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1516 Konrad von Gesner, Zrich Switz, naturalist (Bibliotheca Universalis) 1773 Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant) 1813 Thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879 1817 Herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 1819 Louise Otto, Germany, author/feminist 1833 Betsy Perk, [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist 1850 Edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward) 1859 A E Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad) 1868 Foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36) 1874 Robert Frost, SF, poet (Mending Wall, Road Not Taken) 1875 Syngman Rhee, pres of South Korea 1880 Duncan Hines, US, restaurant guide writer (Out of Kentucky Kitchens) 1885 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer 1888 Elsa Brndstrm, [Angel of Siberia], Swedish philanthropist 1888 Sigurd Erixon, Swedish etnologist (Atlas ver Svensk Folk culture) 1890 Jozef Arras, Flemish writer 1893 Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Party of Italy) 1897 Jean Epstein, French director (Sa tte/Eau vive) 1899 James B Connant, college president (Yale) 19-- Philip Brown, Coalinga Calif, actor (Doris Day Show, Colbys) 19-- Robert Shields, mime (Shields & Yarnell) 1904 Joseph Campbell, mythologist (Mythic Image) 1908 Betty MacDonald, [Anne E Campbell Bard], US writer (Egg & I) 1908 Hank Sylvern, Bkln NY, orch leader (Jane Froman's USA Canteen) 1908 Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling, Essen Germany, tennis star (French 1935) 1908 Kenneth Mellanby, entomologist 1909 Chris[tiaan R] Reumer, opera singer 1911 Tennessee Williams, Columbus Miss, playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) 1914 William Westmoreland, army general (Vietnam era) 1916 Christian B Anfinsen, US chemist (cell physiology, Nobel 1972) 1916 Vic Schoen, Bkln NY, orch leader (Patti Page Olds Show) 1917 Jean Graham Hall, circuit court judge in England 1917 Rufus Thomas, Miss, singer (Walking the Dog) 1919 Sterling Hayden, NJ, actor (Dr Strangelove, Asphalt Jungle, Cobra) 1919 Strother Martin, Kokomo Ind, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Slapshot) 1920 George E Brown Jr, (Rep-D-CA, 1963-71, 73- ) 1922 William Milliken, actor (Drive-in) 1923 Clifton Williams, Traskwood Arkansas, band master (Sinfonians) 1923 Elizabeth Jane Howard, British novelist (After Julius) 1924 Bob Elliot, Boston Mass, comedian (Bob & Ray, Get a Life) 1925 Alec McCowen, England, actress (Frenzy, Hanover Street, Stevie) 1925 Lord Graham of Edmonton, House of Lords (chief opposition whip) 1925 Lord Hooson QC, crown court recorder 1925 Pierre Boulez, Montbrison France, composer/conductor (Visage Nuptial) 1926 Ann Curtis, US, 400m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1948) 1930 Gregory Corso, beat poet (Happy Birthday of Death, Long Live Man) 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman Supreme Court Justice (1981- ) 1931 Leonard Nimoy, Boston, actor (Spock-Star Trek, Mission Impossible) 1934 Alan Arkin, actor (Catch 22, In-Laws, Simon, Wait Until Dark) 1934 Gino Cappelletti, ORFU, AFL running back (AFL Player of Year 1964) 1937 Barbara Pearl Jones, Chic Ill, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1952, 60) 1937 Wayne Embry, holder of seven basketball records at Miami of Ohio 1939 James Caan, actor (Brian's Song, Killer Elite, Godfather) 1939 Phillip R Allen, Pitts, actor (Harry-Hardy Boys Mystery, Mitch-Alice) 1940 Nancy Pelosi, (Rep-D-California) 1940 Rod Lauren, rocker (If I Had a Girl) 1940 Servaes [J S] Huys, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA) 1942 Erica Jong, NYC, author (Fear of Flying) 1943 Robert Woodward, investigative reporter (Watergate, CIA crimes) 1944 Diana Ross, Detroit Mich, (Supremes, Lady Sings the Blues, Mahogany) 1945 Mikhail Voronin, USSR, horse vault gymnist (Olympic-gold-1968) 1946 Johnny Crawford, LA Calif, actor (Mark-The Rifleman) 1948 Kyung-Wha Chung, Seoul Korea, violinist (Chung Sisters) 1948 Steven Tyler, NYC, rock vocalist (Aerosmith-Janie Got a Gun) 1949 Vicki Lawrence, Inglewood Ca, actress (Carol Burnette, Mama's Family) 1950 Ernest Thomas, Gary Ind, actor (Roger-What's Happening!!) 