Category: This Day In History March 26
Categories: This Day In History March
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This Day in History for March 26
Historic Events:
- 1668 - England takes control of Bombay, India.
- 1812 - Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela; about 20,000 die.
- 1830 - The Book of Mormon was published in Palmyra, New York.
- 1997 - Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides.
Famous Birthdays:
- 603 - Pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque
- 1876 - Prince William of Wied (d. 1945)
- 1944 - Diana Ross, [Earle], Detroit, (Supremes, Lady Sings Blues, Mahogany)
Famous Deaths:
- 752 - Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies
- 1827 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56
- 2005 - Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz and Crowded House) (b. 1959)
Person Profiles (8)
Noël Coward
16 Dec 1899 Teddington, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom - 26 Mar 1973
Keira Knightley
1980s
Donald Messer
09 May 1909 Tweedside, Manners Sutton, York, New Brunswick, Canada - 26 Mar 1973
Sancho (Portugal) de Portugal
11 Nov 1154 Coimbra, Portugal - 26 Mar 1212
John Rowles
1940s
Martin Short
1950s
Walter Whitman
31 May 1819 West Hills, Suffolk, New York, United States - 26 Mar 1892
Thomas Williams
26 Mar 1911 Columbus, Mississippi, USA - 25 Feb 1983
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