March 26

March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 280 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1027 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1169 – Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
• 1344 – The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
• 1351 – Combat of the Thirty : Thirty Breton Knights call out and defeat thirty English Knights.
• 1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
• 1552 – Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru.
• 1636 – Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
• 1812 – An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
• 1812 – A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
• 1830 – The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
• 1839 – The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
• 1881 – Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.
• 1885 – The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• 1913 – Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
• 1915 – Ice Hockey: The Vancouver Millionaires sweep the Ottawa Senators three-games-to-none to win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
• 1917 – World War I: First Battle of Gaza – British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• 1931 – SwissAir is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
• 1931 – Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• 1934 – The driving test is introduced in the United Kingdom.
• 1939 – Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
• 1942 – World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
• 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
• 1958 – The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
• 1958 – The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
• 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 the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
• 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.
• 1975 – The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
• 1978 – Four days before the scheduled opening of Japan's Narita International Airport, a group of protestors destroys much of the equipment in the control tower with Molotov cocktails.
• 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..
• 1991 – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
• 1991 – Five South Korean boys, nicknamed the Frog Boys, disappear while hunting for frogs and are murdered in a case that remains unsolved.
• 1991 – Local self-government is restored after three decades of centralized control in South Korea.
• 1995 – The Schengen Treaty comes into effect.
• 1997 – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
• 1998 – Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: Fifty-two people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of two.
• 1999 – The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.
• 1999 – A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
• 2005 – The Taiwanese government calls on one 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.
• 2010 – The ROKS Cheonan sinks off the west coast of South Korea near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 seamen.

Births

• 1031 – Malcolm III of Scotland (d. 1093)
• 1516 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and zoologist (d. 1565)
• 1554 – Charles, Duke of Mayenne (d. 1611)
• 1634 – Domenico Freschi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1710)
• 1687 – Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (d. 1757)
• 1698 – Prokop Diviš, Czech scientist, invented the lightning rod (d. 1765)
• 1749 – William Blount, American politician (d. 1800)
• 1753 – Benjamin Thompson, American-French physicist (d. 1814)
• 1773 – Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838)
• 1794 – Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)
• 1814 – Charles Mackay, Scottish poet, journalist, author and anthologist (d. 1889)
• 1845 – Juhan Maaker, Estonian bagpipe player (d. 1930)
• 1854 – Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter (d. 1925)
• 1856 – William Massey, New Zealand politician, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1925)
• 1859 – A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (d. 1936)
• 1859 – Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919)
• 1866 – Fred Karno, English producer and manager (d. 1941)
• 1868 – Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
• 1871 – Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole of Hawaii (d. 1922)
• 1874 – Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (d. 1963)
• 1875 – Max Abraham, German physicist (d. 1922)
• 1875 – Syngman Rhee, South Korean politician, 1st President of South Korea (d. 1965)
• 1876 – William, Prince of Albania (d. 1945)
• 1879 – Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (d. 1965)
• 1879 – Waldemar Tietgens, German rower (d. 1917)
• 1880 – André Prévost, French tennis player (d. 1919)
• 1881 – Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci (d. 1953)
• 1882 – Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician (d. 1940)
• 1884 – Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (d. 1969)
• 1886 – Hugh Mulzac, Vincentian-American marine (d. 1971)