1950 Graham Barlow, cricketer 1950 Martin Short, Hamilton Ontario, comedian (SNL, SCTV, 3 Amigos) 1950 Teddy Pendergrass, Phila, singer (Turn Off the Lights) 1950 Tony Papenfuss, Minneapolis Minn, (Daryl-Newhart) 1951 Richard B Shull, US actor (Hail to the Chief, Big Bus) 1956 Tatyana Kochergina, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 1957 Leeza Gibbons, SC, TV host (Entertainment Tonight) 1960 Marcus Allen, NFL footballer (LA Raiders) 1960 Michael Evans, Fontana CA, US water polo player (Olympic-silver-88) 1961 Billy Warlock, Hawthorne Calif, actor (Flip-Happy Days, Baywatch) 1962 John Stocton, Spokane Wa, basketball player (Ut Jazz/Olympic-gold-92) 1962 Richard Coles, rocker (Communards-Don't Leave Me This Way) 1962 Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1963 Paul De Lion, TV host (Cry of the Lion) 1963 Rebecca Twigg, Seattle Wash, 79K cyclist (Olympic-silver-1984) 1963 Susan Sulley, rocker (Human League-Human) 1969 Beth Howell, Clinton Mississippi, Miss Mississippi-America (1991) 1970 Evan Richards, LA Calif, actor (Frankie-Mama Malone) 1979 Heidi Zeigler, actress (Sherry-Just the 10 of Us) 1986 Jessica McClure, baby trapped in Texas well in 1988 2228 James T Kirk, science fiction captain of USS Enterprise (Star Trek) Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 261258 Floris, the Guardian, son of count Floris IV, dies 1350 Alfonso XI, King of Castili & Leon, dies 1726 John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies 1827 Ludwig von Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies in Vienna 1831 Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 1871 Franois-Joseph Ftis, Belgian composer, dies 1892 Walt Whitman, poet, dies in Camden, NJ 1900 Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80 1902 Cecil Rhodes, conqueror (Rhodesia), dies 1923 Sarah Bernhardt, [Henriette R Bernard], Dutch/French actress, dies 1926 Georges Vezina, NHL hall of fame goalie, dies 1926 Konstantin Fehrenbach, German reichs chancellor (1920-21), dies 1945 David Lloyd George, British politician, dies 1957 Max Ophls, [Maximilian Oppenheimer], German/French director, dies 1959 Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies 1962 Marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at 64 1969 Bruno Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies 1969 Gnther Weisenborn, German/Agrgentine writer (That's Illeagal), dies 1973 George Sisler, hall of famer 1st baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at 80 1973 Noel Coward, actor, dies at 73 1979 Jean Stafford, US author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63 1982 Henritte [AgaHM] de Beaufort, writer (Dolly of Arnhem), dies 1983 Anthony F Blunt, British art historian/spy for USSR, dies 1986 Bartlett Robinson, actor (Wendy & Me, Mona McCluskey), dies at 73 1987 Walter Abel, actor (Suspicion), dies at 88 1990 Roy "Halston" Frowick, fashion designer, dies of AIDs at 68 1991 Frans Dohmen, Dutch union leader (Neth Catholic Mine Workers), dies 1993 Luis Falco, Us choreographer (Fame, Angel Heart), dies at 50 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 26[Bangladesh] Independence Day (1971) [Hampshire, England] Tichborne Dole (1150) [Hawaii] Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianole Day/Regatta Day [Lesotho, Spain] Arbor Day/Fiesta del Arbol (1895) [Taiwan] Birthday of Kuan Yin, Goddess of Mercy [Alaska] Seward Day (1867) [US Virgin Island] Transfer Day (1917) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for March 26[Christian] Commemoration of St Braulio of Aragon 809 [RC] Commemoration of St Ludger, bishop, confessor Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 26[Western Europe] Daylight Savings Time begins [Western Europe] Daylight Savings Time starts tomorrow 752 Stephen II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1147 Jewish community in Cologne fast to commerate anti-Jewish violence 1668 Bombay, India transferred to England 1790 Congress allows naturalization of alien free white persons 1799 Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine 1804 Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana 1804 Territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase 1812 Earthquake hits Caracas; about 20,000 die 1845 Joseph Francis, NYC, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat 1845 Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid 1859 1st sighting of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury 1862 Battle of La Glorieta Pass, NM Terr (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch) 1863 Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves 1871 Paris Commune founded 1872 Largest Calif quake (100-mile line) 1872 Thomas J Martin awarded patent for fire extinguisher 1878 Hastings College of Law founded 1885 Eastman Film Co manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film 1885 Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Sask 1895 King Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid, starts Spain's Arbor Day 1900 1st edition The (Free) People 1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #561 Ingwelde 