March 26

March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 280 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1027 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1169 – Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
• 1344 – The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
• 1351 – Combat of the Thirty : Thirty Breton Knights call out and defeat thirty English Knights.
• 1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
• 1552 – Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru.
• 1636 – Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
• 1812 – An earthquake destroys 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.
• 1830 – The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
• 1839 – The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
• 1881 – Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.
• 1885 – The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• 1913 – Balkan Wars: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
• 1915 – Ice hockey: The Vancouver Millionaires sweep the Ottawa Senators three-games-to-none to win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
• 1917 – World War I: First Battle of Gaza – British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• 1922 – The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
• 1931 – Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
• 1931 – Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• 1934 – The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
• 1939 – Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
• 1942 – World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
• 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
• 1958 – The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
• 1958 – The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
• 1967 – Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City
• 1970 – South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy
• 1971 – East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
• 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.
• 1975 – The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
• 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.
• 1979 – Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
• 1981 – Social Democratic Party (UK) founded as a party.
• 1982 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C..
• 1991 – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
• 1991 – Five South Korean boys, nicknamed the Frog Boys, disappear while hunting for frogs and are murdered in a case that remains unsolved.
• 1991 – Local self-government is restored after three decades of centralized control in South Korea.
• 1995 – The Schengen Treaty comes into effect.
• 1997 – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
• 1998 – Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: Fifty-two people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them children under the age of two.
• 1999 – The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.
• 1999 – A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
• 2005 – The Taiwanese government calls on one 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.
• 2010 – The ROKS Cheonan sinks off the west coast of South Korea near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 seamen.
• 2014 – A massive fire breaks out in Back Bay, Boston killing 2 firefighters and injuring at least 18 people.

Births

• 1031 – Malcolm III of Scotland (d. 1093)
• 1516 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and zoologist (d. 1565)
• 1554 – Charles, Duke of Mayenne (d. 1611)
• 1584 – John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (d. 1635)
• 1634 – Domenico Freschi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1710)
• 1687 – Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (d. 1757)
• 1698 – Prokop Diviš, Czech priest, scientist and inventor (d. 1765)
• 1749 – William Blount, American politician (d. 1800)
• 1753 – Benjamin Thompson, American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1814)
• 1773 – Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838)
• 1794 – Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)
• 1804 – David Humphreys Storer, American physician and academic (d. 1891)
• 1814 – Charles Mackay, Scottish anthologist, journalist, and author (d. 1889)
• 1845 – Juhan Maaker, Estonian bagpipe player (d. 1930)
• 1854 – Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter (d. 1925)
• 1856 – William Massey, Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1925)
• 1859 – A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (d. 1936)
• 1859 – Adolf Hurwitz, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1919)
• 1860 – André Prévost, French tennis player (d. 1919)
• 1866 – Fred Karno, English producer and manager (d. 1941)
• 1868 – Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
• 1871 – Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole of Hawaii (d. 1922)
• 1874 – Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (d. 1963)
• 1875 – Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1922)
• 1875 – Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (d. 1965)
• 1876 – William, Prince of Albania (d. 1945)
• 1879 – Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazano–Narrows Bridge (d. 1965)
• 1879 – Waldemar Tietgens, German rower (d. 1917)
• 1881 – Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci (d. 1953)
• 1882 – Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician (d. 1940)
• 1883 – Poul Reumert, Danish actor (d. 1968)
• 1884 – Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (d. 1969)
• 1884 – Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
• 1886 – Hugh Mulzac, Vincentian-American soldier and politician (d. 1971)
• 1888 – Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse and philanthropist (d. 1948)
