Events
Pre-1600
*
590
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– Emperor
Maurice proclaims his son
Theodosius as co-emperor of the
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...
.
*
1021
Year 1021 ( MXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* November – Emperor Henry II conducts his fourth Italian military campaign. He crosses ...
– On the feast of
Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha () is the second and the larger of the two main holidays celebrated in Islam (the other being Eid al-Fitr). It honours the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismail (Ishmael) as an act of obedience to Allah's com ...
, the death of the
Fatimid caliph
al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
Abū ʿAlī Manṣūr (13 August 985 – 13 February 1021), better known by his regnal name al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh ( ar, الحاكم بأمر الله, lit=The Ruler by the Order of God), was the sixth Fatimid caliph and 16th Ismaili i ...
, kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son,
al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah. On the same day, al-Hakim's designated heir,
Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas, is arrested in
Damascus
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, ...
and brought to Egypt.
*
1027
Year 1027 ( MXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By Place
Europe
* March 26 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II ("the Elder") and his wife Gisela of Sw ...
–
Pope John XIX crowns
Conrad II
Conrad II ( – 4 June 1039), also known as and , was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 until his death in 1039. The first of a succession of four Salian emperors, who reigned for one century until 1125, Conrad ruled the kingdoms ...
as
Holy Roman Emperor
The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans ( la, Imperator Romanorum, german: Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period ( la, Imperat ...
.
*
1169 –
Saladin
Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadi () ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known by the epithet Saladin,, ; ku, سهلاحهدین, ; was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from an ethnic Kurdish family, he was the first of both Egypt an ...
becomes the
emir
Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cer ...
of
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
.
*
1344
Year 1344 ( MCCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* March 26 – '' Reconquista'': The Siege of Algeciras (1342–44), one of the firs ...
– The
Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
*
1351
Year 1351 ( MCCCLI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 14 – Edward III of England institutes the Treason Act 1351, defining ...
–
Combat of the Thirty
The Combat of the Thirty (, ), occurring on 26 March 1351, was an episode in the Breton War of Succession fought to determine who would rule the Duchy of Brittany. It was an arranged fight between selected combatants from both sides of the co ...
: Thirty
Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.
*
1484 –
William Caxton
William Caxton ( – ) was an English merchant, diplomat and writer. He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England, in 1476, and as a printer to be the first English retailer of printed books.
His parentage a ...
prints his translation of ''
Aesop's Fables''.
*
1552 –
Guru Amar Das
Guru Amar Das ( Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਅਮਰ ਦਾਸ, pronunciation: ; 5 May 1479 – 1 September 1574), sometimes spelled as Guru Amardas, was the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Sikh Guru on 26 March 1552 at age 73.
Bef ...
becomes the Third
Sikh guru
The Sikh gurus (Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ ਗੁਰੂ) are the spiritual masters of Sikhism, who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning in 1469. The year 1469 marks the birth of Guru Nanak, the found ...
.
1601–1900
*
1636 –
Utrecht University
Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...
is founded in the
Netherlands
)
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, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
.
*
1640 – The
Royal Academy of Turku, the first university of
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...
, is founded in the city of
Turku
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
by Queen
Christina of Sweden at the proposal of Count
Per Brahe.
*
1651 –
Silver-loaded Spanish ship ''San José'' is pushed south by strong winds, subsequently
it wrecks in the coast of southern Chile and its surviving crew is killed by indigenous
Cuncos
Cuncos or Juncos is a poorly known subgroup of Huilliche people native to coastal areas of southern Chile and the nearby inland. Mostly a historic term, Cuncos are chiefly known for their long-running conflict with the Spanish during the coloni ...
.
*
1697 –
Safavid
Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often conside ...
government troops
take control of Basra.
*
1700 –
William Dampier
William Dampier (baptised 5 September 1651; died March 1715) was an English explorer, pirate, privateer, navigator, and naturalist who became the first Englishman to explore parts of what is today Australia, and the first person to circumnav ...
is the first European to circumnavigate
New Britain
New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi the D ...
, discovering it is an island (which he names Nova Britannia) rather than part of
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torres ...
.
*
1812
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The ''Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch'' (the Austrian civil code) enters into force in the Austrian Empire.
* January 19 – Peninsular War: The French-held fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo is st ...
– An
earthquake
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, fr ...
devastates
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in th ...
,
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
.
* 1812 – A political cartoon in the ''
Boston Gazette'' coins the term "
gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped
electoral district
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...
s designed to help incumbents win reelection.
*
1830
It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy.
Events January–March
* January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) b ...
– The
Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, which, according to Latter Day Saint theology, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from 600 BC to AD 421 and during an interlude ...
is published in
Palmyra, New York.
*
1839
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The first photograph of the Moon is taken, by French photographer Louis Daguerre.
* January 6 – Night of the Big Wind: Ireland is struck by the most damaging cyclone in 300 years.
* January 9 – ...
– The first
Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It differs from the thr ...
is held.
*
1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
– The elections of Commune council of the
Paris Commune
The Paris Commune (french: Commune de Paris, ) was a revolutionary government that seized power in Paris, the capital of France, from 18 March to 28 May 1871.
During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard had defende ...
are held.
*
1885
Events
January–March
* January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam.
* January 4 &n ...
– The
Métis
The Métis ( ; Canadian ) are Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples who inhabit Canada's three Canadian Prairies, Prairie Provinces, as well as parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Northern United State ...
people of the
District of Saskatchewan under
Louis Riel begin the
North-West Rebellion
The North-West Rebellion (french: Rébellion du Nord-Ouest), also known as the North-West Resistance, was a Resistance movement, resistance by the Métis people (Canada), Métis people under Louis Riel and an associated uprising by First Natio ...
against
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by to ...
.
*
1896 –
An explosion at the
Brunner Mine near
Greymouth,
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island coun ...
kills 65 coal miners in the country's worst industrial accident.
1901–present
*
1913 –
First Balkan War
The First Balkan War ( sr, Први балкански рат, ''Prvi balkanski rat''; bg, Балканска война; el, Αʹ Βαλκανικός πόλεμος; tr, Birinci Balkan Savaşı) lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and invo ...
:
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
n forces
capture
Capture may refer to:
*Asteroid capture, a phenomenon in which an asteroid enters a stable orbit around another body
*Capture, a software for lighting design, documentation and visualisation
*"Capture" a song by Simon Townshend
*Capture (band), an ...
Adrianople
Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis ( Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian border ...
.
*
1915 – The
Vancouver Millionaires
The Vancouver Millionaires (later known as the Vancouver Maroons) were a professional ice hockey team that competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Western Canada Hockey League between 1911 and 1926. Based in Vancouver, British ...
win the
1915 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1915 Stanley Cup Finals was played from March 22–26, 1915. The Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Vancouver Millionaires swept the National Hockey Association (NHA) champion Ottawa Senators three games to none in a best-of-fi ...
, the first championship played between the
Pacific Coast Hockey Association
The Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) was a professional ice hockey league in western Canada and the western United States, which operated from 1911 to 1924 when it then merged with the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). The PCHA was co ...
and the
National Hockey Association.
*
1917 –
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
:
First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000
Turks block their advance.
*
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
– The
German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
*
1931 –
Swissair
Swissair AG/ S.A. (German: Schweizerische Luftverkehr-AG; French: S.A. Suisse pour la Navigation Aérienne) was the national airline of Switzerland between its founding in 1931 and bankruptcy in 2002.
It was formed from a merger between Bal ...
is founded as the
national airline
A flag carrier is a transport company, such as an airline or shipping company, that, being locally registered in a given sovereign state, enjoys preferential rights or privileges accorded by the government for international operations.
His ...
of
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
* 1931 –
Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...
.
*
1934 – The
United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
*
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidden to ...
–
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlism, Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebeli ...
:
Nationalists begin their
final offensive of the war.
*
1942 –
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
: The first female prisoners arrive at
Auschwitz
Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 Nazi concentration camps, concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, occupied Poland (in a portion annexed int ...
concentration camp in
German-occupied Poland.
*
1945 – World War II: The
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA ...
ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
*
1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
–
Nuclear weapons testing: The
Romeo shot of
Operation Castle is detonated at
Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
– The United States Army launches
Explorer 3
Explorer 3 (Harvard designation 1958 Gamma) was an American artificial satellite launched into medium Earth orbit in 1958. It was the second successful launch in the Explorer program, and was nearly identical to the first U.S. satellite Expl ...
.
* 1958 – The
African Regroupment Party
The African Regroupment Party (french: Parti du Regroupement Africain, PRA) was a political party in the French African colonies.
Formation
The PRA came into being at a meeting in Paris on March 26, 1958, months before the French Community would ...
is launched at a meeting in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
.
