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, 484,152 hours 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
- 1830 –The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
- 1839 –The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
- 1913 –Balkan War: Bulgarian forces invade Adrianople.
- 1958 –The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
- 1967 –Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City
- 1975 –The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
- 1979 –Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- 1982 –A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
- 1998 –Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: 52 people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
- 1999 –A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
Who were born on March 26?
- 603 –Pacal II, Mayan ruler (d. 683)
- 1904 –Joseph Campbell, American author (d. 1987)
- 1908 –Henry (Hank) Sylvern, American radio personality (d. 1964)
- 1911 –T. Hee, American animator (d. 1988)
- 1953 –Elaine Chao, American member of the George W. Bush Administration
- 1958 –Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (d. 1986)
- 1964 –Martin Donnelly, Irish race car driver
- 1970 –Paul Bosvelt, Dutch football player
- 1984 –Alberto Schettino, Italian footballer
- 1984 –Stéphanie Lapointe, French-Canadian singer
Who died on March 26?
- 1679 –Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)
- 1726 –Sir John Vanbrugh, English dramatist (b. 1664)
- 1772 –Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)
- 1793 –John Mudge, English physician (b. 1721)
- 1885 –Anson Stager, American telegraphist (b. 1825)
- 1905 –Maurice Barrymore, actor; patriarch of the Barrymore family (b. 1849)
- 1978 –Wilfred Pickles, English actor and broadcaster (b. 1904)
- 1984 –Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (b. 1922)
- 2005 –Marius Russo, American baseball player (b. 1914)
- 2011 –Diana Wynne Jones, British fantasy writer (b. 1934)
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