• 1888 – Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse (d. 1948)
• 1893 – James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (d. 1978)
• 1893 – Dhirendra Nath Ganguly, Indian actor and director (d. 1978)
• 1893 – Palmiro Togliatti, Italian politician (d. 1964)
• 1894 – Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (d. 1985)
• 1898 – Rudolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Puma SE (d. 1974)
• 1898 – Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
• 1904 – Joseph Campbell, American author (d. 1987)
• 1904 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986)
• 1904 – Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
• 1905 – Monty Berman, English cinematographer and producer (d. 2006)
• 1905 – André Cluytens, Belgian-French conductor (d. 1967)
• 1905 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
• 1906 – Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player (d. 1981)
• 1907 – Azellus Denis, Canadian politician (d. 1991)
• 1907 – Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet (d. 1987)
• 1908 – Franz Stangl, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 1971)
• 1908 – Henry (Hank) Sylvern, American organist and composer (d. 1964)
• 1910 – K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (d. 2002)
• 1911 – J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (d. 1960)
• 1911 – T. Hee, American animator and director (d. 1988)
• 1911 – Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Tennessee Williams, American playwright, author, and poet (d. 1983)
• 1913 – Jacqueline de Romilly, French philologist, author, and scholar (d. 2010)
• 1913 – Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Salme Rootare, Estonian chess player (d. 1987)
• 1914 – Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematician and educator (d. 1995)
• 1914 – William Westmoreland, American general (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Hwang Sun-won, North Korean author and poet (d. 2000)
• 1916 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 1916 – Bill Edrich, English cricketer (d. 1986)
• 1916 – Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (d. 1986)
• 1916 – Harry Rabinowitz, South African-American composer and conductor
• 1917 – Ed Peck, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1919 – Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1965)
• 1919 – Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
• 1920 – Sergio Livingstone, Chilean footballer and journalist (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Oscar Sala, Italian-Brazilian physicist (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Gert Bastian, German general and politician (d. 1992)
• 1923 – Bob Elliott, American comedian and actor
• 1925 – Pierre Boulez, French pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1925 – Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton, English politician
• 1925 – Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (d. 2010)
• 1925 – James Moody, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010)
• 1926 – T. Sivasithamparam, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1992)
• 1927 – Harold Chapman, English photographer
• 1929 – Edwin Turney, American businessman, co-founded Advanced Micro Devices (d. 2008)
• 1930 – Gregory Corso, American poet (d. 2001)
• 1930 – Sandra Day O'Connor, American lawyer and jurist
• 1931 – Leonard Nimoy, American actor, singer, and director
• 1932 – Leroy Griffith, American theater and nightclub owner, and burlesque and film producer
• 1933 – Vine Deloria, Jr., American historian, author, and theologian (d. 2005)
• 1933 – Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian poet and scholar (d. 1996)
• 1934 – Alan Arkin, American actor, singer, and director
• 1935 – Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian politician, 2nd President of the State of Palestine
• 1936 – Giora Feidman, Argentinian-Israeli clarinet player
• 1936 – Harry Kalas, American sportscaster (d. 2009)
• 1937 – Wayne Embry, American basketball player and manager
• 1937 – James Lee, Canadian politician, 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island
• 1938 – Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator
• 1938 – Anthony James Leggett, English-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – James Caan, American actor
• 1940 – Nancy Pelosi, American politician, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1941 – Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English biologist
• 1941 – Yvon Marcoux, Canadian politician
• 1942 – Erica Jong, American author and poet
• 1943 – Bob Woodward, American journalist and author
• 1944 – Igor Mitoraj, German-Polish sculptor (d. 2014)
• 1944 – Diana Ross, American singer and actress (The Supremes)
• 1945 – Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (d. 2004)
• 1946 – Johnny Crawford, American actor and singer
• 1946 – Jiří Kabeš, Czech singer-songwriter and violinist (The Plastic People of the Universe)
• 1946 – Alain Madelin, French politician
• 1947 – Dar Robinson, American stuntman and actor (d. 1986)
• 1948 – Nash the Slash, Canadian violinist and mandolin player (FM) (d. 2014)