*
1967 – Ten thousand people gather for one of many
Central Park be-ins
In the 1960s, several "be-ins" were held in Central Park, Manhattan, New York City to protest against various issues such as U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and racism.
Background
During the 1960s America was involved in the Vietnam War. Thi ...
in
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
.
*
1970 –
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
ese President
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a
land reform program to solve the problem of
land tenancy.
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
J ...
–
East Pakistan
East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Myanmar, wit ...
declares its independence from
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
to form
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...
and the
Bangladesh Liberation War
The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali ...
begins.
*
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
– The
Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
*
1979 –
Anwar al-Sadat,
Menachem Begin
Menachem Begin ( ''Menaḥem Begin'' (); pl, Menachem Begin (Polish documents, 1931–1937); ''Menakhem Volfovich Begin''; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. ...
and
Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as th ...
sign the
Egypt–Israel peace treaty in Washington, D.C.
*
1981 –
Social Democratic Party (UK)
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a centrist to centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.The SDP is widely described as a centrist political party:
*
*
*
*
* The party supported a mixed economy (favouring a system inspired by t ...
is founded as a party.
*
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C ...
– A groundbreaking ceremony for the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
*
1991 –
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...
,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
,
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
and
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to t ...
sign the
Treaty of Asunción, establishing
Mercosur, the South Common Market.
*
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
– Thirty-nine bodies are found in the
Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
*
1998 – During the
Algerian Civil War
The Algerian Civil War ( ar, rtl=yes, الْحَرْبُ الْأَهْلِيَّةُ الجَزَائِرِيَّةُ, al-Ḥarb al-ʾAhlīyah al-Jazāʾirīyah) was a civil war in Algeria fought between the Algerian government and various I ...
, the
Oued Bouaicha massacre
The Oued Bouaïcha massacre took place about 150 miles (240 km) south of Algiers, near Djelfa, on March 26, 1998, during the Algerian Civil War
The Algerian Civil War ( ar, rtl=yes, الْحَرْبُ الْأَهْلِيَّةُ ال� ...
sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.
*
2005
File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...
– Around 200,000 to 300,000
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
ese demonstrate in
Taipei
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...
in opposition to the
Anti-Secession Law of
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
.
*
2010
File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
– The South Korean Navy corvette ''
Cheonan
Cheonan (; 천안시, ''Cheonan-si''), also spelled Ch'ŏnan, is a city in South Chungcheong, South Korea.
Cheonan has a population of 666,417 (2018), making it the most-populous city or county in South Chungcheong, and the third most-populous c ...
'' is
torpedoed
A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target. Historically, su ...
, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the
President of the United Nations Security Council
The presidency of the United Nations Security Council is responsible for leading the United Nations Security Council. It rotates among the 15 member-states of the council monthly. The head of the country's delegation is known as the President of t ...
blames North Korea.
*
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.
Births
Pre-1600
*
1516 –
Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and zoologist (d. 1565)
*
1554
__NOTOC__
Year 1554 ( MDLIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 5 – A great fire breaks out in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
*January 11 ...
–
Charles of Lorraine, duke of Mayenne (d. 1611)
*
1584 –
John II, duke of Zweibrücken (d. 1635)
1601–1900
*
1633 –
Mary Beale, British artist (d. 1699)
*
1634 –
Domenico Freschi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1710)
*
1656
Events
January–March
* January 5 – The First War of Villmergen, a civil war in the Confederation of Switzerland pitting its Protestant and Roman Catholic cantons against each other, breaks out but is resolved by March 7. The ...
–
Nicolaas Hartsoeker, Dutch mathematician and physicist (d. 1725)
*
1687 –
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Prussia (d. 1757)
*
1698 –
Prokop Diviš, Czech priest, scientist and inventor (d. 1765)
*
1749 –
William Blount, American politician (d. 1800)
*
1753 –
Benjamin Thompson
Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, FRS (german: Reichsgraf von Rumford; March 26, 1753August 21, 1814) was an American-born British physicist and inventor whose challenges to established physical theory were part of the 19th-century revolut ...
, American-French physicist and politician,
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was a junior Ministerial post in the United Kingdom government, subordinate to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and, from 1948, also to a Minister of State.
Under-Secretaries of State for the ...
(d. 1814)
*
1773 –
Nathaniel Bowditch
Nathaniel Bowditch (March 26, 1773 – March 16, 1838) was an early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation. He is often credited as the founder of modern maritime navigation; his book '' The New American Practical Navi ...
, American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838)
*
1794 –
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (26 March 1794 – 24 May 1872) () was a German painter, chiefly of Biblical subjects. As a young man he associated with the painters of the Nazarene movement who revived the florid Renaissance style in religious ar ...
, German painter (d. 1872)
*
1804
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France, and becomes the first black republic, having the only successful slave revolt ever.
* February 4 – The Sokoto Caliphate is founded in West Africa.
* Febru ...
–
David Humphreys Storer
David Humphreys Storer (March 26, 1804—September 10, 1891) was an American physician and naturalist. He served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School from 1855–1864, and published on the reptiles and fishes of New Engla ...
, American physician and academic (d. 1891)
*
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, with only one vote against h ...
–
Julie-Victoire Daubié, French journalist (d. 1874)
*
1829 –
Théodore Aubanel
Théodore Aubanel ( Occitan:''Teodòr Aubanèu''; 26 March 1829 – 2 November 1886) was a Provençal poet. He was born in Avignon in a family of printers.
Aubanel started writing poetry in French but quickly switched to Provençal, due to the ...
, French poet (d. 1886)
*
1830
It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy.
Events January–March
* January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) b ...
–
Dewitt Clinton Senter
Dewitt Clinton Senter (March 26, 1830June 14, 1898) was an American politician who served as the 18th Governor of Tennessee from 1869 to 1871. He had previously served in the Tennessee House of Representatives (1855–1861), where he opposed ...
, American politician, 18th
Governor of Tennessee
The governor of Tennessee is the head of government of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The governor is the only official in Tennessee state government who is directly elected by the voters of the entire state.
The current governor is Bill Lee, a ...
(d. 1898)
*
1842 –
Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, French occultist (d. 1909)
*
1850
Events
January–June
* April
** Pope Pius IX returns from exile to Rome.
** Stephen Foster's parlor ballad " Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" is published in the United States.
* April 4 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a city ...
–
Edward Bellamy, American author, socialist, and utopian visionary (d. 1898)
*
1852 –
Élémir Bourges, French author (d. 1925)
*
1854 –
Maurice Lecoq
Maurice Marie Lecoq (26 March 1854 – 16 December 1925) was a French sport shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won a silver medal with the Fr ...
, French target shooter (d. 1925)
*
1856
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California.
* January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voya ...
–
William Massey
William Ferguson Massey (26 March 1856 – 10 May 1925), commonly known as Bill Massey, was a politician who served as the 19th prime minister of New Zealand from May 1912 to May 1925. He was the founding leader of the Reform Party, New Ze ...
, Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th
Prime Minister of New Zealand
The prime minister of New Zealand ( mi, Te pirimia o Aotearoa) is the head of government of New Zealand. The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, took office on 26 October 2017.
The prime minister (inf ...
(d. 1925)
*
1857
Events January–March
* January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, ''Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen.
* January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating.
* Jan ...
–
Théodore Tuffier
Théodore-Marin Tuffier, known as Théodore Tuffier (26 March 1857 – 27 October 1929Geneanet/ref>) was a French surgeon. He was a pioneer , French surgeon (d. 1929)
*
1859 –
A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (d. 1936)
* 1859 –
Adolf Hurwitz
Adolf Hurwitz (; 26 March 1859 – 18 November 1919) was a German mathematician who worked on algebra, analysis, geometry and number theory.
Early life
He was born in Hildesheim, then part of the Kingdom of Hanover, to a Jewish family and died ...
, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1919)
*
1860
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
* January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts ...
–
André Prévost, French tennis player (d. 1919)
*
1866 –
Fred Karno
Frederick John Westcott (26 March 1866 – 17 September 1941), best known by his stage name Fred Karno, was an English theatre impresario of the British music hall. As a comedian of slapstick he is credited with popularising the custard- ...
, English producer and manager (d. 1941)
*
1868 – King
Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
*
1873 –
Dorothea Bleek, South African-German anthropologist and philologist (d. 1948)
*
1874
Events
January–March
* January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx.
* January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time.
* January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndash ...
–
Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frost (March26, 1874January29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in the United States. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American collo ...
, American poet and playwright (d. 1963)
*
1875
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of th ...
–
Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1922)
* 1875 –
Syngman Rhee
Syngman Rhee (, ; 26 March 1875 – 19 July 1965) was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960.
