This Day in History
26 Mar 1027
Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor founder of the Salian dynasty
26 Mar 1147
Jewish community in Cologne fasts to commemorate anti-Jewish violence
26 Mar 1484
William Caxton prints his translation of Aesops Fables
26 Mar 1526
King Francois I returns Spanish captivity to France
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Salk announces polio vaccine
On March 26 1953 American medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis...
Heaven’s Gate cult members found dead
Following an anonymous tip police enter a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe an exclusive suburb of San Diego California and discover 39 victims of a mass suicide. ...
Israel-Egyptian peace agreement signed
In a ceremony at the White House Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign a historic peace agreement ending three deca...
Naval warfare gets new weapon
On this day Italy attacks the British fleet at Souda Bay Crete using detachable warheads to sink a British cruiser. This was the first time manned torpedoes ...
First Battle of Gaza
The first of three battles fought in the Allied attempt to defeat Turkish forces in and around the Palestinian city of Gaza takes place on this day in 1917.By J...
South Vietnamese city of Hue falls to communists
The city of Hue in northernmost South Vietnam falls to the North Vietnamese. Hue was the most recent major city in South Vietnam to fall to the communists dur...
Antiwar demonstration in Washington
A group called Women Strike for Peace demonstrate in Washington D.C. in the first large antiwar demonstration since President Richard Nixons inaugurat...
Michigan State defeats Indiana State in NCAA championship
On March 26 1979 Earvin Magic Johnson leads the Michigan State Spartans to a 75- 64 victory over Larry Birds Indiana State Sycamores in ...
Jefferson presented with a mammoth loaf of bread
On this day in 1804 President Thomas Jefferson attends a public party at the Senate and leads a diverse crowd in consuming an enormous loaf of bread dubbed the...
The steamboat Yellowstone heads for Montana
The mighty American Fur Company adopts the latest in transportation technology to its business dispatching the companys new steamboat ...
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel published
This Side of Paradise is published immediately launching 23-year-old F. Scott Fitzgerald to fame and fortune.Fitzgerald named for his ancestor Francis Scott K...
American Beauty tops Academy Awards
On this day in 2000 Billy Crystal hosts the 72nd annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.An Oscar crisis had been narrowly avert...
Deadly earthquake hits California
An earthquake felt from Mexico to Oregon rocks the Owens Valley in California on this day in 1872 killing 30 people.California with the large San Andreas Faul...
Torture chamber uncovered in Philadelphia
Responding to a 911 call police raid the Philadelphia home of Gary Heidnik and find an appalling crime scene. In the basement of Heidniks dilapidated h...
McCarthy charges that Owen Lattimore is a Soviet spy
During a radio broadcast dealing with a Senate investigation into communists in the U.S. Department of State news is leaked that Senator Joseph McCarthy has ch...
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