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 86th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 280 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 13, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,711,411,200 seconds 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 ‘octacontahexagon’ 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 309 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 4,113 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.
- 1808 –Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.
- 1812 –An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
- 1839 –The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
- 1942 –World War II: In Poland, the first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz.
- 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
- 1971 –East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
- 1991 –Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
- 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?
- 1911 –Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2003)
- 1931 –Leonard Nimoy, American actor and director
- 1936 –Giora Feidman, Argentinian-Jewish klezmer clarinetist
- 1941 –Richard Dawkins, British evolutionary biologist
- 1952 –T. A. Barron, American writer
- 1954 –Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese voice actor
- 1981 –Jay Sean, British R&B singer
- 1989 –Josiah Leming, American singer-songwriter
- 1989 –Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor and racer
- 2005 –Countess Luana of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg
Who died on March 26?
- 922 –Al-Hallaj, Persian Sufi teacher and writer
- 1726 –Sir John Vanbrugh, English dramatist (b. 1664)
- 1814 –Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)
- 1942 –Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874)
- 1958 –Phil Mead, English cricketer (b. 1887)
- 1973 –Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
- 1978 –Wilfred Pickles, English actor and broadcaster (b. 1904)
- 1996 –Edmund Muskie, American politician (b. 1914)
- 2000 –Alex Comfort, American author (b. 1920)
- 2005 –Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz and Crowded House) (b. 1959)
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