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This day in history: 26 March

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Key facts

438 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 26 March.
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2024: The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses following a collision between the MV Dali container ship and one of the bridge's support pillars, killing six people.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast days: Barontius and Desiderius

Christian feast days: Castulus

Christian feast days: Emmanuel and companions

Christian feast days: Felicitas

Christian feast days: Harriet Monsell (Church of England)

Christian feast days: Larissa

Christian feast days: Ludger

Christian feast days: Maddalena Caterina Morano

Christian feast days: March 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast days: Richard Allen (Episcopal Church (USA))

Independence Day and National Day (Bangladesh), celebrates the declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1971.

Martyr's Day or Day of Democracy (Mali)

Events

2024The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses following a collision between the MV Dali container ship and one of the bridge's support pillars, killing six people.

2017Russia-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.

2010The 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.

2005Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.

1998During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.

1997Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.

1991Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.

1991Singapore Airlines Flight 117 is hijacked by four Pakistani terrorists and diverted to Changi Airport.

1982A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.

1981Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.

1979An Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 10.

1979Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in Washington, D.C.

1975The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.

1971East Pakistan, then a province of Pakistan, declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh; the Bangladesh War of Independence begins.

1970South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.

1967Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.

1958The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.

1958The United States Army launches Explorer 3.

1955Pan Am Flight 845/26 ditches in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon, killing four.

1954Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.

1945World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.

1942The Holocaust: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.

1939Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.

1934The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.

1931Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.

1931Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.

1922The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.

1917World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.

1915The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Final, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.

1913First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.

1896An explosion at the Brunner Mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, kills 65 coal miners in the country's worst industrial accident.

1885The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.

1871The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.

1839The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.

1830The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.

1812An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela.

1812A political cartoon in the Boston-Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.

1700William 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.

1697Safavid government troops take control of Basra.

1651The silver-loaded Spanish ship San José, pushed south by strong winds, is wrecked on the coast of southern Chile and its surviving crew members are killed by indigenous Cuncos.

Born on this day

2007Jesús Fortea, Spanish footballer

2005Ella Anderson, American actress

2004Awra Briguela, Filipino actor and comedian

2003Bhad Bhabie, American rapper and social media personality

2001Jameson Williams, American football player

2000Andrei Svechnikov, Russian ice hockey player

2000Gefen Primo, Israeli judoka

1998Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater

1996Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress

1996Zane Musgrove, New Zealand rugby league player

1995Ibai Llanos, Spanish internet personality

1994Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgian tennis player

1994Jed Wallace, English footballer

1994Marcela Zacarías, Mexican tennis player

1994Paige VanZant, American mixed martial artist and model

1994Ryan Arcidiacono, American basketball player

1992Nina Agdal, Danish model

1992Stoffel Vandoorne, Belgian racing driver

1991Matt Davidson, American baseball player

1991Ramy Youssef, American actor and comedian

1990Choi Woo-shik, South Korean actor

1990Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor, model, singer and former kart racer

1990Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (died 2016)

1990Xiumin, South Korean singer and actor

1990Yuya Takaki, Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor

1989Simon Kjær, Danish footballer

1989Von Miller, American football player

1987Jermichael Finley, American football player

1987Kim Dong-suk, South Korean footballer

1987Steven Fletcher, Scottish footballer

1986Emma Laine, Finnish tennis player

1986Maxime Biset, Belgian footballer

1986Rob Kearney, Irish rugby player

1985Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer

1985Keira Knightley, English actress

1985Matt Grevers, American swimmer

1985Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricketer

1984Drew Mitchell, Australian rugby player

1984Felix Neureuther, German skier

1984Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer

Died on this day

2026Epeli Nailatikau, Fijian chief, President of Fiji (born 1941)

2026James Tolkan, American actor (born 1931)

2026Mary Rand, English sprinter and long jumper (born 1940)

2026Noelia Castillo, Spanish woman who died after receiving euthanasia (born 2000)

2024Esther Coopersmith, American diplomat, UNESCO goodwill ambassador (born 1930)

2023Innocent Vareed Thekkethala, Indian actor and politician (born 1948)

2023Jacob Ziv, Israeli electrical engineer, developed the LZ family of compression algorithms (born 1931)

2023María Kodama, Argentine writer and translator (born 1937)

2018Fabrizio Frizzi, Italian television presenter (born 1958)

2016Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (born 1937)

2015Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (born 1935)

2015Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (born 1924)

2015Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (born 1931)

2014Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (born 1929)

2014Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (born 1928)

2014Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (born 1919)

2013Dave Leggett, American football player (born 1933)

2013Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (born 1964)

2013Krzysztof Kozłowski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Interior (born 1931)

2013Tom Boerwinkle, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1945)

2012David Craighead, American organist and educator (born 1924)

2012Helmer Ringgren, Swedish theologian and academic (born 1917)

2012Manik Godghate, Indian poet and educator (born 1937)

2012Michael Begley, Irish carpenter and politician (born 1932)

2012Sisto Averno, American football player (born 1925)

2012Thomas M. Cover, American theorist and academic (born 1938)

2011Diana Wynne Jones, English author (born 1934)

2011Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (born 1935)

2011Roger Abbott, English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1946)

2010Charles Ryskamp, American art collector and curator (born 1928)

Quote of the day

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”

attributed to Marcus Aurelius

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