• 1893 – James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (d. 1978)
• 1893 – Dhirendra Nath Ganguly, Indian actor and director (d. 1978)
• 1893 – Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (d. 1964)
• 1894 – Viorica Ursuleac, Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress (d. 1985)
• 1895 – Vilho Tuulos, Finnish triple jumper (d. 1967)
• 1898 – Rudolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Puma SE (d. 1974)
• 1898 – Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
• 1904 – Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author (d. 1987)
• 1904 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986)
• 1904 – Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
• 1905 – Monty Berman, English cinematographer and producer (d. 2006)
• 1905 – André Cluytens, Belgian-French conductor and director (d. 1967)
• 1905 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
• 1906 – Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (d. 1981)
• 1907 – Azellus Denis, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1991)
• 1907 – Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and activist (d. 1987)
• 1908 – Franz Stangl, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 1971)
• 1908 – Henry (Hank) Sylvern, American organist and composer (d. 1964)
• 1910 – K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (d. 2002)
• 1911 – Lennart Atterwall, Swedish javelin thrower (d. 2001)
• 1911 – J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (d. 1960)
• 1911 – T. Hee, American animator and director (d. 1988)
• 1911 – Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Tennessee Williams, American playwright, author, and poet (d. 1983)
• 1913 – Jacqueline de Romilly, French philologist, author, and scholar (d. 2010)
• 1913 – Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Salme Rootare, Estonian chess player (d. 1987)
• 1914 – Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematician and academic (d. 1995)
• 1914 – William Westmoreland, American general (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Lennart Strandberg, Swedish sprinter (d. 1989)
• 1915 – Hwang Sun-won, North Korean author and poet (d. 2000)
• 1916 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 1916 – Bill Edrich, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1986)
• 1916 – Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (d. 1986)
• 1916 – Harry Rabinowitz, South African-American composer and conductor
• 1917 – Ed Peck, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1919 – Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1965)
• 1919 – Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
• 1920 – Sergio Livingstone, Chilean footballer and journalist (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Oscar Sala, Italian-Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2010)
• 1922 – Guido Stampacchia, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1978)
• 1923 – Gert Bastian, German general and politician (d. 1992)
• 1923 – Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1925 – Pierre Boulez, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016)
• 1925 – Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton, English soldier and politician
• 1925 – Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (d. 2010)
• 1925 – James Moody, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010)
• 1926 – T. Sivasithamparam, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1992)
• 1927 – Harold Chapman, English photographer
• 1929 – Edwin Turney, American businessman, co-founded Advanced Micro Devices (d. 2008)
• 1930 – Gregory Corso, American poet and author (d. 2001)
• 1930 – Sandra Day O'Connor, American lawyer and jurist
• 1931 – Leonard Nimoy, American actor, singer, and director (d. 2015)
• 1932 – Leroy Griffith, American businessman
• 1933 – Vine Deloria, Jr., American historian, author, and theologian (d. 2005)
• 1933 – Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian poet and scholar (d. 1996)
• 1934 – Alan Arkin, American actor, singer, and director
• 1935 – Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian politician, 2nd President of the State of Palestine
• 1935 – Stig Pettersson, Swedish high jumper
• 1936 – Giora Feidman, Argentinian-Israeli clarinet player
• 1936 – Harry Kalas, American sportscaster (d. 2009)
• 1937 – Wayne Embry, American basketball player and manager
• 1937 – Barbara Jones, American sprinter
• 1937 – James Lee, Canadian businessman and politician, 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island
• 1938 – Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator
• 1938 – Anthony James Leggett, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – James Caan, American actor and singer
• 1940 – Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1941 – Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic
• 1941 – Yvon Marcoux, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1942 – Erica Jong, American author and poet
• 1943 – Mustafa Kalemli, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of the Interior
• 1943 – Bob Woodward, American journalist and author
• 1944 – Igor Mitoraj, German-Polish sculptor (d. 2014)
• 1944 – Diana Ross, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (The Supremes)
• 1945 – Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2004)
• 1946 – Johnny Crawford, American actor and singer
• 1946 – Jiří Kabeš, Czech singer-songwriter and violinist (The Plastic People of the Universe)
• 1946 – Alain Madelin, French politician, French Minister of Finance
• 1947 – Dar Robinson, American stuntman and actor (d. 1986)
• 1948 – Kyung-wha Chung, South Korean violinist and educator
• 1948 – José Luis García-López, Spanish-American illustrator
• 1948 – Richard Tandy, English keyboard player (Electric Light Orchestra)