• 1948 – Richard Tandy, English keyboard player (Electric Light Orchestra)
• 1948 – Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor (Aerosmith and Chain Reaction)
• 1948 – Kyung-wha Chung, South Korean violinist
• 1949 – Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire
• 1949 – Vicki Lawrence, American actress and singer
• 1949 – Fran Sheehan, American bass player (Boston)
• 1949 – Patrick Süskind, German author and screenwriter
• 1949 – Ernest Lee Thomas, American actor
• 1950 – Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes) (d. 2010)
• 1950 – Martin Short, Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, and producer
• 1950 – Alan Silvestri, American composer and conductor
• 1951 – Carl Wieman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1952 – T. A. Barron, American author
• 1952 – Didier Pironi, French race car driver (d. 1987)
• 1953 – Lincoln Chafee, American politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island
• 1953 – Elaine Chao, American politician, 24th United States Secretary of Labor
• 1953 – Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian politician (d. 2002)
• 1954 – Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese voice actor
• 1954 – Clive Palmer, Australian businessman
• 1954 – Curtis Sliwa, American talk show host and activist, founded Guardian Angels
• 1955 – Danny Arndt, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1956 – Charly McClain, American singer
• 1956 – Park Won-soon, South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th Mayor of Seoul
• 1957 – Fiona Bruce, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1957 – Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host
• 1957 – Paul Morley, English journalist, producer, and author
• 1958 – Chris Codiroli, American baseball player
• 1958 – Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (d. 1986)
• 1959 – Chris Hansen, American journalist
• 1960 – Marcus Allen, American football player and sportscaster
• 1960 – Jennifer Grey, American actress
• 1960 – Øystein Mæland, Norwegian psychiatrist and politician
• 1960 – Axel Prahl, German actor
• 1961 – Leigh Bowery, Australian actor, singer, and fashion designer (d. 1994)
• 1961 – William Hague, English historian and politician, First Secretary of State
• 1961 – Billy Warlock, American actor
• 1962 – Richard Coles, English pianist, saxophonist, and priest (The Communards)
• 1962 – Paul de Leeuw, Dutch actor and singer
• 1962 – Eric Allan Kramer, American actor
• 1962 – Kevin Seitzer, American baseball player, and current hitting coach for the Toronto Blue Jays
• 1962 – John Stockton, American basketball player
• 1963 – Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese author
• 1963 – Roch Voisine, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1964 – Todd Barry, American comedian and actor
• 1964 – Martin Donnelly, Irish race car driver
• 1964 – Maria Miller, English politician
• 1964 – Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 – Trey Azagthoth, American guitarist (Morbid Angel)
• 1966 – Lilian Greenwood, English politician
• 1966 – Michael Imperioli, American actor and screenwriter
• 1966 – Nick Wirth, English engineer, founded Wirth Research
• 1968 – Laurent Brochard, French cyclist
• 1968 – Kenny Chesney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – James Iha, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Smashing Pumpkins, A Perfect Circle, Whiskeytown, and Tinted Windows)
• 1969 – Alessandro Moscardi, Italian rugby player
• 1970 – Paul Bosvelt, Dutch footballer
• 1970 – Jelle Goes, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1970 – Thomas Kyparissis, Greek footballer
• 1970 – Martin McDonagh, English-Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director
• 1971 – Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist and planarialogist
• 1971 – Tommie Sunshine, American DJ and producer
• 1971 – Paul Williams, English footballer and manager
• 1972 – Leslie Mann, American actress
• 1972 – Jason Maxwell, American baseball player
• 1972 – Jon Reep, American comedian and actor
• 1973 – Matt Burke, Australian rugby player
• 1973 – Heather Goldenhersh, American actress
• 1973 – T. R. Knight, American actor
• 1973 – Larry Page, American computer scientist, co-founder and CEO of Google
• 1974 – Michael Peca, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 – Vadimas Petrenko, Lithuanian footballer
• 1976 – Joachim Alcine, Haitian-Canadian boxer
• 1976 – Natalia Livingston, American actress
• 1976 – Amy Smart, American actress
• 1976 – Ufuk Talay, Australian footballer
• 1976 – Nurgül Yeşilçay, Turkish actress
• 1977 – Kevin Davies, English footballer
• 1977 – Sylvain Grenier, Canadian wrestler
• 1977 – Seth Lakeman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lakeman Brothers and Equation)
• 1978 – Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
• 1979 – Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer
• 1979 – Hiromi Uehara, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1979 – Pierre Womé, Cameroonian footballer
• 1980 – Son Hoyoung, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (g.o.d)
• 1980 – Niina Kelo, Finnish heptathlete
• 1980 – Richie Wellens, English footballer
