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March 26th


- Christian Feast Day:
- Independence Day and National Day (Bangladesh), celebrates the declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
- Prince Kuhio Day (Hawaii)
- Prophet Zoroaster's Birthday (Zoroastrianism)
- Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel (Eastern Christianity)

March 26th


- 2010 - 46 die as a South Korean warship sinks, allegedly after an attack by North Korea.
- 2006 - The military junta ruling Burma officially names Naypyidaw, a new city in Mandalay Division, as the new capital. Yangon had formerly been the nation's capital.
- 2005 - The Taiwanese government calls on 1 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.
- 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.
- 1998 - Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: 52 people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
- 1995 - The Schengen Treaty comes into effect.
- 1995 - Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides.
- 1991 - Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
- 1982 - A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C..
- 1979 - Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C..
- 1976 - Queen Elizabeth II sends the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.
- 1975 - The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
- 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.
- 1971 - East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
- 1967 - Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City
- 1958 - The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
- 1958 - The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
- 1945 - World War II: US forces declare Iwo Jima secure.
- 1942 - World War II: In Poland, the first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz.
- 1934 - The driving test is introduced in the United Kingdom.
- 1917 - World War I: First Battle of Gaza – British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
- 1913 - Balkan War: Bulgarian forces take Adrianople.
- 1881 - Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.
- 1839 - The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
- 1830 - The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
- 1812 - An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
- 1808 - Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.
- 1636 - Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
- 1552 - Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru.
- 1484 - William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
- 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.