• 1948 – Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor (Aerosmith and Chain Reaction)
• 1948 – Nash the Slash, Canadian violinist and mandolin player (FM) (d. 2014)
• 1949 – Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire
• 1949 – Vicki Lawrence, American actress and singer
• 1949 – Fran Sheehan, American bass player (Boston)
• 1949 – Patrick Süskind, German author and screenwriter
• 1949 – Ernest Lee Thomas, American actor and producer
• 1950 – Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) (d. 2010)
• 1950 – Martin Short, Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, and producer
• 1950 – Alan Silvestri, American composer and conductor
• 1951 – Jānis Paukštello, Latvian actor
• 1951 – Carl Wieman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1952 – T. A. Barron, American author
• 1952 – Didier Pironi, French race car driver (d. 1987)
• 1953 – Lincoln Chafee, American academic and politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island
• 1953 – Elaine Chao, Taiwanese-American banker and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Labor
• 1953 – Tatyana Providokhina, Russian runner
• 1953 – Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian politician (d. 2002)
• 1954 – Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese voice actor and singer
• 1954 – Clive Palmer, Australian businessman and politician
• 1954 – Curtis Sliwa, American talk show host and activist, founded Guardian Angels
• 1955 – Danny Arndt, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1956 – Charly McClain, American singer-songwriter
• 1956 – Park Won-soon, South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th Mayor of Seoul
• 1957 – Fiona Bruce, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1957 – Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host
• 1957 – Paul Morley, English journalist, producer, and author
• 1958 – Chris Codiroli, American baseball player
• 1958 – Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (d. 1986)
• 1959 – Chris Hansen, American journalist
• 1960 – Marcus Allen, American football player and sportscaster
• 1960 – Jennifer Grey, American actress
• 1960 – Øystein Mæland, Norwegian psychiatrist and politician
• 1960 – Axel Prahl, German actor and singer
• 1961 – Leigh Bowery, Australian actor, singer, and fashion designer (d. 1994)
• 1961 – William Hague, English historian and politician, First Secretary of State
• 1961 – Billy Warlock, American actor
• 1962 – Richard Coles, English pianist, saxophonist, and priest (The Communards)
• 1962 – Paul de Leeuw, Dutch actor and singer
• 1962 – Eric Allan Kramer, American actor
• 1962 – Kevin Seitzer, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 – John Stockton, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 – Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese author
• 1963 – Roch Voisine, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1964 – Todd Barry, American comedian and actor
• 1964 – Martin Donnelly, Irish race car driver
• 1964 – Maria Miller, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• 1964 – Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 – Trey Azagthoth, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Morbid Angel)
• 1965 – Violeta Szekely, Romanian runner
• 1966 – Lilian Greenwood, English politician
• 1966 – Michael Imperioli, American actor and screenwriter
• 1966 – Nick Wirth, English engineer, founded Wirth Research
• 1968 – Laurent Brochard, French cyclist
• 1968 – Kenny Chesney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – James Iha, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Smashing Pumpkins, A Perfect Circle, Whiskeytown, and Tinted Windows)
• 1969 – Mahsun Kırmızıgül, Turkish singer–songwriter, actor, and producer
• 1969 – Alessandro Moscardi, Italian rugby player
• 1970 – Paul Bosvelt, Dutch footballer
• 1970 – Jelle Goes, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1970 – Thomas Kyparissis, Greek footballer
• 1970 – Martin McDonagh, English-Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director
• 1971 – Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist and planarialogist
• 1971 – Tommie Sunshine, American DJ and producer
• 1971 – Paul Williams, English footballer and manager
• 1972 – Leslie Mann, American actress
• 1972 – Jason Maxwell, American baseball player
• 1972 – Jon Reep, American comedian and actor
• 1973 – Matt Burke, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
• 1973 – Heather Goldenhersh, American actress
• 1973 – T. R. Knight, American actor
• 1973 – Larry Page, American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded Google
• 1974 – Michael Peca, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1974 – Vadimas Petrenko, Lithuanian footballer
• 1976 – Joachim Alcine, Haitian-Canadian boxer
• 1976 – Natalia Livingston, American actress and producer
• 1976 – Amy Smart, American model and actress
• 1976 – Ufuk Talay, Australian footballer and manager
• 1976 – Nurgül Yeşilçay, Turkish actress
• 1977 – Kevin Davies, English footballer
• 1977 – Sylvain Grenier, Canadian wrestler, referee, and sportscaster
• 1977 – Håvard Stubø, Norwegian guitarist
• 1977 – Seth Lakeman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lakeman Brothers and Equation)
• 1978 – Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
• 1979 – Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer
• 1979 – Hiromi Uehara, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1979 – Pierre Womé, Cameroonian footballer
• 1980 – Son Hoyoung, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (g.o.d)
• 1980 – Niina Kelo, Finnish heptathlete
• 1980 – Richie Wellens, English footballer
• 1981 – Baruch Dego, Ethiopian-Israeli footballer
• 1981 – Massimo Donati, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Jay Sean, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1981 – Ai Shimizu, Japanese voice actress and wrestler
