March 26th, 1886

Born on March 26th, 1886

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 26th?

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, 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, 1939

Spanish Civil War: Nationalists began their final offensive of the 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 (artillery pictured) 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.

March 26th, 1885

Perceiving that the Canadian government was failing to protect their rights, the Métis people led by Louis Riel began the North-West Rebellion.

March 26th, 1873

A Dutch military expedition was launched to bombard Banda Aceh, the capital of the Aceh Sultanate in present-day Indonesia, beginning the Aceh War.

March 26th, 1812

The Boston Gazette printed a cartoon coining the term "gerrymander", named after Governor Elbridge Gerry (pictured), who approved the legislation that created oddly shaped electoral districts.

March 26th, 1697

The Safavid Empire began a four-year occupation of the Ottoman city of Basra on the Persian Gulf.

March 26th, 1484

William Caxton (pictured) printed the first English translation of Aesop's Fables.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 26th

Born on March 26th, 1886

82

Edmond Luguet

French racing cyclist

*March 26th, 1886, Ambarès-et-Lagrave †December 18th, 1968, Bordeaux

71

Hermann Zapf

German politician (1886-1957)

*March 26th, 1886, Ludwigsburg †May 8th, 1957, Hanover

84

Hugh Mulzac

American politician, mariner and ship's officer

*March 26th, 1886, Union Island †January 30th, 1971

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Who's birthday is on March 26th?

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

31

Suci Rizky Andini

Indonesia badminton player

*March 26th, 1993, Bandung City

88

Robert Frost

American poet; 4x recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

*March 26th, 1874, San Francisco †January 29th, 1963, Boston

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

85

Wilhelm Backhaus

German pianist

*March 26th, 1884, Leipzig †July 5th, 1969, Villach

56

Oskar Nedbal

Czech conductor, composer, and violist (1874–1940)

*March 26th, 1874, Tábor †December 24th, 1930, Zagreb

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

52

Marleve Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1972, Ternate City

83

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

*March 26th, 1941, Nairobi

37

Nic Strange

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1987, Bangor

27

Ruthvika Shivani

Indian badminton player

*March 26th, 1997, Vijayawada

71

Palmiro Togliatti

Former leader of the Italian Communist Party (1893–1964)

*March 26th, 1893, Genoa †August 21st, 1964, Yalta

75

Friedrich Kirchner

German general (1885-1960)

*March 26th, 1885, Zöbigker †April 6th, 1960, Fulda

25

Fabio Caponio

Italian badminton player

*March 26th, 1999, Santeramo in Colle

83

Paul Erdős

Hungarian mathematician (1913–1996)

*March 26th, 1913, Budapest †September 20th, 1996, Warsaw

71

Tennessee Williams

American playwright (1911–1983)

*March 26th, 1911, Columbus †February 25th, 1983, New York City

114

Martha Angerstein

German actress

*March 26th, 1885, Warsaw †January 1st, 2000

75

Uwe Beckmeyer

German politician

*March 26th, 1949, Bremerhaven

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Born in 1886

87

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

US tennis and badminton player

*December 20th, 1886, Healdsburg †December 5th, 1974, Chestnut Hill

87

Elise Ottesen-Jensen

(1886-1973) Swedish journalist

*January 2nd, 1886, Høyland †September 4th, 1973, Kungsholm parish

58

Gerhart Rodenwaldt

German classical archaeologist

*October 16th, 1886, Grunewald †April 27th, 1945, Grunewald

64

Al Jolson

Lithuanian-born American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886–1950)

*May 26th, 1886, Seredžius †October 23rd, 1950, San Francisco

87

David Ben-Gurion

Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel (1886–1973)

*October 16th, 1886, Płońsk †December 1st, 1973, Ramat Gan

93

Oskar Kokoschka

Austrian dramatic, painter and writer (1886-1980)

*March 1st, 1886, Pöchlarn †February 22nd, 1980, Montreux

63

Eugen Klöpfer

German actor and theatre manager (1886-1950)

*March 10th, 1886, Talheim †March 3rd, 1950, Wiesbaden

91

Manne Siegbahn

Swedish physicist (1886-1978)

*December 3rd, 1886, Örebro †September 26th, 1978, Engelbrekt church parish

40

Jenő Károly

Hungarian association football player and association football coach (1886-1926)

*January 15th, 1886, Kaposvár †July 28th, 1926, Turin

58

Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel

German general and resistance fighter

*January 2nd, 1886, Berlin †August 30th, 1944, Plötzensee Prison

49

Marthe Hanau

French fraudster

*January 10th, 1886, Paris †July 14th, 1935, Fresnes

67

Willi Worpitzky

German footballer-manager (1886-1953)

*August 25th, 1886, Pankow †October 10th, 1953, Berlin

83

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

German architect

*March 27th, 1886, Aachen †August 17th, 1969, Chicago

81

John Davidson

Actor (1886-1968)

*December 25th, 1886, New York City †January 16th, 1968, Los Angeles

47

Eric Powell

British rower and artist (1886-1933)

*May 6th, 1886, Edmonton †August 17th, 1933, Piz Roseg

61

Hugh Lofting

British author

*January 14th, 1886, Maidenhead †September 26th, 1947, Topanga

89

Zhu De

Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1886-1976)

*December 1st, 1886, Zhu De's Former Residence †July 6th, 1976, Beijing

58

Ernst Thälmann

German communist politician, leader of Communist Party of Germany

*April 16th, 1886, Hamburg †August 18th, 1944, Buchenwald concentration camp

86

Edward Calvin Kendall

American chemist (1886-1972)

*March 8th, 1886, South Norwalk †May 4th, 1972, Princeton

84

Charles Ruggles

American actor (1886-1970)

*February 8th, 1886, Los Angeles †December 23rd, 1970, Hollywood

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1886 is a normal year and no leap year.

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