March 26th, 1946

Born on March 26th, 1946

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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, 1946

74

Ravi Zacharias

Canadian-American Christian apologist (1946–2020)

*March 26th, 1946, Chennai †May 19th, 2020, Atlanta

78

Alain Madelin

French politician

*March 26th, 1946, Paris

78

Lyudmila Titova

Speed skater

*March 26th, 1946, Chita

78

Sergio Girardi

Italian footballer

*March 26th, 1946, Belfiore

78

Jesús Salvador Treviño

American film director

*March 26th, 1946, El Paso

75

Johnny Crawford

American actor-singer (1946-2021)

*March 26th, 1946, Los Angeles †April 29th, 2021, Los Angeles

78

Per Edgar Kokkvold

Norwegian journalist

*March 26th, 1946, Røros Municipality

78

Jimmy Raye II

American football player and coach (born 1946)

*March 26th, 1946, Fayetteville

78

Erasmo Salemme

Italian volleyball player

*March 26th, 1946, Rome

54

Simeon Simeonov

Bulgarian footballer (1946-2000)

*March 26th, 1946, Sofia †November 2nd, 2000, Sofia

78

Jacques Vriens

Dutch writer

*March 26th, 1946, 's-Hertogenbosch

78

Judith Baldwin

Actress

*March 26th, 1946, Washington, D.C.

78

Carlos Forcadell Álvarez

Spanish historian

*March 26th, 1946, Zaragoza

78

Carmel Hanna

Northern Irish politician (born 1946)

*March 26th, 1946, Warrenpoint

78

Alan Westwater

Footballer

*March 26th, 1946, Bridge of Allan

78

Jan Ditlev Hansen

Norwegian journalist

*March 26th, 1946, Trondheim

70

William Onyeabor

Nigerian funk musician

*March 26th, 1946, Nigeria †January 16th, 2017, Nigeria

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76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

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

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

77

John Rowles

New Zealand singer

*March 26th, 1947, Whakatāne

75

Uwe Beckmeyer

German politician

*March 26th, 1949, Bremerhaven

83

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

*March 26th, 1941, Nairobi

80

Diana Ross

American vocalist, music artist and actress

*March 26th, 1944, Detroit

31

Suci Rizky Andini

Indonesia badminton player

*March 26th, 1993, Bandung City

76

Steven Tyler

American singer

*March 26th, 1948, New York City

80

Bernie Machen

American university president, professor of pediatric dentistry, dental surgeon

*March 26th, 1944, Greenwood

71

Lincoln Chafee

American politician and former United States Senator from Rhode Island

*March 26th, 1953, Providence

77

Subhash Kak

Indian computer scientist

*March 26th, 1947, Srinagar

52

Marleve Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1972, Ternate City

73

Carl Wieman

Nobel prize winning US physicist

*March 26th, 1951, Corvallis

81

Roland Göhler

East German rower

*March 26th, 1943, Meissen

76

François Delpla

French historian

*March 26th, 1948, Corte

74

Alan Silvestri

American composer and conductor

*March 26th, 1950, New York City

75

Joachim Hörster

German politician

*March 26th, 1945, Lautzenbrücken †December 30th, 2020

81

Bob Woodward

American journalist

*March 26th, 1943, Geneva

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77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

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No: With 365 days 1946 is a normal year and no leap year.

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