• 1981 – Josh Wilson, American baseball player
• 1982 – Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Brendan Ryan, American baseball player
• 1982 – Nate Kaeding, American football player
• 1983 – Roman Bednář, Czech footballer
• 1983 – Mike Mondo, American wrestler
• 1983 – Anti Saarepuu, Estonian skier
• 1984 – Jimmy Howard, American ice hockey player
• 1984 – Stéphanie Lapointe, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1984 – David McGowan, English footballer
• 1984 – Felix Neureuther, German skier
• 1984 – Alberto Schettino, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Annette Schwarz, German porn actress and model
• 1984 – Marco Stier, German footballer
• 1984 – Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1984 – Sara Jean Underwood, American model, actress, and television host
• 1985 – Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
• 1985 – Keira Knightley, English actress and singer
• 1985 – Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1985 – Matt Grevers, American swimmer
• 1986 – Maxime Biset, Belgian footballer
• 1986 – Jonny Craig, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (Dance Gavin Dance, Emarosa, Slaves, and Isles & Glaciers)
• 1986 – Jessica Hart, Australian model
• 1986 – Emma Laine, Finnish tennis player
• 1986 – Misty Stone, American porn actress and model
• 1987 – Yui, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 – Jermichael Finley, American football player
• 1987 – Steven Fletcher, Scottish footballer
• 1987 – Ondřej Kúdela, Czech footballer
• 1988 – Suvi Koponen, Finnish-American model and actress
• 1989 – Simon Kjær, Danish footballer
• 1989 – Josiah Leming, American singer-songwriter
• 1990 – Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor, singer, and race car driver
• 1990 – Yuya Takaki, Japanese singer and actor (Hey! Say! JUMP)
• 1990 – Yūya Yagira, Japanese actor
• 1991 – Matt Davidson, American baseball player
• 1992 – Haley Ramm, American actress
• 1994 – Jed Wallace, English footballer
• 1994 – Mayu Watanabe, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and Watarirouka Hashiritai)
• 1994 – Freya Tingley, Australian actress
• 1996 – Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress, singer, endorser, recording artist, and model

Deaths

• 752 – Pope-elect Stephen
• 922 – Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian mystic and poet (b. 858)
• 983 – 'Adud al-Dawla, Iranian ruler (b. 936)
• 1130 – Sigurd the Crusader, Norwegian king (b. 1090)
• 1132 – Geoffrey of Vendôme, French cardinal and theologian (b. 1065)
• 1212 – Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)
• 1517 – Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer (b. 1450)
• 1535 – Georg Tannstetter, Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482)
• 1546 – Thomas Elyot, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1490)
• 1566 – Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (b. 1510)
• 1649 – John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
• 1679 – Johannes Schefferus, Swedish historian and author (b. 1621)
• 1697 – Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician (b. 1640)
• 1726 – John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (b. 1664)
• 1772 – Charles Pinot Duclos, French author and politician (b. 1704)
• 1776 – Samuel Ward, American jurist and politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (b. 1725)
• 1780 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1713)
• 1793 – John Mudge, English physician and engineer (b. 1721)
• 1797 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726)
• 1814 – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician and politician (b. 1738)
• 1827 – Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1858 – John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
• 1862 – Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
• 1881 – Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
• 1885 – Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
• 1888 – Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 – Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
• 1902 – Cecil Rhodes, English-South African businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
• 1905 – Maurice Barrymore, Indian-American actor (b. 1849)
• 1910 – Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
• 1910 – An Jung-geun, North Korean activist (b. 1879)
• 1920 – William Chester Minor, Sri Lankan-American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834)
• 1923 – Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844)
• 1926 – Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
• 1932 – Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founded of Cadillac and Lincoln (b. 1843)
• 1933 – Eddie Lang, American guitarist (b. 1902)
• 1934 – John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877)
• 1940 – Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-German astrophysicist and academic (b. 1880)
• 1940 – Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
• 1942 – Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1945 – David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• 1948 – Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (b. 1905)
• 1951 – James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
• 1954 – Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
• 1957 – Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1958 – Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
• 1959 – Raymond Chandler, American author and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1962 – Cyrillus Kreek, Estonian trombonist and composer (b. 1889)
• 1965 – Olof Sandborg, Swedish actor (b. 1884)
• 1966 – Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)
• 1969 – John Kennedy Toole, American soldier, author, and academic (b. 1937)
