26 March
Notable Births
Bhad Bhabie
b. 2003
American rapper and internet personality (born 2003)
Jameson Williams
b. 2001
American football player (born 2001)
Gefen Primo
b. 2000
Israeli judoka (born 2000)
Andrei Svechnikov
b. 2000
Russian ice hockey player (born 2000)
Satoko Miyahara
b. 1998
Japanese figure skater
Zane Musgrove
b. 1996
Samoa international rugby league footballer
Kathryn Bernardo
b. 1996
Filipino actress and singer (born 1996)
Ibai Llanos
b. 1995
Spanish Twitch streamer (born 1995)
Ryan Arcidiacono
b. 1994
American basketball player (born 1994)
Alison Van Uytvanck
b. 1994
Belgian former tennis player (born 1994)
Paige VanZant
b. 1994
American professional wrestler (born 1994)
Jed Wallace
b. 1994
English footballer
Marcela Zacarías
b. 1994
Mexican tennis player
Nina Agdal
b. 1992
Danish model (born 1992)
Stoffel Vandoorne
b. 1992
Belgian racing driver (born 1992)
Matt Davidson (baseball)
b. 1991
American baseball player (born 1991)
Ramy Youssef
b. 1991
American comedian and actor (born 1991)
Choi Woo-shik
b. 1990
Canadian actor (born 1990)
Matteo Guidicelli
b. 1990
Filipino actor, model and singer (born 1990)
Patrick Ekeng
b. 1990
Cameroonian footballer (1990–2016)
Notable Deaths
Esther Coopersmith
d. 2024
American diplomat (1930–2024)
María Kodama
d. 2023
Argentine writer (1937–2023)
Innocent (actor)
d. 2023
Indian actor and politician (1948–2023)
Jacob Ziv
d. 2023
Israeli electrical engineer (1931–2023)
Fabrizio Frizzi
d. 2018
Italian television presenter (1958–2018)
Jim Harrison
d. 2016
American poet, novelist, and essayist (1937–2016)
Dinkha IV
d. 2015
20th- and 21st-century Patriarch of the Church of the East
Friedrich L. Bauer
d. 2015
German computer scientist
Tomas Tranströmer
d. 2015
Swedish poet and psychologist (1931–2015)
Marcus Kimball
d. 2014
British politician (1928–2014)
Tom Boerwinkle
d. 2013
American basketball player (1945–2013)
Krzysztof Kozłowski
d. 2013
Polish journalist and politician
Dave Leggett
d. 2013
American football player (1933–2013)
Don Payne (writer)
d. 2013
American writer and film producer
Sisto Averno
d. 2012
American football player (1925–2012)
Thomas M. Cover
d. 2012
American mathematician (1938–2012)
Manik Sitaram Godghate
d. 2012
Marathi poet
Geraldine Ferraro
d. 2011
American politician and diplomat (1935–2011)
Diana Wynne Jones
d. 2011
British writer (1934–2011)
Shane McConkey
d. 2009
Professional skier and BASE jumper
On This Day in History
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2024
The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses following a collision between the MV Dali container ship and one of the bridge's support pillars, killing six people.
Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore)
2017
Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.
2017–2018 Russian protests
2010
The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.
ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772)
2005
Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.
Taiwan
1998
During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.
Algerian Civil War
1997
Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
Heaven's Gate (religious group)
1991
Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
Argentina
1991
Singapore Airlines Flight 117 is hijacked by four Pakistani terrorists and diverted to Changi Airport.
Singapore Airlines Flight 117
1982
A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
1981
Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
Social Democratic Party (UK)
1979
Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in Washington, D.C.
Anwar Sadat
1979
An Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 10.
Interflug
1975
The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
Biological Weapons Convention
1971
East Pakistan, then a province of Pakistan, declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh; the Bangladesh War of Independence begins.
East Pakistan
1970
South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
South Vietnam
1967
Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
Central Park be-ins
1958
The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
Explorer 3
1958
The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
African Regroupment Party
1955
Pan Am Flight 845/26 ditches in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon, killing four.
Pan Am Flight 845/26
1954
Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
Nuclear weapons testing