March 26th, 1934

Born on March 26th, 1934

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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, 1934

89

Alan Arkin

American actor, filmmaker (1934–2023)

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

88

Gino Cappelletti

American football player (1934–2022)

*March 26th, 1934, Keewatin †May 12th, 2022

86

Masakazu Yamazaki

Japanese writer

*March 26th, 1934, Kyoto †August 19th, 2020, Hyōgo Prefecture

90

Dick Ponzi

American winemaker

*March 26th, 1934, New Castle

90

Lucien François

Belgian jurist

*March 26th, 1934, Chênée

90

Joby Baker

Canadian actor and painter

*March 26th, 1934, Montreal

85

Helen Aston

Australian botanist, botanical collector, ornithologist and editor (1934-2020)

*March 26th, 1934, Narrandera †March 17th, 2020, Canberra

68

Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa

Brazilian footballer and manager (1934-2002)

*March 26th, 1934, Maceió †September 17th, 2002, Rio de Janeiro

75

Roy Fowler

British athletics competitor (1934-2009)

*March 26th, 1934, Longsdon †June 27th, 2009, Leek

79

Donald Bailey

American jazz drummer

*March 26th, 1934, Philadelphia †October 15th, 2013, Montclair

90

Jere Schuler

American politician

*March 26th, 1934, Lancaster

90

Jean-Paul Sevilla

French musician

*March 26th, 1934, Oran

90

Thomas De Koninck

Canadian philosopher

*March 26th, 1934, Leuven

90

Harle Freeman-Greene

New Zealand diplomat

*March 26th, 1934, Christchurch

73

Akemi Negishi

Japanese actress

*March 26th, 1934, Minato †March 11th, 2008, Kawasaki

81

Ottó Károlyi

French musicologist

*March 26th, 1934, Paris †November 30th, 2015

86

Keith Jobling

Footballer (born 1934)

*March 26th, 1934, Grimsby †September 20th, 2020

89

Norman Reynolds

British film designer

*March 26th, 1934, London †March 31st, 2023

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Who's birthday is on March 26th?

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*March 26th, 1953, Duisburg

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

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

83

Leonard Nimoy

American actor (1931–2015)

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

83

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

*March 26th, 1941, Nairobi

91

Tinto Brass

Italian film director

*March 26th, 1933, Milan

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

86

Anthony James Leggett

British physicist

*March 26th, 1938, Camberwell

86

George Cornea

Romanian film director and screenwriter

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

75

Uwe Beckmeyer

German politician

*March 26th, 1949, Bremerhaven

52

Marleve Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1972, Ternate City

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

80

Diana Ross

American vocalist, music artist and actress

*March 26th, 1944, Detroit

37

Nic Strange

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1987, Bangor

27

Ruthvika Shivani

Indian badminton player

*March 26th, 1997, Vijayawada

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

60

Michael Frontzeck

German football player and manager

*March 26th, 1964, Mönchengladbach

71

Lincoln Chafee

American politician and former United States Senator from Rhode Island

*March 26th, 1953, Providence

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Born in 1934

90

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

83

Jörg Kuebart

German general (1934-2018)

*September 2nd, 1934, Olsztyn †February 14th, 2018, Bad Honnef

34

Yuri Gagarin

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)

*March 9th, 1934, Klushino †March 27th, 1968, Novosyolovo

82

Alois Mock

Austrian politician (1934-2017)

*June 10th, 1934, Euratsfeld †June 1st, 2017, Vienna

82

Leonard Cohen

Canadian poet and singer-songwriter (1934–2016)

*September 21st, 1934, Montreal †November 7th, 2016, Los Angeles

68

Manfred Durniok

German film producer

*May 2nd, 1934, Berlin †March 7th, 2003, Berlin

81

Uwe Friedrichsen

German actor

*May 27th, 1934, Altona †April 30th, 2016, Hamburg

62

Carl Sagan

American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)

*November 9th, 1934, Brooklyn †December 20th, 1996, Seattle

81

Garry Marshall

American actor and filmmaker (1934–2016)

*November 13th, 1934, The Bronx †July 19th, 2016, Burbank

84

Jessy Rameik

German actor, singer and voice actor

*April 18th, 1934, Riga †August 31st, 2018, Berlin

32

Brian Epstein

British personal manager and impresario (1934–1967)

*September 19th, 1934, Liverpool †August 27th, 1967, London

85

Alexey Leonov

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)

*May 30th, 1934, Listvyanka †October 11th, 2019, Burdenko Hospital

82

Roman Herzog

Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1934-2017)

*April 5th, 1934, Landshut †January 10th, 2017, Bad Mergentheim

89

Sophia Loren

Italian actress

*September 20th, 1934, Rome

88

Bill Russell

American basketball player and coach (1934–2022)

*February 12th, 1934, Monroe †July 31st, 2022, Mercer Island

82

Jan Kubr

Czechoslovak biker

*August 6th, 1934, Krásný Dvůr †February 11th, 2017

89

Wole Soyinka

Nobel laureate Nigerian writer

*July 13th, 1934, Ogun State

81

Billy Paul

American singer (1934-2016)

*December 1st, 1934, Philadelphia †April 24th, 2016, Blackwood

72

Paul Carr

American actor (1934–2006)

*February 1st, 1934, New Orleans †February 17th, 2006, Los Angeles

90

Lou Antonio

American actor (b. 1934)

*January 23rd, 1934, Oklahoma City

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1934 is a normal year and no leap year.

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