Rhee was also the first and last president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Ko ...
, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st
President of South Korea
The president of the Republic of Korea (), also known as the president of South Korea (often abbreviated to POTROK or POSK; ), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Korea. The president leads the State Council, and ...
(d. 1965)
*
1876 –
William of Wied
Prince Wilhelm of Wied ( German: ''Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich Prinz zu Wied'', 26 March 1876 – 18 April 1945), reigned briefly as sovereign of the Principality of Albania as Vilhelm I from 7 March to 3 September 1914, when he left for exile. H ...
, prince of Albania (d. 1945)
* 1876 –
Kate Richards O'Hare, American Socialist Party activist and editor (d. 1948)
*
1879
Events January–March
* January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War.
* January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
* Janu ...
–
Othmar Ammann
Othmar Hermann Ammann (March 26, 1879 – September 22, 1965) was a Swiss-American civil engineer whose bridge designs include the George Washington Bridge, Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, and Bayonne Bridge. He also directed the planning and constru ...
, Swiss-American engineer, designed the
George Washington Bridge and
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (d. 1965)
* 1879 –
Waldemar Tietgens, German rower (d. 1917)
*
1881 –
Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded
Gucci
Gucci (, ; ) is an Italian high-end luxury fashion house based in Florence, Italy. Its product lines include handbags, ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, and home decoration; and it licenses its name and branding to Coty, Inc. for fragranc ...
(d. 1953)
*
1882 –
Hermann Obrecht
Hermann Obrecht (26 March 1882 – 21 August 1940) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1935–1940).
He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 4 April 1935 and handed over office on 31 July 1940. He was affiliate ...
, Swiss politician (d. 1940)
*
1884 –
Wilhelm Backhaus
Wilhelm Backhaus ('Bachaus' on some record labels) (26 March 1884 – 5 July 1969) was a German pianist and pedagogue. He was particularly well known for his interpretations of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin and Brahms. He was also much ...
, German pianist and educator (d. 1969)
* 1884 –
Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
*
1886 –
Hugh Mulzac, Vincentian-American soldier and politician (d. 1971)
*
1888 –
Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse and philanthropist (d. 1948)
*
1893 –
James Bryant Conant
James Bryant Conant (March 26, 1893 – February 11, 1978) was an American chemist, a transformative President of Harvard University, and the first U.S. Ambassador to West Germany. Conant obtained a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard in 1916 ...
, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st
United States Ambassador to West Germany (d. 1978)
* 1893 –
Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician,
Italian Minister of Justice
This is a list of the Italian Ministers of Justice since 1946. The Minister of Justice is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet and leads the Ministry of Justice.
The first Italian Minister of Justice is Giovanni Battista Cassinis, member of ...
(d. 1964)
*
1894 –
Viorica Ursuleac
Viorica Ursuleac (26 March 189422 October 1985) was a Romanian operatic soprano. Viorica Ursuleac was born the daughter of a Greek Orthodox archdeacon, in Chernivtsi, which is now in Ukraine. Following training in Vienna, she made her operatic ...
, Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress (d. 1985)
*
1895 –
Vilho Tuulos
Vilho "Ville" Immanuel Tuulos (26 March 1895 – 2 September 1967) was a Finnish triple jumper and long jumper.
He won a gold medal in the triple jump at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The 14.50 meter jumps he made during the qualifying ...
, Finnish triple jumper (d. 1967)
*
1898 –
Rudolf Dassler, German businessman, founded
Puma SE (d. 1974)
* 1898 –
Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
*
1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...
–
Angela Maria Autsch
Angela Maria of the Heart of Jesus, also called Angela Maria Autsch, baptized as Maria Cecilia Autsch (26 March 1900 – 23 December 1944), was a German Trinitarian Sister of Valencia, and Roman Catholic Venerable.
Early life
Maria Cecilia A ...
, German nun, murdered in Auschwitz helping Jewish prisoners (d. 1941)
1901–present
*
1904 –
Joseph Campbell
Joseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American writer. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the ...
, American mythologist and author (d. 1987)
* 1904 –
Emilio Fernández
Emilio "El Indio" Fernández Romo (; 26 March 1904 – 6 October 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best kn ...
, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986)
* 1904 –
Attilio Ferraris, Italian footballer (d. 1947)
* 1904 –
Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
*
1905 –
Monty Berman, English cinematographer and producer (d. 2006)
* 1905 –
André Cluytens
André Cluytens (, ; born Augustin Zulma Alphonse Cluytens; 26 March 19053 June 1967)Baeck E. ''André Cluytens: Itinéraire d’un chef d’orchestre.'' Editions Mardaga, Wavre, 2009. was a Belgian-born French conductor who was active in the con ...
, Belgian-French conductor and director (d. 1967)
* 1905 –
Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
*
1906 –
Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (d. 1981)
* 1906 –
H. Radclyffe Roberts, American entomologist and museum administrator (d. 1982)
*
1907 –
Azellus Denis, Canadian lawyer and politician,
Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1991)
* 1907 –
Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and activist (d. 1987)
*
1908 –
Franz Stangl, Austrian-German
SS officer (d. 1971)
*
1909 –
Chips Rafferty, Australian actor (d. 1971)
*
1910 –
K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th
Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (d. 2002)
*
1911
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole.
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia.
* ...
–
Lennart Atterwall, Swedish javelin thrower (d. 2001)
* 1911 –
J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (d. 1960)
* 1911 –
Bernard Katz
Sir Bernard Katz, FRS (; 26 March 1911 – 20 April 2003) was a German-born British physician and biophysicist, noted for his work on nerve physiology. He shared the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1970 with Julius Axelrod and Ulf ...
, German-English biophysicist,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 2003)
* 1911 –
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the thr ...
, American playwright, and poet (d. 1983)
*
1913 –
Jacqueline de Romilly
Jacqueline Worms de Romilly (; née David, Greek: Ζακλίν ντε Ρομιγύ, 26 March 1913 – 18 December 2010) was a French philologist, classical scholar and fiction writer. She was the first woman nominated to the Collège de France, an ...
,
Franco-
Greek philologist, author, and scholar (d. 2010)
* 1913 –
Paul Erdős
Paul Erdős ( hu, Erdős Pál ; 26 March 1913 – 20 September 1996) was a Hungarian mathematician. He was one of the most prolific mathematicians and producers of mathematical conjectures of the 20th century. pursued and proposed problems in ...
, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
*
1914 –
Toru Kumon
was a Japanese mathematics educator, born in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from the College of Science at Osaka University with a degree in mathematics and taught high school mathematics in his home town of Osaka. In 1954, his son, Tak ...
, Japanese mathematician and academic (d. 1995)
* 1914 –
William Westmoreland, American general (d. 2005)
*
1915 –
Lennart Strandberg, Swedish sprinter (d. 1989)
* 1915 –
Hwang Sun-won
Hwang Sun-wŏn (March 26, 1915 – September 14, 2000) was a Korean short story writer, novelist, and poet."황순원" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at:
Life
Hwang was born while Korea was under Japanese colonial ...
, North Korean author and poet (d. 2000)
*
1916 –
Christian B. Anfinsen
Christian Boehmer Anfinsen Jr. (March 26, 1916 – May 14, 1995) was an American biochemist. He shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Stanford Moore and William Howard Stein for work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the conne ...
, American biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 1995)
* 1916 –
Bill Edrich
William John Edrich (26 March 1916 – 24 April 1986) was a first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Norfolk and England.
Edrich's three brothers, Brian, Eric and Geoff, and also his cousin, John, all pla ...
, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1986)
* 1916 –
Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (d. 1986)
*
1917 –
Rufus Thomas
Rufus C. Thomas, Jr. (March 26, 1917 – December 15, 2001) was an American rhythm-and-blues, funk, soul and blues singer, songwriter, dancer, DJ and comic entertainer from Memphis, Tennessee. He recorded for several labels, including Chess R ...
, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
*
1919 –
Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
* 1919 –
Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1965)
*
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
–
Sergio Livingstone
Serjio Robert Livingstone Pohlhammer (26 March 1920 – 11 September 2012), later simply known as Sergio Livingstone, was a Chilean goalkeeper, who later became a well-regarded journalist. He was nicknamed "El Sapo" ("the toad") for his typica ...
, Chilean footballer and journalist (d. 2012)
*
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
–
William Milliken, American politician, 44th
Governor of Michigan
The governor of Michigan is the head of state, head of government, and chief executive of the U.S. state of Michigan. The current governor is Gretchen Whitmer, a member of the Democratic Party, who was inaugurated on January 1, 2019, as the s ...