• 1973 – Noël Coward, English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899)
• 1973 – Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
• 1973 – Don Messer, Canadian-American fiddler (b. 1909)
• 1973 – George Sisler, American baseball player and scout (b. 1893)
• 1976 – Lin Yutang, Chinese linguist and author (b. 1895)
• 1978 – Wilfred Pickles, English actor and radio host (b. 1904)
• 1979 – Beauford Delaney, American-French painter (b. 1901)
• 1979 – Jean Stafford, American author and academic (b. 1915)
• 1980 – Roland Barthes, French linguist and critic (b. 1915)
• 1983 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (b. 1907)
• 1984 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (b. 1922)
• 1987 – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
• 1989 – Hai Zi, Chinese poet and educator (b. 1964)
• 1990 – Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)
• 1992 – Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist and radio host (b. 1937)
• 1993 – Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942)
• 1995 – Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (N.W.A) (b. 1963)
• 1995 – Belgin Doruk, Turkish actress (b. 1936)
• 1996 – Edmund Muskie, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (b. 1914)
• 1996 – David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1912)
• 2000 – Alex Comfort, English physician and author (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Randy Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (Red Square Black and Mötley Crüe) (b. 1950)
• 2003 – Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Jan Sterling, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
• 2005 – James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Gérard Filion, Canadian journalist and publisher (b. 1909)
• 2005 – Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz, Crowded House, Deckchairs Overboard, and Tarmac Adam) (b. 1959)
• 2005 – Marius Russo, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1914)
• 2005 – Frederick Rotimi Williams Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Frank Searle, Scottish zoologist and photographer (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Anil Biswas, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975)
• 2006 – Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jacobites and Swell Maps) (b. 1956)
• 2008 – Heath Benedict, Dutch-American football player (b. 1983)
• 2008 – Robert Fagles, American poet and academic (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Manuel Marulanda, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930)
• 2008 – Wally Phillips, American radio host (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Shane McConkey, Canadian skier and BASE jumper (b. 1969)
• 2010 – Charles Ryskamp, American art collector and curator (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Roger Abbott, English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1946)
• 2011 – Greg Centauro, French porn actor and director (b. 1977)
• 2011 – Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
• 2011 – Diana Wynne Jones, English author (b. 1934)
• 2011 – Enn Klooren, Estonian actor (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Sisto Averno, American football player (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Michael Begley, Irish carpenter and politician (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Thomas M. Cover, American theorist and academic (b. 1938)
• 2012 – David Craighead, American organist and educator (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Manik Godghate, Indian poet and educator (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Helmer Ringgren, Swedish theologian and academic (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Stella Tanner, English actress (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Garry Walberg, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Sukumari, Indian actress (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Margie Alexander, American singer (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Tom Boerwinkle, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Krzysztof Kozłowski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Interior (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Dave Leggett, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Patricia McCormick, American bullfighter (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Nikola Mladenov, Macedonian journalist and actor (b. 1964)
• 2013 – Jerzy Nowak, Polish actor and educator (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964)
• 2013 – Nikolai Sorokin, Russian actor and director (b. 1952)
• 2014 – Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (b. 1919)
• 2014 – George Bookasta, American actor and director (b. 1917)
• 2014 – Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935)
• 2015 – Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1924)
• 2015 – Karl Moik, Austrian singer and television host (b. 1938)
• 2015 – John Renbourn, English-Scottish guitarist and songwriter (Pentangle) (b. 1944)
• 2015 – Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish psychologist, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Castulus
  • Emmanuel and companions
  • Felicitas
  • Harriet Monsell (Church of England)
  • Larissa
  • Ludger
  • Margaret Clitherow
  • Richard Allen (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • March 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Independence Day and National Day (Bangladesh), celebrates the declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
• Martyr's Day or Day of Democracy (Mali)
• Prince Kūhiō Day (Hawaii)
• Prophet Zoroaster's Birthday (Zoroastrianism)
• Purple Day (Canada)
• Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel (Eastern Christianity)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada