March 26th, 1476

Born on March 26th, 1476

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 201,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 995 days, exactly on April 16th, 2029, people who were born on March 26th, 1476 will be 202,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 26th?

March 26th, 2009

A prototype of the Tesla Model S, one of the most influential electric cars in history, was unveiled.

March 26th, 1942

The American tanker Dixie Arrow is torpedoed and sunk off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, by the German U-boat U-71.

March 26th, 2024

The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed following a collision between the MV Dali container ship and one of the bridge's support pillars, killing 6 people.

March 26th, 2010

An explosion, allegedly caused by a North Korean torpedo, sank the South Korean warship ROKS Cheonan near Baengnyeongdo in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 sailors.

March 26th, 1999

A jury began deliberations in the trial of Jack Kevorkian, an American practitioner of physician-assisted suicide who was charged with murder in the death of a terminally ill patient.

March 26th, 1997

Police in Rancho Santa Fe, California, discovered the bodies of 39 members of the religious group Heaven's Gate who had died in an apparent cult suicide.

March 26th, 1979

With the signing of a peace treaty in Washington, D.C., Egypt became the first Arab country officially to recognize Israel.

March 26th, 1991

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

March 26th, 1975

The Biological Weapons Convention, the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of an entire category of weapons, entered into force.

March 26th, 1953

Jonas Salk announced the successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children.

March 26th, 1974

A group of peasant women in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India, surrounded trees in order to prevent loggers from felling them, giving rise to the Chipko movement.

March 26th, 1939

Nationalist forces began their final offensive of the Spanish Civil War, at the end of which they controlled almost the entire country.

March 26th, 1917

First World War: Attempting to advance into Palestine, the British were defeated by Ottoman troops at the First Battle of Gaza.

March 26th, 1913

First Balkan War: After a five-month siege, Bulgarian and Serbian forces captured the Ottoman city of Adrianople.

March 26th, 1896

An explosion at the Brunner Mine in New Zealand killed 65 coal miners in the country's deadliest mining accident.

Public holidays on March 26th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on March 26th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1476 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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