Events for March 26
1351 – Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.
1027 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
1830 – The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
1896 – An explosion at the Brunner Mine near Greymouth, New Zealand kills 65 coal miners in the country's worst industrial accident.
1651 – Silver-loaded Spanish ship San José is pushed south by strong winds, subsequently it wrecks in the coast of southern Chile and its surviving crew is killed by indigenous Cuncos.
1954 – Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
1931 – Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
1922 – The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
1939 – Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
1971 – East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
1997 – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
1967 – Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
1697 – Safavid government troops take control of Basra.
1958 – The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
1970 – South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
1700 – William Dampier is the first European to circumnavigate New Britain, discovering it is an island (which he names Nova Britannia) rather than part of New Guinea.
1344 – The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
1636 – Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
1913 – First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
1640 – The Royal Academy of Turku, the first university of Finland, is founded in the city of Turku by Queen Christina of Sweden at the proposal of Count Per Brahe.
2005 – Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.
Notable Births & Deaths for March 26
1989 – Simon Kjær, Danish footballer
2015 – Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1924)
2014 – Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (b. 1928)
1990 – Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor, model, singer and former kart racer
1986 – Emma Laine, Finnish tennis player
1998 – Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater
2016 – Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1937)
2013 – Dave Leggett, American baseball player (b. 1933)
2011 – Diana Wynne Jones, English author (b. 1934)
1990 – Choi Woo-shik, South Korean actor
1989 – Von Miller, American football player
1990 – Xiumin, South Korean singer and actor
1996 – Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress
2011 – Roger Abbott, English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1946)
1990 – Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2016)
1990 – Yuya Takaki, Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor
2012 – Thomas M. Cover, American theorist and academic (b. 1938)
1991 – Matt Davidson, American baseball player
1992 – Nina Agdal, Danish model
2014 – Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
2009 – Shane McConkey, Canadian skier and BASE jumper (b. 1969)
2014 – Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (b. 1919)
1994 – Paige VanZant, American mixed martial artist and model
1986 – Rob Kearney, Irish rugby player
2015 – Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931)
2013 – Tom Boerwinkle, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945)
2004 – Awra Briguela, Filipino actor and comedian
2013 – Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964)
2018 – Fabrizio Frizzi, Italian television presenter (b. 1958)
2003 – Bhad Bhabie, American rapper and social media personality
2012 – David Craighead, American organist and educator (b. 1924)
1994 – Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgian tennis player
1994 – Jed Wallace, English footballer
1994 – Marcela Zacarías, Mexican tennis player
2013 – Krzysztof Kozłowski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Interior (b. 1931)
2012 – Helmer Ringgren, Swedish theologian and academic (b. 1917)
1996 – Zane Musgrove, New Zealand rugby league player
2010 – Charles Ryskamp, American art collector and curator (b. 1928)
1987 – Steven Fletcher, Scottish footballer
1987 – Jermichael Finley, American football player
1987 – Kim Dong-suk, South Korean footballer
2011 – Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
2009 – Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer and composer (b. 1926)
1992 – Stoffel Vandoorne, Belgian racing driver
2012 – Michael Begley, Irish carpenter and politician (b. 1932)
2012 – Sisto Averno, American football player (b. 1925)
2012 – Manik Godghate, Indian poet and educator (b. 1937)
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{ "info":"OnThisDay API", "date":"April_20", "updated":"1615972324",
"data":{
"Events":[
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"text":"1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.[1]",
"html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1303\" title=\"1303\">1303</a> – The <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapienza_University_of_Rome\" title=\"Sapienza University of Rome\">Sapienza University of Rome</a> is instituted by a <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_bull\" title=\"Papal bull\">bull</a> of <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Boniface_VIII\" title=\"Pope Boniface VIII\">Pope Boniface VIII</a>."
},
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{
"text":"1494 – Johannes Agricola, German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)[8]",
"html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1494\" title=\"1494\">1494</a> – <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Agricola\" title=\"Johannes Agricola\">Johannes Agricola</a>, German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)"
},
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],
"Deaths":[
{
"text":"689 – Cædwalla, king of Wessex (b. 659)[21]",
"html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/689\" title=\"689\">689</a> – <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A6dwalla_of_Wessex\" title=\"Cædwalla of Wessex\">Cædwalla</a>, king of <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wessex\" title=\"Wessex\">Wessex</a> (b. 659)" },
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}
]
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