1910 US forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers & the sick 1910 William H Lewis appointed asst attorney general of US 1913 Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the 1st Balkan War 1915 Vancouver Millionaires sweep Ottawa Senators in 3 for Stanley Cup 1916 Birdman of Alcatraz receives solitary 1917 Seat Metropolitans beat Mont Canadiens 3 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 1923 Ottawa Senators beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 1926 ACD de Graeff appointed gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies 1927 Alfred Hugenberg purchases German film company UFA 1930 Congress appropriates $50,000 for Inter-American highway 1931 Iraq & Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty 1931 Leo Bentley bowls 3 consecutive perfect games in Lorain, Ohio 1931 New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies 1934 Driving tests introduced in Britain 1935 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1548 Palomaa 1936 200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, NY-Cal Tech 1936 Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska 1937 Spinach growers of Crystal City, Tx, erect statue of Popeye 1937 William H Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands) 1942 1st "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz & Birkenau Camps 1942 20 tons of gelignite in a stone quarry at Easton Pa, kills 21 1943 1st woman to recieve air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott) 1943 Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean 1945 De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34 1945 Kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto 1945 US 7th Army strikes Worms on the Rhine 1949 Kentucky wins NCAA basketball championship 1951 USAF flag approved 1953 Dr Jonas Salk announces new vaccine against polio 1953 Kansas wins NCAA basketball championship 1953 Salk Polio vaccine announced 1955 "Ballad of Davy Crockett," becomes the #1 record in US 1958 Army launches 3rd successful US satellite, Explorer III 1960 Iraq sentences 30 to death after attack on Pres Kassem 1962 Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state leg 1967 Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Populorum progressio 1969 Nuclear reactor Dodewaard goes into use 1969 Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched 1970 500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945 1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark 1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence 1972 LA Lakers set NBA record of 69 wins in a season (69-13) 1973 Soap "Young & Restless" premiers 1973 UCLA wins their 7th straight NCAA basketball title 1976 Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album 1977 Elvis Costello releases his 1st record "Less Than Zero" 1979 Camp David peace treaty between Israel & Egypt 1980 Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10 years (The Police) 1982 Ground-breaking in Washington, DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial 1982 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder release "Ebony & Ivory" in the UK 1982 Soap opera "Capitol" premieres 1987 NASA launches Fltsatcom-6, it failed to reach orbit 1989 1st free elections in USSR; 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins 1991 63rd Academy Awards: Kathy Bates, Jeremy Irons & Dance with Wolves 1991 Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street & Lexington Ave, NYC 1991 Orlando Thunder beats San Antonio Riders in their 1st WLAF game 35-34 1992 Mike Tyson is sentenced to 10 years for rape 1992 NHL NY Rangers clinch 1st NHL regular season championship in 50 years 1993 Daytime Emmy Awards Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 2685th day of the year with 280 days left (Numerology = 2) 1922 76øF highest temperature for this date in NYC 1960 20øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 2603/26/48 --- Sabre Dance --- Herman, Woody 03/26/48 --- Sabre Dance Boogie --- Martin, Freddy 03/26/48 --- Baby Face --- Mooney, Art 03/26/55 --- Play Me Hearts & Flowers (I Wanna Cry) --- Desmond, Johnny 03/26/55 --- Dance With Me Henry (Wallflower) --- Gibbs, Georgia 03/26/66 --- Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) --- Cher 03/26/66 --- Time Won't Let Me --- Outsiders 03/26/66 --- Good Lovin' --- Rascals 03/26/66 --- Kicks --- Revere, Paul & The Raiders 03/26/66 --- Secret Agent Man --- Rivers, Johnny 03/26/77 --- Couldn't Get It Right --- Climax Blues Band 03/26/77 --- When I Need You --- Sayer, Leo 03/26/83 --- I Won't Hold You Back --- Toto 03/26/88 --- Anything For You --- Miami Sound Machine |