• 1981 – Baruch Dego, Ethiopian-Israeli footballer
• 1981 – Massimo Donati, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Jay Sean, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1981 – Josh Wilson, American baseball player
• 1982 – Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Nate Kaeding, American football player
• 1983 – Roman Bednář, Czech footballer
• 1983 – Mike Mondo, American wrestler
• 1983 – Anti Saarepuu, Estonian skier
• 1984 – Jimmy Howard, American ice hockey player
• 1984 – Stéphanie Lapointe, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1984 – David McGowan, English footballer
• 1984 – Felix Neureuther, German skier
• 1984 – Alberto Schettino, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Annette Schwarz, German porn actress and model
• 1984 – Marco Stier, German footballer
• 1984 – Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1984 – Sara Jean Underwood, American model, actress, and television host
• 1985 – Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
• 1985 – Keira Knightley, English actress
• 1985 – Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1986 – Jonny Craig, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (Emarosa, Dance Gavin Dance, and Isles & Glaciers)
• 1986 – Emma Laine, Finnish tennis player
• 1986 – Misty Stone, American porn actress and model
• 1987 – YUI, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 – Jermichael Finley, American football player
• 1987 – Steven Fletcher, Scottish footballer
• 1988 – Suvi Koponen, Finnish-American model
• 1989 – Simon Kjær, Danish footballer
• 1989 – Josiah Leming, American singer-songwriter
• 1990 – Yuya Takaki, Japanese singer and actor (Hey! Say! JUMP)
• 1990 – Yūya Yagira, Japanese actor
• 1992 – Haley Ramm, American actress
• 1994 – Mayu Watanabe, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and Watarirouka Hashiritai)
• 1994 – Jed Wallace, English football player for Portsmouth F.C.

Deaths

• 752 – Pope-elect Stephen
• 922 – Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian mystic and poet (b. 858)
• 983 – 'Adud al-Dawla, Iranian ruler (b. 936)
• 1130 – Sigurd the Crusader, Norwegian son of Magnus Barefoot (b. 1090)
• 1212 – Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)
• 1517 – Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer (b. 1450)
• 1535 – Georg Tannstetter, Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482)
• 1546 – Thomas Elyot, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1490)
• 1566 – Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (b. 1510)
• 1649 – John Winthrop, English-American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
• 1679 – Johannes Schefferus, Swedish historian and author (b. 1621)
• 1697 – Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician (b. 1640)
• 1726 – John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (b. 1664)
• 1772 – Charles Pinot Duclos, French author (b. 1704)
• 1776 – Samuel Ward, American jurist and politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (b. 1725)
• 1780 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1713)
• 1793 – John Mudge, English physician (b. 1721)
• 1797 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726)
• 1814 – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician (b. 1738)
• 1827 – Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1858 – John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and diplomat (b. 1811)
• 1862 – Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
• 1881 – Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
• 1885 – Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
• 1888 – Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 – Walt Whitman, American poet and author (b. 1819)
• 1902 – Cecil Rhodes, English-South African businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
• 1905 – Maurice Barrymore, Indian-American actor (b. 1849)
• 1910 – Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
• 1910 – An Jung-geun, North Korean activist (b. 1879)
• 1920 – William Chester Minor, Sri Lankan-American surgeon (b. 1834)
• 1923 – Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (b. 1844)
• 1926 – Constantin Fehrenbach, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
• 1929 – Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (b. 1859)
• 1933 – Eddie Lang, American guitarist (b. 1902)
• 1934 – John Biller, American jumper (b. 1877)
• 1940 – Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-German astrophysicist (b. 1880)
• 1940 – Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
• 1942 – Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1945 – David Lloyd George, Welsh politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• 1948 – Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (b. 1905)
• 1951 – James F. Hinkle, American politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
• 1954 – Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
• 1957 – Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1958 – Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
• 1959 – Raymond Chandler, American author and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1962 – Cyrillus Kreek, Estonian composer (b. 1889)
