March 26th, 1909

Born on March 26th, 1909

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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, 1909

72

Paco Bienzobas

Spanish football player/manager/referee (1909-1981)

*March 26th, 1909, San Sebastián †April 30th, 1981, San Sebastián

62

Chips Rafferty

Australian actor (1909–1971)

*March 26th, 1909, Broken Hill †May 27th, 1971, Sydney

59

Viktor Hoven

German politician

*March 26th, 1909, Kornelimünster †October 10th, 1968, Simmerath

94

Margarete Hütter

German politician (1909-2003)

*March 26th, 1909, Berlin †November 25th, 2003, Bad Godesberg

71

Héctor José Cámpora

President of Argentina from May to July 1973

*March 26th, 1909, Mercedes †December 19th, 1980, Mexico City

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71

Tennessee Williams

American playwright (1911–1983)

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

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

83

Paul Erdős

Hungarian mathematician (1913–1996)

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

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

31

Suci Rizky Andini

Indonesia badminton player

*March 26th, 1993, Bandung City

83

Joseph Campbell

American mythologist, writer and lecturer (1904-1987)

*March 26th, 1904, White Plains †October 30th, 1987, Honolulu

83

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

*March 26th, 1941, Nairobi

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

52

Marleve Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1972, Ternate City

37

Nic Strange

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1987, Bangor

27

Ruthvika Shivani

Indian badminton player

*March 26th, 1997, Vijayawada

83

Leonard Nimoy

American actor (1931–2015)

*March 26th, 1931, West End †February 27th, 2015, Bel Air

25

Fabio Caponio

Italian badminton player

*March 26th, 1999, Santeramo in Colle

75

Uwe Beckmeyer

German politician

*March 26th, 1949, Bremerhaven

49

Betty MacDonald

American writer

*March 26th, 1908, Boulder †February 7th, 1958, Seattle

63

Franz Stangl

Austrian-born SS officer, commandant at first Sobibór extermination camp and then Treblinka extermination camp (1908-1971)

*March 26th, 1908, Altmünster †June 28th, 1971, Düsseldorf

60

Michael Frontzeck

German association football player and manager

*March 26th, 1964, Mönchengladbach

51

Larry Page

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*March 26th, 1973, East Lansing

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72

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

*August 7th, 1909, Swift Current †October 17th, 1981, Toronto

69

Walter Arnold

German sculptor and politician (1909-1979)

*August 27th, 1909, Leipzig †July 11th, 1979, Dresden

86

Arthur Dale Trendall

Australian classical archaeologist (1909-1995)

*March 28th, 1909, Auckland †November 13th, 1995, Melbourne

80

Peter von Blanckenhagen

Baltic-german-american archaeologist

*March 21st, 1909, Riga †March 6th, 1990, New York City

80

Hermann Bengtson

German historian

*July 2nd, 1909, Ratzeburg †November 2nd, 1989, Munich

85

Jessica Tandy

British-American actress (1909–1994)

*June 7th, 1909, London †September 11th, 1994, Fairfield County

82

Francis Bacon

Irish-born British figurative painter, 1909–1992

*October 28th, 1909, Dublin †April 28th, 1992, Madrid

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

*April 17th, 1909, Ablon-sur-Seine †December 9th, 1996, Paris

85

Tom Ewell

American actor (1909-1994)

*April 29th, 1909, Owensboro †September 12th, 1994, Woodland Hills

73

Isa Miranda

Italian actress (1905-1982)

*July 5th, 1909, Milan †July 8th, 1982, Rome

65

U Thant

Third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1909-1974)

*January 22nd, 1909, Pantanaw †November 25th, 1974, New York City

62

Kwame Nkrumah

Ghanaian pan-Africanist and the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana (1909-1972)

*September 21st, 1909, Nkroful †April 27th, 1972, Bucharest

103

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Italian neurologist (1909-2012)

*April 22nd, 1909, Turin †December 30th, 2012, Nomentano

106

Hans Erni

Swiss painter and engraver (1909-2015)

*February 21st, 1909, Lucerne †March 21st, 2015, Lucerne

87

Daniel Mayer

French politician, member of the French Resistance (1909-1996)

*April 29th, 1909, Paris †December 29th, 1996, Orsay

108

Jacques Clemens

Belgian priest

*July 11th, 1909, The Hague †March 7th, 2018, Loverval

89

Gratien Gélinas

Canadian author, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator

*December 8th, 1909, Mauricie †March 16th, 1999, Deux-Montagnes

104

Frits Thors

Dutch television presenter

*September 13th, 1909, Amsterdam †April 19th, 2014, Laren

53

Hans-Heinrich Sievert

German decathlete (1909-1963)

*December 1st, 1909, Gut Grittern †April 5th, 1963, Eutin

34

Simone Weil

(1909-1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, writer and social activist

*February 3rd, 1909, Paris †August 24th, 1943, Ashford

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1909 is a normal year and no leap year.

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