(d. 2019)
* 1922 –
Oscar Sala
Oscar Sala (born March 26, 1922, in Milan, Italy, d. January 2, 2010 in São Paulo, Brazil), Italian- Brazilian nuclear physicist and important scientific leader, Emeritus Professor of the Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo.
Early li ...
, Italian-Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2010)
* 1922 –
Guido Stampacchia
Guido Stampacchia (26 March 1922 – 27 April 1978) was an Italian mathematician, known for his work on the theory of variational inequalities, the calculus of variation and the theory of elliptic partial differential equations..
Life and academ ...
, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1978)
*
1923 –
Gert Bastian
Gert Bastian (26 March 1923 – presumably 1 October 1992) was a German military officer and politician with the German Green Party.
Biography
Born in Munich, Bastian volunteered for the Wehrmacht in 1941, at the age of nineteen. In World War I ...
, German general and politician (d. 1992)
* 1923 –
Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
*
1925 –
Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1999)
* 1925 –
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war Western classical music.
Born in Mo ...
, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016)
* 1925 –
Vesta Roy, American politician,
Governor of New Hampshire
The governor of New Hampshire is the head of government of New Hampshire.
The governor is elected during the biennial state general election in November of even-numbered years. New Hampshire is one of only two states, along with bordering ...
(d. 2002)
* 1925 –
Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton, English soldier and politician (d. 2020)
* 1925 –
Ben Mondor
Bernard Georges "Ben" Mondor (March 26, 1925 – October 3, 2010) was a Canadian-born American business executive and baseball executive, best known as the owner of the Pawtucket Red Sox from 1977 until his death.
Biography
Mondor was born in Mar ...
, Canadian-American businessman (d. 2010)
* 1925 –
James Moody, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010)
*
1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* January 7
...
–
Harold Chapman
Harold Stephen Chapman (26 March 1927 – 19 August 2022) was a British photographer noted for chronicling the 1950s in Paris.
Biography
Chapman was born in Deal, Kent on 26 March 1927. He produced a large body of work over many years, with ...
, English photographer
*
1929 –
Edward Sorel
Edward Sorel (born Edward Schwartz, 26 March 1929) is an American illustrator, caricaturist, cartoonist, graphic designer and author. His work is known for its storytelling, its left-liberal social commentary, its criticism of reactionary right-w ...
, American illustrator and caricaturist
* 1929 –
Edwin Turney, American businessman, co-founded
Advanced Micro Devices
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. While it initially manufact ...
(d. 2008)
*
1930 –
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930) is an American retired attorney and politician who served as the first female associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was both the first woman nominated and th ...
, American lawyer and jurist
* 1930 –
Gregory Corso, American poet (d. 2001)
*
1931 –
Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Simon Nimoy (; March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor, famed for playing Spock in the '' Star Trek'' franchise for almost 50 years. This includes originating Spock in the original ''Star Trek'' series in 1966, th ...
, American actor (d. 2015)
*
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
–
Leroy Griffith, American businessman
* 1932 –
James Andrew Harris, American chemist and academic (d. 2000)
*
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
–
Tinto Brass
Giovanni "Tinto" Brass (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed avant-garde films of various genres. Today, he is mainly known for his later work in the er ...
, Italian director and screenwriter
*
1934 –
Alan Arkin, American actor
* 1934 –
Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa
Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa (March 16, 1934 – September 17, 2002), better known as Dida, was a Brazilian football player. Following his retirement, he remained with Flamengo, working for two decades with the club's youth teams.
On September ...
, Brazilian footballer (d. 2002)
*
1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into ...
–
Wayne Embry, American basketball player and manager
* 1937 –
Barbara Jones, American sprinter
* 1937 –
James Lee, Canadian businessman and politician, 26th
Premier of Prince Edward Island
*
1938
Events
January
* January 1
** The new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime.
** State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France ...
–
Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator
* 1938 –
Anthony James Leggett, English-American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate
*
1940 –
James Caan, American actor and singer (d. 2022)
* 1940 –
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Patricia Pelosi (; ; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who has served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2019 and previously from 2007 to 2011. She has represented in the United States House of ...
, American lawyer and politician, 60th
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section 2 of the ...
*
1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...
–
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was Professor for Public Understanding of Science in the University of Oxford from 1995 to 2008. An ...
, Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic
* 1941 –
Lella Lombardi, Italian racing driver (d. 1992)
*
1942 –
Erica Jong, American novelist and poet
*
1943 –
Mustafa Kalemli, Turkish physician and politician,
Turkish Minister of the Interior
* 1943 –
Bob Woodward, American journalist and author
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
–
Diana Ross
Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world's best-selling girl groups ...
, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
*
1945 –
Paul Bérenger, Mauritian politician,
Prime Minister of Mauritius
The prime minister of Mauritius (french: link=no, Premier Ministre de Maurice) is the head of government of Mauritius. He presides over the Cabinet of Ministers, which advises the president of the country and is collectively responsible to t ...
* 1945 –
Mikhail Voronin
Mikhail Yakovlevich Voronin (russian: Михаил Яковлевич Воронин; 26 March 1945 – 22 May 2004) was a Soviet and Russian gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won seven medals, inclu ...
, Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2004)
*
1946
Events January
* January 6 - The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
* January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four occupation zones.
* January 10
** The ...
–
Johnny Crawford, American actor and singer (d. 2021)
* 1946 –
Alain Madelin, French politician,
French Minister of Finance
*
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
–
Subhash Kak, Indian-American professor and author
* 1947 –
John Rowles, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
*
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
–
Kyung-wha Chung
Kyung Wha Chung (born 26 March 1948) is a South Korean violinist.
Early years and education
Kyung Wha Chung was born in Seoul as the middle of the seven children in her family. Her father was an exporter, and her mother ran a restaurant.
She b ...
, South Korean violinist and educator
* 1948 –
Richard Tandy
Richard Tandy (born 26 March 1948) is an English musician. He is best known as the keyboardist in the rock band Electric Light Orchestra ("ELO"). His palette of keyboards (including Minimoog, Clavinet, Mellotron, and piano) was an important in ...
, English pianist and keyboard player
* 1948 –
Steven Tyler
Steven Victor Tallarico (born March 26, 1948), known professionally as Steven Tyler, is an American singer, best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, piano, and percussion. ...
, American singer-songwriter and actor
*
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...
–
Jon English, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2016)
* 1949 –
Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire (d. 2022)
* 1949 –
Vicki Lawrence, American actress, comedian, talk show host, and singer
* 1949 –
Fran Sheehan
Fran Sheehan (born March 26, 1949) is an American rock musician best known for being the bass player in the early incarnation of the rock band Boston.
Sheehan was perhaps the most experienced musician in the original lineup of Boston.
Life an ...
, American bass player
* 1949 –
Patrick Süskind, German author and screenwriter
* 1949 –
Ernest Lee Thomas
Ernest Lee Thomas (born March 26, 1949) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Roger "Raj" Thomas on the 1970s ABC sitcom ''What's Happening!!'', and its 1980s syndicated sequel, ''What's Happening Now!!'', and for his recurri ...
, American actor
*
1950 –
Teddy Pendergrass
Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass spent most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musi ...
, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
* 1950 –
Graham Barlow
Graham Derek Barlow (born 26 March 1950) is a former cricketer and was a middle-order batsman for Middlesex and, briefly, for England.
Early life
Educated at the former Ealing Grammar School for Boys (now Ealing, Hammersmith and West London Co ...
, English cricketer
* 1950 –
Martin Short
Martin Hayter Short (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, and writer. He has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2019 Short became an Officer of the Order of Canada.
He ...
, Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, and producer
* 1950 –
Alan Silvestri
Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American composer and conductor of film and television scores. He has been associated with director Robert Zemeckis since 1984, composing music for all of his feature films including the ''Bac ...
, American composer and conductor
*
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
–
Željko Pavličević, Croatian professional basketball coach and former professional player
* 1951 –
Carl Wieman
Carl Edwin Wieman (born March 26, 1951) is an American physicist and educationist at Stanford University, and currently the A.D White Professor at Large at Cornell University. In 1995, while at the University of Colorado Boulder, he and Eric All ...
, American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate
*
1952 –
Didier Pironi
Didier Joseph Louis Pironi (26 March 1952 – 23 August 1987) was a French racing driver. During his career, he competed in 72 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, driving for Tyrrell (1978–1979), Ligier (1980) and Ferrari (198 ...
, French racing driver (d. 1987)
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...
–
Lincoln Chafee, American academic and politician, 74th
Governor of Rhode Island
The governor of Rhode Island is the head of government of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's Army National Guard and Air National Guard. The current governor is Democrat Dan McKee. In their capac ...
