What are the important events that happened on March 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 26: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 26 is the 85th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 280 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 13, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,742,947,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octacontapentagon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 328 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,478 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 26 Historical Events
- 1636 –Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
- 1808 –Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.
- 1812 –An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
- 1934 –The driving test is introduced in the United Kingdom.
- 1942 –World War II: In Poland, the first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz.
- 1971 –East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
- 1974 –Gaura Devi leads a group of 27 women of Laata village, Henwalghati, Garhwal Himalayas, to form circles around trees to stop them being felled and giving rise to the Chipko Movement in India.
- 1975 –The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
- 1995 –The Schengen Treaty comes into effect.
- 1998 –Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: 52 people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
Who were born on March 26?
- 1753 –Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (d. 1814)
- 1871 –Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole of the Kingdom of Hawaii (d. 1922)
- 1875 –Syngman Rhee, South Korean politician (d. 1965)
- 1913 –Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1996)
- 1915 –Hwang Sunwon, Korean writer (d. 2000)
- 1936 –Giora Feidman, Argentinian-Jewish klezmer clarinetist
- 1948 –Richard Tandy, British keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra)
- 1950 –Alan Silvestri, American film composer
- 1962 –John Stockton, American basketball player
- 1977 –Sylvain Grenier, Canadian professional wrestler
Who died on March 26?
- 1546 –Thomas Elyot, English diplomat
- 1814 –Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)
- 1933 –Eddie Lang, American musician (b. 1902)
- 1951 –James F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
- 1973 –George Sisler, American baseball player (b. 1893)
- 1976 –Lin Yutang, Chinese writer (b. 1895)
- 1989 –Hai Zi, Chinese poet (b. 1964)
- 2003 –Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator (b. 1927)
- 2005 –James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1976-1979 (b. 1912)
- 2006 –Nikki Sudden, British singer/songwriter (b. 1956)
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