March 26th, 1937

Born on March 26th, 1937

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, 1937

87

Barbara Jones

American sprinter

*March 26th, 1937, Chicago

87

Ernst Burger

German pianist

*March 26th, 1937, Munich

87

Wayne Embry

American basketball player

*March 26th, 1937, Springfield

87

Roger William Gries

Catholic bishop

*March 26th, 1937, Cleveland

65

Misa Uehara

Japanese actress

*March 26th, 1937, Fukuoka †January 1st, 2003

81

Cristian Țopescu

Romanian journalist

*March 26th, 1937, Bucharest †May 15th, 2018, Bucharest

65

Yuri Korneev

Olympic basketball player (1937-2002)

*March 26th, 1937, Moscow †June 17th, 2002, Moscow

63

Antonius Höckelmann

German sculptor and painter (1937-2000)

*March 26th, 1937, Oelde †June 17th, 2000, Cologne

83

Cliff Burvill

Australian sport cyclist (1937-2021)

*March 26th, 1937, Coffs Harbour †January 14th, 2021, Byron Bay

85

Ahmed Qurei

Prime Minister of Palestine (2003 - 2006)

*March 26th, 1937, Abu Dis †February 22nd, 2023, Ramallah

67

Albert Brülls

German footballer

*March 26th, 1937, Anrath †March 28th, 2004, Korschenbroich

87

Stephen Benatar

English author

*March 26th, 1937, London

87

Joyce Bamford-Addo

Ghanaian politician and judge

*March 26th, 1937, Accra

83

Cindy Nemser

American art historian (1937-2021)

*March 26th, 1937, New York City †January 26th, 2021

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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

86

Anthony James Leggett

British physicist

*March 26th, 1938, Camberwell

83

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

*March 26th, 1941, Nairobi

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

31

Suci Rizky Andini

Indonesia badminton player

*March 26th, 1993, Bandung City

83

Leonard Nimoy

American actor (1931–2015)

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

89

Alan Arkin

American actor, filmmaker (1934–2023)

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

75

Uwe Beckmeyer

German politician

*March 26th, 1949, Bremerhaven

80

Diana Ross

American vocalist, music artist and actress

*March 26th, 1944, Detroit

52

Marleve Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1972, Ternate City

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

37

Nic Strange

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1987, Bangor

27

Ruthvika Shivani

Indian badminton player

*March 26th, 1997, Vijayawada

88

Gino Cappelletti

American football player (1934–2022)

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

71

Lincoln Chafee

American politician and former United States Senator from Rhode Island

*March 26th, 1953, Providence

60

Michael Frontzeck

German association football player and manager

*March 26th, 1964, Mönchengladbach

81

Roland Göhler

East German rower

*March 26th, 1943, Meissen

77

John Rowles

New Zealand singer

*March 26th, 1947, Whakatāne

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87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

80

Erland Kops

Danish badminton player

*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

86

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

86

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

87

Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

Portuguese artist

*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1937 is a normal year and no leap year.

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