* 1953 –
Elaine Chao, Taiwanese-American banker and politician, 24th
United States Secretary of Labor
* 1953 –
Tatyana Providokhina, Russian runner
*
1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
–
Clive Palmer, Australian businessman and politician
* 1954 –
Curtis Sliwa, American talk show host and activist, founded
Guardian Angels
A guardian angel is a type of angel that is assigned to protect and guide a particular person, group or nation. Belief in tutelary beings can be traced throughout all antiquity. The idea of angels that guard over people played a major role in A ...
* 1954 –
Dorothy Porter
Dorothy Featherstone Porter (26 March 1954 – 10 December 2008) was an Australian poet. She was a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award for lifetime achievement in poetry.
Early life
Porter was born in Sydney. Her father was barrister ...
, Australian poet and playwright (d. 2008)
*
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
–
Charly McClain
Charlotte Denise "Charly" McClain (born March 26, 1956) is an American country music singer, best known for a string of hits during the 1980s. McClain's biggest hits include " Who's Cheatin' Who", " Sleepin' with the Radio On", and " Radio Hear ...
, American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
singer
* 1956 –
Park Won-soon, South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th
Mayor of Seoul
The Mayor of Seoul () is the chief executive of Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul being the capital and largest city of South Korea.
The position is historically one of the most powerful in the country, charged with managing an annual budg ...
(d. 2020)
*
1957 –
Fiona Bruce, Scottish lawyer and politician
* 1957 –
Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host and television personality
* 1957 –
Paul Morley
Paul Robert Morley is an English music journalist. He wrote for the ''New Musical Express'' from 1977 to 1983 and has since written for a wide range of publications as well as writing his own books. He was a co-founder of the record label ZTT Re ...
, English journalist, producer, and author
* 1957 –
Shirin Neshat, Iranian visual artist
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
–
Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (d. 1986)
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
–
Marcus Allen, American football player and sportscaster
* 1960 –
Jennifer Grey, American actress and dancer
* 1960 –
Graeme Rutjes
Graeme Wayne Rutjes (born 26 March 1960 in Sydney, Australia) is a former Australian-born Dutch footballer, who played as a defender for Excelsior Rotterdam (1980–85), Y.R. K.V. Mechelen (1985–90) and R.S.C. Anderlecht (1990–96).
Rutjes ...
, Australian-Dutch footballer
*
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
–
William Hague, English historian and politician,
First Secretary of State
*
1962 –
Richard Coles, English pianist, saxophonist, and priest
* 1962 –
Kevin Seitzer
Kevin Lee Seitzer (; born March 26, 1962) is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, and Cleveland Indians. He is currently the hitting coach for the Atlan ...
, American baseball player and coach
* 1962 –
Yuri Gidzenko, Russian pilot and cosmonaut
* 1962 –
John Stockton, American basketball player and coach
* 1962 –
Eric Allan Kramer
Eric Allan Kramer (born March 26, 1962) is an American actor and fight choreographer. Kramer has appeared in numerous feature films and television programs including ''True Romance'' and '' Robin Hood: Men in Tights'' and is also known for his ...
, American-Canadian actor
*
1963 –
Natsuhiko Kyogoku
is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.
Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; ''Mōryō no Hako'', which ...
, Japanese author
*
1964 –
Martin Bella
Martin Bella (born 26 March 1964), nicknamed Munster, is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A , he represented Queensland and Australia, and played his club football for a number of clubs in Austral ...
, Australian rugby league player
* 1964 –
Martin Donnelly, Irish racing driver
* 1964 –
Maria Miller, English businessman and politician,
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
* 1964 –
Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish-American ice hockey player and coach
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
–
Trey Azagthoth
Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida, formed in 1983 by guitarist, primary composer and sole remaining original member Trey Azagthoth, vocalist and bassist Dallas Ward, and drummer Mike Browning. Widely considered ...
, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
* 1965 –
Violeta Szekely, Romanian runner
*
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo ...
–
Michael Imperioli, American actor and screenwriter
*
1967 –
Jason Chaffetz
Jason E. Chaffetz (; born March 26, 1967) is an American retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2009 until his resignation in 2017. He chaired the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from 2015 until 2017.
Ch ...
, American politician
*
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* J ...
–
Laurent Brochard
Laurent Brochard (born 26 March 1968 in Le Mans, France) is a retired professional road racing cyclist from France. In 1997 he won a stage of the Tour de France and became world road champion in San Sebastián, Spain.
Brochard was a runner and ...
, French cyclist
* 1968 –
Kenny Chesney
Kenneth Arnold Chesney (born March 26, 1968) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has recorded more than 20 albums and has produced more than 40 Top 10 singles on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs and Country ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1968 –
James Iha, American guitarist and songwriter
*
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
–
Alessandro Moscardi
Alessandro Moscardi (born 26 March 1969) is a former Italian rugby union player. He played as a hooker.
Moscardi was born in Rovigo, Veneto. He played for Rugby Rovigo Delta, from 1988/89 to 1995/96, where he won the Italian Championship, in 1989 ...
, Italian rugby player
*
1970 –
Paul Bosvelt
Paul Bosvelt (, born 26 March 1970) is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer who is technical director of Go Ahead Eagles.
As a player he midfielder he notably played in the Eredivisie for FC Twente and Feyenoord and in the P ...
, Dutch footballer
* 1970 –
Jelle Goes
Jelle Quirinus Goes (born 26 March 1970 in Hilversum) is a Dutch football manager.
Trivia
Goes was manager of the Estonia national football team from 2 October 2004 to 29 June 2007, before that he was assistant coach under Arno Pijpers of th ...
, Dutch footballer and coach
* 1970 –
Thomas Kyparissis
Thomas Kyparissis ( el, Θωμάς Κυπαρίσσης; born 26 March 1970) is a Greek retired football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''footb ...
, Greek footballer
* 1970 –
Martin McDonagh
Martin Faranan McDonagh (; born 26 March 1970) is a British-Irish playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director. Born and brought up in London, he is the son of Irish parents. He is known as one of the most acclaimed modern playwrights whose ...
, English-born Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
J ...
–
Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist
* 1971 –
Martyn Day, Scottish politician
* 1971 –
Erick Morillo, Colombian-American disc jockey, record label owner, and music producer (d. 2020)
* 1971 –
Rennae Stubbs, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
* 1971 –
Paul Williams, English footballer and manager
*
1972 –
Leslie Mann, American actress
* 1972 –
Jason Maxwell, American baseball player
*
1973 –
Larry Page, American computer scientist and businessman, co-founder of
Google
Google LLC () is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company focusing on Search Engine, search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, software, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, ar ...
* 1973 –
T. R. Knight
Theodore Raymond Knight (born March 26, 1973) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. George O'Malley on the ABC medical drama television series ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2005–2009, 2020), which earned him a nomination for the Pr ...
, American actor
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...
–
Irina Spîrlea
Irina Spîrlea (born 26 March 1974) is a retired tennis player from Romania who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles. Spîrlea reached her career-high ranking on the WTA Tour on 13 October 1997, when she beca ...
, Romanian tennis player
* 1974 –
Vadimas Petrenko, Lithuanian footballer
* 1974 –
Michael Peca
Michael Anthony Peca (born March 26, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Vancouver Canucks, Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, a ...
, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*
1976 –
Amy Smart, American actress and former model
* 1976 –
Alex Varas, Chilean footballer
* 1976 –
Eirik Verås Larsen, Norwegian sprint kayaker
*
1977 –
Kevin Davies
Kevin Cyril Davies (born 26 March 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Chesterfield, Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Millwall, Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End. He managed Southport in the 2017� ...
, English footballer
* 1977 –
Bianca Kajlich
Bianca Maria Kajlich ( ; born March 26, 1977) is an American actress. Kajlich has had starring and supporting roles in television and film including the role of Jennifer on the CBS comedy '' Rules of Engagement'' (2007–2013). Kajlich was an a ...
, American actress
* 1977 –
Sylvain Grenier, Canadian wrestler
*
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government).
* January 6 ...
–
Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
*
1979 –
Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer
* 1979 –
Ben Blair
Ben Austin Blair (born 26 March 1979 in Westport, New Zealand) is a former rugby union footballer. He played four tests for New Zealand. He scored 37 points on his All Blacks debut against Ireland A in 2001 at Ravenhill in Belfast; however, a ...
, New Zealand rugby union footballer
* 1979 –
Hiromi Uehara, Japanese pianist and composer
* 1979 –
Pierre Womé, Cameroonian footballer
* 1979 –
Juliana Paes, Brazilian actress
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
–
Margaret Brennan
Margaret Brennan (born March 26, 1980) is an American journalist based in Washington, D.C. The current moderator of '' Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan'' on CBS News, she is also a fill-in and substitute anchor for ''CBS Evening News'', and t ...