March 26th


- 2007 - Prince Moritz of Hesse, son of Donatus, Hereditary Prince of Hesse
- 2005 - Countess Luana of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg
- 1992 - Haley Ramm, American actress
- 1990 - Yuya Takaki, Japanese actor and singer
- 1990 - Y?ya Yagira, Japanese actor
- 1989 - Josiah Leming, American singer-songwriter
- 1988 - Suvi Koponen, Finnish model
- 1987 - YUI, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1986 - Jonny Craig, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1986 - Misty Stone, American pornographic actress and model
- 1985 - Keira Knightley, English actress
- 1985 - Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricket captain
- 1985 - Jonathan Groff, American stage and television actor
- 1984 - Annette Schwarz, German pornographic actress
- 1984 - Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1984 - Stéphanie Lapointe, French-Canadian singer
- 1984 - Sara Jean Underwood, American model
- 1984 - David McGowan, English footballer
- 1984 - Alberto Schettino, Italian footballer
- 1984 - Jimmy Howard, American ice hockey player
- 1983 - Roman Bednar, Czech footballer
- 1983 - Michael Brendli, American professional wrestler
- 1982 - Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
- 1981 - Baruch Dego, Israeli football player
- 1981 - Jay Sean, British R&B singer
- 1981 - Josh Wilson, American baseball player
- 1980 - Son Ho Young, Korean singer
- 1980 - Richie Wellens, English footballer
- 1979 - Hiromi Uehara, Japanese jazz pianist
- 1979 - Pierre Womé, Cameroonian footballer
- 1979 - Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer
- 1978 - Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
- 1977 - Kevin Davies, English footballer
- 1977 - Sylvain Grenier, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1976 - Joachim Alcine, Haitian-born Quebec boxer
- 1976 - Amy Smart, American actress
- 1976 - Natalia Livingston, American actress
- 1976 - Nurgül Ye?ilçay, Turkish actress
- 1976 - Ufuk Talay, Australian footballer
- 1974 - Mike Peca, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 - Heather Goldenhersh, American actress
- 1973 - Lawrence E. Page, American search engine designer
- 1973 - T.R. Knight, American actor
- 1973 - Matt Burke, Australian rugby player
- 1972 - Jon Reep, American comedian and actor
- 1972 - Jason Maxwell, American baseball player
- 1972 - Leslie Mann, American actress
- 1971 - Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist and sociobiologist
- 1970 - Paul Bosvelt, Dutch football player
- 1970 - Martin McDonagh, Anglo-Irish playwright and film director
- 1968 - Kenny Chesney, American singer
- 1968 - James Iha, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle)
- 1968 - Laurent Brochard, French cyclist
- 1967 - Mark Carroll, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1966 - Nick Wirth, British engineer
- 1966 - Michael Imperioli, American actor
- 1965 - Eric Allan Kramer, American actor
- 1964 - Martin Donnelly, Irish racecar driver
- 1964 - Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1964 - Baz Warne, English Guitarist (The Stranglers)
- 1964 - Hai Zi, Chinese Poet (d. 1989)
- 1963 - Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese writer
- 1963 - Roch Voisine, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1962 - John Stockton, American basketball player
- 1962 - Paul de Leeuw, Dutch television host
- 1961 - Leigh Bowery, Australian-born English fashion performance artist (d. 1994)
- 1961 - William Hague, British politician
- 1960 - Marcus Allen, American football player
- 1960 - Jennifer Grey, American actress
- 1960 - Axel Prahl, German actor
- 1959 - Chris Hansen, American reporter and correspondent
- 1958 - Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (d. 1986)
- 1958 - Chris Codiroli, American baseball player
- 1957 - Leeza Gibbons, American television host
- 1957 - Paul Morley, English music journalist and musician
- 1956 - Charly McClain, American singer
- 1955 - Danny Arndt, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1954 - Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
- 1954 - Curtis Sliwa, American founder of the Guardian Angels
- 1953 - Elaine Chao, American cabinet member in the George W. Bush Administration
- 1953 - Lincoln Chafee, American politician
- 1953 - Youssouf Togoďmi, Chadian rebel (d. 2002)
- 1952 - Didier Pironi, French Formula One driver (d. 1987)
- 1951 - Carl Wieman, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1950 - Teddy Pendergrass, American singer (d. 2010)
- 1950 - Martin Short, Canadian comedian
- 1950 - Ernest Thomas, American actor
- 1950 - Alan Silvestri, American film score composer
- 1949 - Vicki Lawrence, American actress and singer
- 1949 - Patrick Süskind, German writer
- 1948 - Richard Tandy, British keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra)
- 1948 - Steven Tyler, American singer (Aerosmith)
- 1947 - Dar Robinson, American stuntman (d. 1986)
- 1946 - Johnny Crawford, American actor
- 1946 - Alain Madelin, French politician
- 1945 - Mikhail Voronin, Soviet gymnast (d. 2004)
- 1944 - Diana Ross, American singer (Supremes)
- 1943 - Bob Woodward, American journalist
- 1942 - Erica Jong, American author
- 1941 - Richard Dawkins, British evolutionary biologist
- 1941 - Yvon Marcoux, Quebec politician
- 1940 - James Caan, American actor
- 1940 - Nancy Pelosi, American politician and 60th Speaker of the House
- 1938 - Anthony James Leggett, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1937 - Wayne Embry, American basketball player
- 1936 - Harry Kalas, American sportscaster (d. 2009)
- 1935 - Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian statesman
- 1934 - Alan Arkin, American actor
- 1933 - Vine Deloria, Indigenous-American scholar (d. 2005)
- 1931 - Leonard Nimoy, American actor and director
- 1930 - Gregory Corso, American poet (d. 2001)
- 1930 - Sandra Day O'Connor, American jurist
- 1929 - Edwin Turney, American businessman (d. 2008)
- 1929 - Tom Foley, American politician, former Speaker of the House
- 1927 - Harold Chapman, British photographer
- 1925 - Pierre Boulez, French composer and conductor
- 1925 - James Moody, American jazz musician, composer, and actor
- 1925 - Ben Mondor, Canadian-born American baseball executive (d. 2010)
- 1923 - Gert Bastian, German politician (d. 1992)
- 1923 - Bob Elliott, American comedian
- 1922 - Oscar Sala, Italian-born physicist (d. 2010)
- 1919 - Roger Leger, Quebec ice hockey player (d. 1965)
- 1919 - Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1917 - Rufus Thomas, American musician (d. 2001)
- 1916 - Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1995)
- 1916 - Bill Edrich, English cricketer (d. 1986)
- 1916 - Sterling Hayden, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1916 - Harry Rabinowitz, South African composer and conductor
- 1914 - Toru Kumon, Japanese educator (d. 1995)
- 1914 - William Westmoreland, U.S. general (d. 2005)
- 1913 - Paul Erd?s, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1996)
- 1911 - Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2003)
- 1911 - Tennessee Williams, American dramatist (d. 1983)
- 1911 - T. Hee, American animator (d. 1988)
- 1908 - Franz Stangl, German concentration camp commandant (d. 1971)
- 1908 - Henry (Hank) Sylvern, U.S. radio personality (d. 1964)
- 1906 - Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpetist (d. 1981)
- 1905 - Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
- 1905 - Monty Berman, British film and television producer (d. 2006)
- 1904 - Joseph Campbell, American author (d. 1987)
- 1904 - Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director (d. 1986)
- 1904 - Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
- 1898 - Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
- 1896 - Rudolf Dassler, Founder of PUMA AG (d. 1974)
- 1894 - Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (d. 1985)
- 1893 - Palmiro Togliatti, Italian communist leader (d. 1964)
- 1888 - Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse (d. 1948)
- 1886 - Hugh Mulzac, America military officer (d. 1971)
- 1884 - Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (d. 1969)
- 1882 - Hermann Obrecht, Swiss jurist (d. 1940)
- 1879 - Othmar Ammann, Swiss bridge engineer (d. 1965)
- 1876 - Prince William of Wied (d. 1945)
- 1875 - Max Abraham, German physicist (d. 1922)
- 1875 - Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea (d. 1965)
- 1874 - Robert Frost, American poet (d. 1963)
- 1871 - Prince Jonah K?hi? Kalaniana‘ole of the Kingdom of Hawaii (d. 1922)
- 1868 - King Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
- 1859 - Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (d. 1936)
- 1859 - Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919)
- 1794 - Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)
- 1773 - Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigation expert (d. 1838)
- 1753 - Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (d. 1814)
- 1749 - William Blount, American Statesman (d. 1800)
- 1698 - Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)
- 1554 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)
- 1516 - Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)
- 603 - Pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque (d. 683)