - sent out the first royal email, from the.
 * - is founded by
 * -, and  sign the  in.
 * - A groundbreaking ceremony for the is held in.
 * - The goes into effect.
 * - The approves a $10.2 billion loan for.
 * - Thirty-nine bodies found in the.
 * - in ; 52 people killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
 * - The "" infects word processing and  systems around the world.
 * 1999  - A jury in  finds   guilty of second-degree  for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
 * - is elected 2nd  of.
 * - The ese government calls on 1 million to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the . Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the walk.
 * - In, the prohibition of in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force.
 * - The military junta ruling officially named, a new city in Mandalay Division, as the new capital.  had formerly been the nation's capital.

Births

 * -, Swiss naturalist (d. )
 * -, French military leader (d. )
 * -, theologian and natural scientist (d. )
 * -, Founding Father (d. )
 * -, American physicist and inventor (d. )
 * -, American mathematician and navigation expert (d. )
 * -, German painter (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * 1859  -, German mathematician (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, German physicist (d. )
 * 1875  -,  (d. )
 * -, sovereign Prince of Albania (d. )
 * -, Swiss-born bridge engineer (d. )
 * -, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. )
 * -, German pianist (d. )
 * -, First African-America captain of the Merchant Marine (d. )
 * -, Romanian soprano (d. )
 * -, Founder of (d. )
 * -, Swedish nurse (d. )
 * -, Italian communist leader (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * 1904  -, Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director (d. )
 * 1904  -, Greek economist,  (d. )
 * -, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. )
 * -, Mexican trumpetist (d. )
 * -, commandant of Nazi concentration camps (d. )
 * -, German-born biophysicist, (d. )
 * 1911  -, American dramatist (d. )
 * 1911  -, American animator (d. )
 * -, Hungarian mathematician (d. )
 * -, Japanese educator (d. )
 * 1914  -, U.S. general (d. )
 * -, American chemist, (d. )
 * 1916  -, English cricketer (d. )
 * 1916  -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Italian-born physicist
 * -, German politician (d. )
 * 1923  -, American comedian
 * -, French composer and conductor
 * 1925  -, American jazz musician, composer, and actor
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * 1930  -, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
 * -, American actor and director
 * -, American actor
 * -, President of the Palestine National Authority
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, American physicist,
 * -, American actor
 * 1940  -, American politician
 * -, British evolutionary biologist
 * 1941  -, Quebec politician
 * -, American author
 * -, American journalist
 * -, American singer
 * -, Soviet gymnast (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * 1946  -, French politician
 * -, American stuntman (d. )
 * -, British keyboardist
 * 1948  -, American singer
 * -, American actress and singer
 * 1949  -, German writer
 * -, American singer
 * 1950  -, Canadian comedian
 * 1950  -, American actor
 * -, American physicist,
 * -, French Formula One driver (d. )
 * -, U.S. Secretary of Labor
 * 1953  -, American Senator from Rhode Island
 * 1953  -, Chadian rebel (d. )
 * -, Japanese (voice actor)
 * 1954  -, American founder of the
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American singer
 * -, American television host
 * 1957  -, English music journalist and musician
 * -, American baseballer
 * 1958  -, Italian racing driver (d. )
 * -, American reporter and correspondent
 * -, American actress
 * 1960  -, American football player
 * 1960  -, American actress
 * -, British politician
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1962  -, Dutch television host
 * -, Japanese writer
 * 1963  -, Spanish actress
 * 1963  -, Canadian singer and songwriter
 * -, Irish racecar driver
 * 1964  -, Canadian television communication planner
 * 1964  -, Swedish ice hockey player
 * -, British engineer
 * 1966  -, actor on
 * -, American singer
 * 1968  -, American musician ( and )
 * 1968  -, French cyclist
 * -, Iranian zoologist and sociobiologist
 * -, American comedian and actor
 * -, American actress
 * 1973  -, American  pioneer
 * 1973  -, American actor
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American actress
 * 1976  -, Turkish actress
 * 1976  -, Australian soccer player
 * -, English footballer
 * 1977  -, Canadian professional wrestler
 * -, Greek basketball player
 * -, Japanese jazz pianist
 * 1979  -, Cameroonian footballer
 * -, Israeli football player
 * 1981  -, American baseball player
 * -, Spanish footballer
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, Zimbabwean cricketer
 * 1984  -, Canadian artist and singer, 2004  winner
 * 1984  -, American model
 * -, English actress
 * 1985  -, Zimbabwean cricket captain
 * 1985  -, American stage actor
 * -, Japanese musician
 * -, Canadian actress

Deaths

 * -, Christian martyr killed under
 * -, Persian Sufi teacher and writer
 * - King (b. ca. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, Flemish composer
 * -, Austrian scientist (b. )
 * -, English diplomat
 * -, Spanish composer (b. )
 * -, second governor of the
 * -, Alsatian-born humanist (b. )
 * -, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. )
 * - Sir, English dramatist (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, English physician (b. )
 * -, Scottish geologist (b. )
 * -, namesake of the guillotine (b. )
 * -, German composer (b. )
 * -, American soldier (b. )
 * -, Polish aristocrat (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * -, English explorer (b. )
 * -, actor; patriarch of the (b. )
 * -, French astronomer (b. )
 * 1910  -, Japanese assassin of  (executed) (b. )
 * -, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. )
 * -, French actress (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, Greek runner, winner of the first modern  (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, French politician (b. )
 * -, English cricketer (b. )
 * -, American-born novelist (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, English composer and playwright (b. )
 * 1973  -, American football player (b. )
 * 1973  -, Canadian fiddler (b. )
 * 1973  -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, German artist (b. )
 * 1976  -, Chinese writer (b. )
 * -, British art historian and spy (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, German conductor (b. )
 * -, American fashion designer (b. )
 * -, Canadian journalist (b. )
 * -, American rapper (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * 1996  -, American engineer and businessman (b. )
 * -, American cult leader (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, American drummer (b. )
 * -, U.S. Senator (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * 2004  -, American actress (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * 2005  -, Australian drummer ( and ) (b. )
 * 2005  -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, Indian politician (b. )
 * 2006  -, American race car driver (b. )
 * 2006  -, British singer/songwriter (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - 's Birthday.
 * in
 * in

Liturgical feasts
Catholic:
 * (died 304)
 * Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church: of the
 * liturgical calendar - Synaxis of St.
 * Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church: of the
 * liturgical calendar - Synaxis of St.