, American journalist
* 1980 –
Son Ho-young, South Korean singer
* 1980 –
Richie Wellens
Richard Paul Wellens (born 26 March 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently head coach of EFL League Two club Leyton Orient.
Wellens began his career at Manchester United be ...
, English footballer
*
1981 –
Sébastien Centomo
Sébastien Centomo (born March 26, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf ...
, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1981 –
Baruch Dego, Ethiopian-Israeli footballer
* 1981 –
Massimo Donati
Massimo Donati (born 26 March 1981) is an Italian football coach, pundit and former professional player, who played as a central or defensive midfielder. He is the manager of Legnago Salus in Serie D.
Born in San Vito al Tagliamento, Ital ...
, Italian footballer
* 1981 –
Josh Wilson, American baseball player
*
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C ...
–
Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
* 1982 –
Brendan Ryan, American baseball player
* 1982 –
Nate Kaeding, American football player
*
1983 –
Andreas Hinkel
Andreas Hinkel (born 26 March 1982) is a German football coach and a former player. Hinkel played as a right-back and earned 21 caps for the Germany national team. He was known for his attacking play on the flanks and defensive solidity.
He sta ...
, German footballer
* 1983 –
Floriana Lima
Floriana Lima (born March 26, 1981) is an American actress and model. She played Maggie Sawyer on The CW's ''Supergirl''. She began playing recurring character Darcy Cooper in season 2 of the ABC drama ''A Million Little Things'', and was promo ...
, American actress
* 1983 –
Roman Bednář
Roman Bednář (born 26 March 1983) is a Czech former professional footballer.
Club career
Czech Republic
Born in Prague, Bednář started his career as a youth player at ČAFC Prague before he stepped up to Gambrinus liga side FC Bohemians ...
, Czech footballer
* 1983 –
Mike Mondo, American wrestler
*
1984 –
Jimmy Howard, American ice hockey player
* 1984 –
Drew Mitchell, Australian rugby player
* 1984 –
Felix Neureuther
Felix Neureuther (; born 26 March 1984) is a German retired World Cup alpine ski racer and former World champion.
Early life
Born in Munich-Pasing, Neureuther is the son of former World and Olympic champion Rosi Mittermaier and Christian Ne ...
, German skier
* 1984 –
Marco Stier
Marco Stier (born 26 March 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented Germany internationally at youth levels U17 through U20.
Club career
Born in Hamburg, Stier joined SV Werder Bremen's youth ...
, German footballer
* 1984 –
Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer
* 1984 –
Sara Jean Underwood, American model, television host, and actress
*
1985 –
Keira Knightley, English actress
* 1985 –
Matt Grevers
Matthew Grevers (born March 26, 1985) is an American competition swimmer who competes in the backstroke and freestyle events, and is a six-time Olympic medalist. He has won a total of thirty-three medals in major international competition, fou ...
, American swimmer
* 1985 –
Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
* 1985 –
Prosper Utseya
Prosper Utseya (born 26 March 1985 in Harare, Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean cricketer, who plays all formats of the game. He was the former captain of Zimbabwe from 2006 to 2010. He bowls right-arm off break and is a useful right-hand batsman.
Uts ...
, Zimbabwean cricketer
*
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
–
Maxime Biset, Belgian footballer
* 1986 –
Rob Kearney, Irish rugby player
* 1986 –
Emma Laine, Finnish tennis player
*
1987 –
Kim Dong-suk, South Korean footballer
* 1987 –
Jermichael Finley
Jermichael Decorean Finley (born March 26, 1987) is a former American football tight end. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft. With the Packers, he attended the Super Bowl XLV win over the Pittsburgh S ...
, American football player
* 1987 –
Steven Fletcher, Scottish footballer
*
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
–
Simon Kjær
Simon Thorup Kjær (born 26 March 1989) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club AC Milan and captains the Denmark national team.
He was named 2007 Danish under-19 talent of the year and 2009 Danish Talent of t ...
, Danish footballer
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
–
Choi Woo-shik
Choi Woo-shik (; born March 26, 1990) is an South Korean-Canadian actor based in South Korea. He first gained widespread recognition for his leading role in the film '' Set Me Free'' (2014). He then co-starred in the films ''Train to Busan'' (201 ...
, South Korean actor
* 1990 –
Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor, model, singer and former kart racer
* 1990 –
Patrick Ekeng
Patrick Claude Ekeng Ekeng (26 March 1990 – 6 May 2016) was a Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He had two international caps for his country's national team, whom he represented at the 2015 Africa Cup o ...
, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2016)
* 1990 –
Yuya Takaki
Yuya (sometimes Iouiya, or Yuaa, also known as Yaa, Ya, Yiya, Yayi, Yu, Yuyu, Yaya, Yiay, Yia, and Yuy) was a powerful ancient Egyptian courtier during the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (circa 1390 BC). He was married to Thuya, an Egyptian noble ...
, Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor
* 1990 –
Xiumin, South Korean singer and actor
*
1991 –
Matt Davidson, American baseball player
*
1992
File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engin ...
–
Nina Agdal
Nina Brohus Agdal (born 26 March 1992) is a Danish model known for her appearances in the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'' and, alongside Chrissy Teigen and Lily Aldridge, appeared on the 50th anniversary cover in 2014.
Early life
Agdal w ...
, Danish model
* 1992 –
Stoffel Vandoorne, Belgian racing driver
*
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
–
Alison Van Uytvanck
Alison Van Uytvanck (; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian professional tennis player.
Van Uytvanck has won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and three Challenger Tour singles titles, as well as 12 singles and two doubles titles on th ...
, Belgian tennis player
* 1994 –
Jed Wallace
Jed Fernley Wallace (born 26 March 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion.
Beginning in non-league football, Wallace broke into Portsmouth's first team in 2013, going o ...
, English footballer
* 1994 –
Marcela Zacarías, Mexican tennis player
*
1996
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone o ...
–
Zane Musgrove, New Zealand rugby league player
* 1996 –
Kathryn Bernardo
Kathryn Chandria Manuel Bernardo (; born March 26, 1996) is a Filipino actress and singer.
Dubbed as “''Asia's Superstar”'' by various media outlets, People Asia hailed Bernardo as the Box Office Queen of her generation for being the onl ...
, Filipino actress
*
1998 –
Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater
*
2003
File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...
–
Bhad Bhabie, American rapper and social media personality
*
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...
–
Awra Briguela
McNeal "Awra" Briguela (, born 26 March 2004), also known by his stage name Awra Briguela, is a Filipino actor and comedian. He gained recognition when he starred in ''FPJ's Ang Probinsyano'' (2016–2019), personally chosen for the role by the ...
, Filipino actor and comedian
Deaths
Pre-1600
*
752
__NOTOC__
Year 752 ( DCCLII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 752 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...
–
Pope-elect Stephen
*
809 –
Ludger
Ludger ( la, Ludgerus; also Lüdiger or Liudger) (born at Zuilen near Utrecht 742; died 26 March 809 at Billerbeck) was a missionary among the Frisians and Saxons, founder of Werden Abbey and the first Bishop of Münster in Westphalia. He h ...
, Frisian
missionary
A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Tho ...
*
903
__NOTOC__
Year 903 ( CMIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* King Berengar I of Italy proceeds to issue concessions and privileges to the Lo ...
–
Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese poet
*
908
__NOTOC__
Year 908 ( CMVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* May 15 – The three-year-old Constantine VII, the son of Emperor Le ...
–
Ai, emperor of the
Tang Dynasty
The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...
(b. 892)
*
922 –
Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian mystic and poet (b. 858)
*
929 –
Wang Du, Chinese
warlord
A warlord is a person who exercises military, economic, and political control over a region in a country without a strong national government; largely because of coercive control over the armed forces. Warlords have existed throughout much of h ...
and governor (''
jiedushi
The ''jiedushi'' (), or jiedu, was a title for regional military governors in China which was established in the Tang dynasty and abolished in the Yuan dynasty. The post of ''jiedushi'' has been translated as "military commissioner", "legate ...
'')
*
973 –
Guntram ("the Rich"), Frankish
nobleman
*
983 –
'Adud al-Dawla, Iranian ruler (b. 936)
*
1091 –
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi ( ar, ولادة بنت المستكفي) (born in Córdoba in 994 or 1010 – died March 26, 1091) was an Andalusian poet.
Early life
Wallada was the daughter of Muhammad III of Córdoba, one of the last Umayyad Co ...
, Andalusian poet
*
1130 –
Sigurd the Crusader, Norwegian king (b. 1090)
*
1132
Year 1132 ( MCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Levant
* Summer – Imad al-Din Zengi, Seljuk governor (''atabeg'') of Aleppo and Mosul, marches ...