• 1965 – Olof Sandborg, Swedish actor (b. 1884)
• 1966 – Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)
• 1969 – John Kennedy Toole, American author (b. 1937)
• 1973 – Noël Coward, English actor, director, playwright, and composer (b. 1899)
• 1973 – Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
• 1973 – Don Messer, Canadian-American fiddler (b. 1909)
• 1973 – George Sisler, American baseball player (b. 1893)
• 1976 – Josef Albers, German-American painter (b. 1888)
• 1976 – Lin Yutang, Chinese linguist and author (b. 1895)
• 1978 – Wilfred Pickles, English actor and radio host (b. 1904)
• 1979 – Jean Stafford, American author (b. 1915)
• 1980 – Roland Barthes, French linguist and critic (b. 1915)
• 1983 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (b. 1907)
• 1984 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (b. 1922)
• 1987 – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
• 1989 – Hai Zi, Chinese poet (b. 1964)
• 1990 – Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)
• 1992 – Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist (b. 1937)
• 1993 – Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942)
• 1995 – Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (N.W.A) (b. 1963)
• 1996 – Edmund Muskie, American politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (b. 1914)
• 1996 – David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1912)
• 2000 – Alex Comfort, English physician and author (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Randy Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (Red Square Black and Mötley Crüe) (b. 1950)
• 2003 – Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921)
• 2005 – James Callaghan, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Gérard Filion, Canadian journalist (b. 1909)
• 2005 – Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz, Crowded House, Deckchairs Overboard, and Tarmac Adam) (b. 1959)
• 2005 – Marius Russo, American baseball player (b. 1914)
• 2005 – Frederick Rotimi Williams Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Frank Searle, Scottish photographer (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Anil Biswas, Indian politician (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975)
• 2006 – Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jacobites and Swell Maps) (b. 1956)
• 2008 – Heath Benedict, Dutch-American football player (b. 1983)
• 2008 – Robert Fagles, American poet and academic (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Manuel Marulanda, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930)
• 2008 – Wally Phillips, American radio host (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Shane McConkey, Canadian skier (b. 1969)
• 2011 – Roger Abbott, English-Canadian comedian and actor (b. 1946)
• 2011 – Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
• 2011 – Diana Wynne Jones, English author (b. 1934)
• 2011 – Enn Klooren, Estonian actor (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Sisto Averno, American football player (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Michael Begley, Irish politician (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Thomas M. Cover, American theorist and academic (b. 1938)
• 2012 – David Craighead, American organist (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Manik Godghate, Indian poet and educator (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Helmer Ringgren, Swedish theologian (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Stella Tanner, English actress (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Garry Walberg, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Sukumari, Indian actress (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Margie Alexander, American singer (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Tom Boerwinkle, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Krzysztof Kozłowski, Polish journalist and politician (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Dave Leggett, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Patricia McCormick, American bullfighter (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Nikola Mladenov, Macedonian journalist and actor (b. 1964)
• 2013 – Jerzy Nowak, Polish actor (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964)
• 2013 – Nikolai Sorokin, Russian actor and director (b. 1952)
• 2014 – Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (b. 1919)
• 2014 – George Bookasta, American actor and director (b. 1917)
• 2014 – Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (b. 1928)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • St. Castulus
  • Emmanuel and companions
  • Felicitas
  • Larissa
  • Ludger
  • Margaret Clitherow
  • March 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Independence Day and National Day (Bangladesh), celebrates the declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
• Martyr's Day or Day of Democracy (Mali)
• Prince Kuhio Day (Hawaii)
• Prophet Zoroaster's Birthday (Zoroastrianism)
• Purple Day (Canada)
• Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel (Eastern Christianity)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada