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This is a list of selected March 26 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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1027Pope John XIX crowned Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. no footnotes
1169Saladin was inaugurated as vizier of Egypt. refimprove section
1636Utrecht University, one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe, was established. refimprove
1830 – The Book of Mormon, the defining sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement, was first published. missing information
1871 – The Paris Commune was formally established in Paris. Featured on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 18
1881Domnitor Carol I was proclaimed the first King of Romania, beginning the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty. needs more footnotes
1913First Balkan War: After a five-month siege, the Bulgarian Second Army captured the Ottoman city of Adrianople. refimprove section
1973 – The first episode of The Young and the Restless was broadcast, eventually becoming the most watched daytime drama on American television from 1988 onwards. refimprove section
1974 – A group of peasant women in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India, surrounded trees in order to prevent loggers from felling them, giving rise to the Chipko movement. refimprove section
1975 – The Biological Weapons Convention, the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of an entire category of weapons, entered into force. needs more footnotes
1978 – Four days before the scheduled opening of Japan's Narita International Airport, a group of protesters destroyed much of the equipment in the control tower with Molotov cocktails. refimprove section, unreferenced section
1982 – Groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was held. Featured on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 13
1999 – The Melissa computer virus was released, infecting email systems around the world. short
2005 – The Taiwanese government called on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to China's Anti-Secession Law. refimprove sections
2010 – An explosion allegedly caused by a North Korean torpedo sank the South Korean warship ROKS Cheonan, killing 46 sailors. cleanup HTML

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March 26: Independence Day in Bangladesh (1971)

A page from William Caxton's edition of Aesop's Fables
A page from William Caxton's
edition of Aesop's Fables

Julie-Victoire Daubié (b. 1824) · Fred Karno (b. 1866) · Constantin Fehrenbach (d. 1926)

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