–
Geoffrey of Vendôme
Geoffrey of Vendôme (Goffridus Abbas Vindocinensis) (c. 1065/70 of a noble family, at Angers, France – 26 March 1132 at Angers, France) was a French Benedictine monk, writer and cardinal.
At an early age he entered the Benedictine communit ...
, French cardinal and theologian (b. 1065)
*
1212 –
Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)
*
1242 –
William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
*
1324
Year 1324 ( MCCCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
* 23 March – Pope John XXII excommunicates German king Louis IV, as Louis had not sought papal approval during ...
–
Marie de Luxembourg, Queen of France (b. 1304)
*
1326
Year 1326 ( MCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 21 – The foundation of Oriel College, the University of Oxford's fift ...
–
Alessandra Giliani
Alessandra Giliani (1307-1326) was thought to be an Italian natural historian, best known as the first woman to be recorded in historical documents as practicing anatomy and pathology. However, the historical evidence for her existence is limited ...
, anatomist (b. c. 1307)
*
1350 –
Alfonso XI of Castile
Alfonso XI (13 August 131126 March 1350), called the Avenger (''el Justiciero''), was King of Castile and León. He was the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal. Upon his father's death in 1312, several disputes en ...
(b. 1312)
*
1402 –
David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (b. 1378)
*
1437 –
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, Scottish nobleman and regicide
*
1517 –
Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer (b. 1450)
*
1535
__NOTOC__
Year 1535 ( MDXXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 18 – Lima, Peru, is founded by Francisco Pizarro, as ''Ciudad de l ...
–
Georg Tannstetter, Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482)
*
1546 –
Thomas Elyot, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1490)
*
1566 –
Antonio de Cabezón
Antonio de Cabezón (30 March 1510 – 26 March 1566) was a Spanish Renaissance composer and organist. Blind from childhood, he quickly rose to prominence as a performer and was eventually employed by the royal family. He was among the most impo ...
, Spanish organist and composer (b. 1510)
1601–1900
*
1625 –
Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (b. 1569)
*
1649 –
John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd
Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
*
1679
Events
January–June
* January 24 – King Charles II of England dissolves the "Cavalier Parliament", after nearly 18 years.
* February 3 – Moroccan troops from Fez are killed, along with their commander Moussa ben Ahmed be ...
–
Johannes Schefferus
Johannes Schefferus (February 2, 1621 – March 26, 1679) was one of the most important Swedish humanists of his time. He was also known as Angelus and is remembered for writing hymns.See the link below "German Classics"
Schefferus was born in ...
, Swedish historian and author (b. 1621)
*
1697 –
Godfrey McCulloch
Sir Godfrey McCulloch, 2nd Baronet of Mertoun (c. 1640 – 26 March 1697) was a Scottish politician who was executed for murder.
Biography
In 1678 McCulloch served as a Commissioner for Wigtownshire at the Convention of Estates (Scottish Parliamen ...
, Scottish politician (b. 1640)
*
1726 –
John Vanbrugh
Sir John Vanbrugh (; 24 January 1664 (baptised) – 26 March 1726) was an English architect, dramatist and herald, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. He wrote two argumentative and outspoken Restora ...
, English playwright and architect, designed
Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace (pronounced ) is a country house in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough and the only non- royal, non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace. The palace, ...
and
Castle Howard (b. 1664)
*
1772 –
Charles Pinot Duclos
Charles Pinot (or Pineau) Duclos (12 February 1704 – 26 March 1772) was a French author and contributor to the '' Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers''.
Biography
Duclos was born at Dinan in Brittan ...
, French author and politician (b. 1704)
*
1776 –
Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st and 33rd
Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (b. 1725)
*
1780 –
Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Charles (German: ''Karl''; 1 August 1713, Braunschweig – 26 March 1780, Braunschweig), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Bevern line), reigned as Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1735 until his death.
Life
Charles was the eldest son of ...
(b. 1713)
*
1793 –
John Mudge
John Mudge (1721 – 26 March 1793) was a British physician and amateur creator of telescope mirrors. He won the Copley Medal in 1777 for a paper on reflecting telescopes.
Life
He was the fourth and youngest son of the Rev. Zachariah Mudge, by ...
, English physician and engineer (b. 1721)
*
1797 –
James Hutton
James Hutton (; 3 June O.S.172614 June 1726 New Style. – 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, agriculturalist, chemical manufacturer, naturalist and physician. Often referred to as the father of modern geology, he played a key role ...
, Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726)
*
1814 –
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician and politician (b. 1738)
*
1827 –
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...
, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
*
1858 –
John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd
United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
*
1862
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria.
* January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico.
* January ...
–
Uriah P. Levy
Uriah Phillips Levy (April 22, 1792 – March 26, 1862) was a naval officer, real estate investor, and philanthropist. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and the first Jewish Commodore of the United States Navy.At the time, Commodore was the high ...
, American commander (b. 1792)
*
1881 –
Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
*
1885
Events
January–March
* January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam.
* January 4 &n ...
–
Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded
Western Union
The Western Union Company is an American multinational financial services company, headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
Founded in 1851 as the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company in Rochester, New York, the company cha ...
(b. 1825)
*
1888 –
Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
*
1892 –
Walt Whitman
Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among ...
, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
1901–present
*
1902 –
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil John Rhodes (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896.
An ardent believer in British imperialism, Rhodes and his Bri ...
, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th
Prime Minister of the Cape Colony
This article lists the governors of British South African colonies, including the colonial prime ministers. It encompasses the period from 1797 to 1910, when present-day South Africa was divided into four British colonies namely: Cape Colony ( ...
(b. 1853)
*
1905 –
Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)
*
1910 –
Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
*
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
–
William Chester Minor, American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834)
*
1923 –
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt (; born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 or 23 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including ''La Dame Aux Cameli ...
, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844)
*
1926 –
Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician,
Chancellor of Germany
The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany,; often shortened to ''Bundeskanzler''/''Bundeskanzlerin'', / is the head of the federal government of Germany and the commander in chief of the Ge ...
(b. 1852)
*
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
–
Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founder of
Cadillac
The Cadillac Motor Car Division () is a division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) that designs and builds luxury vehicles. Its major markets are the United States, Canada, and China. Cadillac models are distributed ...
and
Lincoln (b. 1843)
*
1934 –
John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877)
*
1940 –
Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)
* 1940 –
Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
*
1942 –
Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
* 1942 –
Carolyn Wells
Carolyn Wells (June 18, 1862 — March 26, 1942) was an American mystery author.
Life and career
Born in Rahway, New Jersey, she was the daughter of William E. and Anna Wells.
After finishing school she worked as a librarian for the Rahway Li ...
, American novelist and poet (b. 1862)
*
1945 –
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. He was a Liberal Party (United Kingdom), Liberal Party politician from Wales, known for lea ...
, English-Welsh lawyer and politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern p ...
(b. 1863)
*
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
–
James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th
Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
*
1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
–
Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
*
1957 –
Édouard Herriot, French politician,
Prime Minister of France
The prime minister of France (french: link=no, Premier ministre français), officially the prime minister of the French Republic, is the head of government of the French Republic and the leader of the Council of Ministers.
The prime minister i ...
(b. 1872)
* 1957 –
Max Ophüls
Maximillian Oppenheimer (; 6 May 1902 – 26 March 1957), known as Max Ophüls (; ), was a German-French film director who worked in Germany (1931–1933), France (1933–1940 and 1950–1957), and the United States (1947–1950). He made near ...
, German-American director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
–
Phil Mead
Charles Phillip Mead (9 March 1887 – 26 March 1958) was an English first-class cricketer. He played as a left-handed batsman for Hampshire and England between 1905 and 1936. He was born at 10 Ashton Buildings (since pulled down), second eld ...
, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
*
1959 –
Raymond Chandler
Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive durin ...
, American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888)
*
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo ...
–
Victor Hochepied
Victor Fernand Hochepied (29 October 1883 – 26 March 1966) was a French freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics
The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the G ...
, French swimmer (b. 1883)
* 1966 –
Cyril Hume, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1900)
*
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
–
John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (b. 1937)
*
1973 –
Noël Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what ''Time'' magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and ...
, English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899)
* 1973 –
Johnny Drake
John William "Zero" Drake (March 27, 1916 – March 26, 1973) was an American football player. He was the first round pick (10th overall) by the Cleveland Rams, their first ever draft pick, in the 1937 NFL Draft
The 1937 National Football Lea ...
, American football player (b. 1916)
*
1979 –
Beauford Delaney
Beauford Delaney (December 30, 1901 – March 26, 1979) was an American modernist painter. He is remembered for his work with the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as his later works in abstract expressionism following his mov ...
