March 26th, 1929

Born on March 26th, 1929

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, 1929

93

Alice Estes Davis

American costume designer

*March 26th, 1929, Escalon †November 3rd, 2022

95

Edward Sorel

Cartoonist

*March 26th, 1929, New York City

95

Charles Dumont

French singer-songwriter

*March 26th, 1929, Cahors

95

Toshio Akiyama

Japanese composer, conductor and musicologist

*March 26th, 1929, Ōmiya-ku

75

Sant Thakar Singh

Sant Mat guru

*March 26th, 1929, Punjab †March 6th, 2005, Chandigarh

79

Edwin Turney

American businessman

*March 26th, 1929, Brooklyn †October 15th, 2008

70

Ray Scott

American musician and songwriter (1929-1999)

*March 26th, 1929, Indiana †October 17th, 1999

75

Stelvio Massi

Italian film director (1929-2004)

*March 26th, 1929, Civitanova Marche †March 26th, 2004, Velletri

95

Seo Gang-uk

South Korean sports shooter

*March 26th, 1929, Hapcheon County

85

Natalino Pescarolo

Italian bishop

*March 26th, 1929, Palestro †January 4th, 2015, Cuneo

87

Wolfgang Jurkat

German mathematician

*March 26th, 1929, Zheleznodorozhny, Kaliningrad Oblast †January 7th, 2017, Ulm

50

Ted McNeill

Association football player (1929-1979)

*March 26th, 1929, Warrenpoint †March 31st, 1979

93

Rafael Vázquez

Mexican singer

*March 26th, 1929, Tampico †July 22nd, 2022

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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

Leonard Nimoy

American actor (1931–2015)

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

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

93

Sandra Day O'Connor

First woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court and the first woman to hold a leadership position in a state legislature

*March 26th, 1930, El Paso †December 1st, 2023, Phoenix

83

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

*March 26th, 1941, Nairobi

86

George Cornea

Romanian film director and screenwriter

*March 26th, 1931, Bucharest †April 14th, 2017, Bucharest

31

Suci Rizky Andini

Indonesia badminton player

*March 26th, 1993, Bandung City

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

89

Alan Arkin

American actor, filmmaker (1934–2023)

*March 26th, 1934, New York City †June 29th, 2023, Carlsbad

52

Marleve Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1972, Ternate City

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

75

Uwe Beckmeyer

German politician

*March 26th, 1949, Bremerhaven

37

Nic Strange

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1987, Bangor

86

Anthony James Leggett

British physicist

*March 26th, 1938, Camberwell

27

Ruthvika Shivani

Indian badminton player

*March 26th, 1997, Vijayawada

90

Pierre Boulez

French composer, conductor and writer (1925–2016)

*March 26th, 1925, Montbrison †January 5th, 2016, Baden-Baden

80

Diana Ross

American vocalist, music artist and actress

*March 26th, 1944, Detroit

25

Fabio Caponio

Italian badminton player

*March 26th, 1999, Santeramo in Colle

60

Michael Frontzeck

German association football player and manager

*March 26th, 1964, Mönchengladbach

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39

Martin Luther King Jr.

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)

*January 15th, 1929, Atlanta †April 4th, 1968, Memphis

91

Kurt Rudolph

German religious studies scholar

*April 3rd, 1929, Dresden †May 13th, 2020

83

Hebe Camargo

Brazilian recording artist, television host, singer

*March 8th, 1929, Taubaté †September 29th, 2012, Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

*May 4th, 1929, Rue Keyenveld - Keienveldstraat †January 20th, 1993, Tolochenaz

87

Kathleen Crowley

American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)

*December 26th, 1929, Green Bank †April 23rd, 2017, Green Bank

91

Christopher Plummer

Canadian actor

*December 13th, 1929, Toronto †February 5th, 2021, Weston

87

Chuck Barris

American game show creator, producer, and host (1929-2017)

*June 3rd, 1929, Philadelphia †March 21st, 2017, Palisades

95

Christian Meier

German historian of ancient history and professor

*February 16th, 1929, Słupsk

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

52

Grace Kelly

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

*November 12th, 1929, Philadelphia †September 14th, 1982, Commune of Monaco

70

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)

*July 18th, 1929, Cleveland †February 12th, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine

83

Robert Bonnaud

Historian

*November 13th, 1929, Marseille †January 22nd, 2013, 13th arrondissement of Paris

87

Hans Koschnick

German politician (SPD), Mayor of Bremen (1929-2016)

*April 2nd, 1929, Bremen †April 21st, 2016, Bremen

73

Dorothee Sölle

German theologian

*September 30th, 1929, Cologne †April 27th, 2003, Göppingen

86

Bud Spencer

Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (1929–2016)

*October 31st, 1929, Naples †June 27th, 2016, Rome

94

Milan Kundera

Franco-Czech poet and novelist

*April 1st, 1929, Brno †July 11th, 2023, 7th arrondissement of Paris

85

Karl Otto Pöhl

German banker (1929–2014)

*December 1st, 1929, Hanover †December 9th, 2014, Switzerland

87

Michael M. Ryan

American actor (1929-2017)

*March 19th, 1929, Wichita †March 1st, 2017, Kansas City

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

15

Anne Frank

German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)

*June 12th, 1929, Maingau Clinic of the Red Cross †February 1st, 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1929 is a normal year and no leap year.

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