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What are the important events that happened on March 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 26: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 26 is the 85th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 280 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 13, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,049,120 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octacontapentagon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 328 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,478 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 26 Historical Events
- 1026 –Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1934 –The driving test is introduced in the United Kingdom.
- 1974 –Gaura Devi leads a group of 27 women of Laata village, Henwalghati, Garhwal Himalayas, to form circles around trees to stop them being felled and giving rise to the Chipko Movement in India.
- 1995 –The Schengen Treaty comes into effect.
- 2005 –The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People’s Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the demonstration.
Who were born on March 26?
- 1929 –Edwin Turney, American businessman (d. 2008)
- 1953 –Lincoln Chafee, American politician
- 1957 –Paul Morley, English music journalist and musician
- 1973 –Heather Goldenhersh, American actress
- 1990 –Yuya Takaki, Japanese actor and singer
Who died on March 26?
- 1130 –King Sigurd I of Norway (b. c. 1090)
- 1772 –Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)
- 1827 –Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b. 1770)
- 1945 –David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
- 2006 –Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975)
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