, American-French painter (b. 1901)
* 1979 –
Jean Stafford
Jean Stafford (July 1, 1915 – March 26, 1979) was an American short story writer and novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for '' The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford'' in 1970.
Biography
She was born in Covina, California, to M ...
, American author and academic (b. 1915)
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
–
Roland Barthes
Roland Gérard Barthes (; ; 12 November 1915 – 26 March 1980) was a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician. His work engaged in the analysis of a variety of sign systems, mainly derived from Western pop ...
, French linguist and critic (b. 1915)
*
1983 –
Anthony Blunt
Anthony Frederick Blunt (26 September 1907 – 26 March 1983), styled Sir Anthony Blunt KCVO from 1956 to November 1979, was a leading British art historian and Soviet spy.
Blunt was professor of art history at the University of London, dire ...
, English historian and spy (b. 1907)
*
1984 –
Ahmed Sékou Touré
Ahmed Sékou Touré (var. Sheku Turay or Ture; N'Ko: ; January 9, 1922 – March 26, 1984) was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who became the first president of Guinea, serving from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was am ...
, Guinean politician, 1st
President of Guinea (b. 1922)
*
1987 –
Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
* 1987 –
Walter Abel, American actor (b. 1898)
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
–
Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)
*
1992
File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engin ...
–
Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist and radio host (b. 1937)
*
1993 –
Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942)
*
1995
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...
–
Eazy-E
Eric Lynn Wright (September 7, 1964 – March 26, 1995), known professionally as Eazy-E, was an American rapper who propelled West Coast rap and gangsta rap by leading the group N.W.A and its label, Ruthless Records. He is often referred ...
, American rapper and producer (b. 1964)
*
1996
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone o ...
–
Edmund Muskie
Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914March 26, 1996) was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter, a United States Senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980, the 6 ...
, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th
United States Secretary of State
The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...
(b. 1914)
* 1996 –
David Packard
David Packard ( ; September 7, 1912 – March 26, 1996) was an American electrical engineer and co-founder, with Bill Hewlett, of Hewlett-Packard (1939), serving as president (1947–64), CEO (1964–68), and chairman of the board (1964–68 ...
, American engineer and businessman, co-founded
Hewlett-Packard
The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard ( ) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. HP developed and provided a wide variety of hardware components ...
(b. 1912)
* 1996 –
John Snagge, English journalist (b. 1904)
*
2000 –
Alex Comfort
Alexander Comfort (10 February 1920 – 26 March 2000) was a British scientist and physician known best for his nonfiction sex manual, '' The Joy of Sex'' (1972). He was an author of both fiction and nonfiction, as well as a gerontologis ...
, English physician and author (b. 1920)
*
2002
File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
–
Randy Castillo
Randolpho Francisco Castillo (December 18, 1950 – March 26, 2002) was an American musician. He was Ozzy Osbourne's drummer during the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, and later as drummer for Mötley Crüe, from 1999 to his death in 2002.
Ea ...
, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1950)
*
2003
File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...
–
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was an American politician, diplomat and sociologist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New York in the United States Senate from 1977 until 2001 and served as a ...
, American sociologist and politician, 12th
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
The United States ambassador to the United Nations is the leader of the U.S. delegation, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. The position is formally known as the permanent representative of the United States of America to the United Nation ...
(b. 1927)
*
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...
–
Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921)
*
2005
File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...
–
James Callaghan
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, ( ; 27 March 191226 March 2005), commonly known as Jim Callaghan, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980. Callaghan is ...
, English lieutenant and politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern p ...
(b. 1912)
* 2005 –
Frederick Rotimi Williams
Chief Frederick Rotimi Alade Williams, Queen's Counsel, QC, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN (16 December 1920 – 26 March 2005) was a prominent Nigerian lawyer who was the first Nigerian to become a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. In the 1950s, he ...
, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920)
*
2006
File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...
–
Anil Biswas, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1944)
* 2006 –
Paul Dana, American racing driver (b. 1975)
* 2006 –
Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)
*
2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
–
Robert Fagles, American poet and academic (b. 1933)
* 2008 –
Manuel Marulanda, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930)
*
2009
File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...
–
Shane McConkey
Shane McConkey (December 30, 1969 – March 26, 2009) was a professional skier and BASE jumper. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and eventually based himself in Olympic Valley, California. Due to an itinerant childhood, he never ident ...
, Canadian skier and
BASE jumper (b. 1969)
* 2009 –
Arne Bendiksen
Arne Joachim Bendiksen (19 October 1926 – 26 March 2009) was a Norwegian singer, composer and producer, described as "the father of pop music" in Norway.
Career
Bendiksen was born in Bergen, Norway. In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, he was a m ...
, Norwegian singer and composer (b. 1926)
*
2010
File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
–
Charles Ryskamp, American art collector and curator (b. 1928)
*
2011
File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...
–
Roger Abbott, English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1946)
* 2011 –
Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
* 2011 –
Diana Wynne Jones, English author (b. 1934)
*
2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...
–
Sisto Averno, American football player (b. 1925)
* 2012 –
Michael Begley, Irish carpenter and politician (b. 1932)
* 2012 –
Thomas M. Cover, American theorist and academic (b. 1938)
* 2012 –
David Craighead, American organist and educator (b. 1924)
* 2012 –
Manik Godghate
Manik Godghate ( mr, माणिक गोडघाटे), popularly known by his pen name Grace, was a Marathi prose writer and poet. He is most popular as lyricist of the Marathi song "Bhaya Ithale Sampat Nahi", which was sung by Lata Mange ...
, Indian poet and educator (b. 1937)
* 2012 –
Helmer Ringgren
Karl Vilhelm Helmer Ringgren (November 29, 1917 – March 26, 2012), was a Swedish theologian.
He became Associate Professor in Religion at Uppsala University, 1947–59, and Acting Professor of Old Testament exegesis at the Åbo Akademi Universit ...
, Swedish theologian and academic (b. 1917)
*
2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
–
Tom Boerwinkle
Thomas F. Boerwinkle (August 23, 1945 – March 26, 2013) was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) center who spent his entire career with the Chicago Bulls.
Early life
Tom Boerwinkle was born in Independence, Ohio, one of three chi ...
, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945)
* 2013 –
Krzysztof Kozłowski, Polish journalist and politician,
Polish Minister of Interior (b. 1931)
* 2013 –
Dave Leggett, American baseball player (b. 1933)
* 2013 –
Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964)
*
2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...
–
Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (b. 1919)
* 2014 –
Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
* 2014 –
Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (b. 1928)
*
2015
File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...
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Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935)
* 2015 –
Friedrich L. Bauer
Friedrich Ludwig "Fritz" Bauer (10 June 1924 – 26 March 2015) was a German pioneer of computer science and professor at the Technical University of Munich.
Life
Bauer earned his Abitur in 1942 and served in the Wehrmacht during World Wa ...
, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1924)
* 2015 –
Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist
Nobel Prize
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laureate (b. 1931)
*
2016 –
Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1937)
*
2018
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Fabrizio Frizzi
Fabrizio Adriano Frizzi (5 February 1958 – 26 March 2018) was an Italian television presenter and voice actor. He often presented a mixture of variety shows, talent shows and game shows across Italy and he was also known as the Italian voice o ...
, Italian television presenter (b. 1958)
Holidays and observances
*Christian
feast day
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s:
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Castulus
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Emmanuel and companions
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Felicitas
In ancient Roman culture, ''felicitas'' (from the Latin adjective ''felix'', "fruitful, blessed, happy, lucky") is a condition of divinely inspired productivity, blessedness, or happiness. ''Felicitas'' could encompass both a woman's fertility a ...
**
Harriet Monsell
Harriet Monsell (1811 – 25 March 1883) founded the Community of St John Baptist, an order of Augustinian nuns in the Church of England dedicated to social service, which by her death had expanded to numerous houses, including in India and t ...
(
Church of England
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)
**
Larissa
Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...
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Ludger
Ludger ( la, Ludgerus; also Lüdiger or Liudger) (born at Zuilen near Utrecht 742; died 26 March 809 at Billerbeck) was a missionary among the Frisians and Saxons, founder of Werden Abbey and the first Bishop of Münster in Westphalia. He h ...
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Richard Allen (Episcopal Church (USA))
**March 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Independence Day (Bangladesh), Independence Day and National Day (
Bangladesh
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), celebrates the declaration of independence from
Pakistan
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in 1971.
*Public holidays in Mali, Martyr's Day or Day of Democracy (Mali)
*Prince Kūhiō Day (Hawaii, United States)
*Purple Day (
Canada
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and United States)
*Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel (Eastern Christianity)
References
External links
BBC: On This Day*
Historical Events on March 26
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