On This Day - What Happened On March 26 | Britannica

Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos A Britannica Newsletter Discover the fascinating events that shaped the world, straight from our editors. SIGN UP ADD TO YOUR INBOX Thanks for signing up for Today in History. Your first newsletter will arrive soon! By clicking "Add To Your Inbox"tapping "Sign Up" you are agreeing to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Home On This Day TODAY IN HISTORY March 26 What Happened On Your Bday? Go to Today's Date

Featured Event

1979 Signing of Israel-Egypt peace treaty The historic peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, agreed to by Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat and based on the Camp David Accords mediated by U.S. President Jimmy Carter in September 1978, was signed this day in 1979. Bettmann/Getty Images

Featured Biography

Nancy Pelosi American politician bornMarch 26, 1940 (age 85)Baltimore, MarylandRichard Garner/Shutterstock.com 1973 Larry Page American computer scientist and entrepreneur 1941 Richard Dawkins British biologist and writer 1931 Leonard Nimoy American actor 1925 Pierre Boulez French composer and conductor 1904 Joseph Campbell American author See All Biographies On This Day

More Events On This Day

2011 American Democratic politician Geraldine Ferraro, who was the first woman to be nominated (1984) for vice president by a major political party in the United States, died at age 75. Take our quiz about women in U.S. politicsPhotoQuest—Archive Photos/Getty Images 2005 Sixteen years after being canceled, the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who returned to television with a new episode, with Christopher Eccleston appearing in the title role. Sort fact from fiction in our pop culture quizBBC 2000 Russian intelligence officer and politician Vladimir Putin was elected president of Russia. Test your knowledge of Russian history© ID1974/Shutterstock.com 1997 Police discovered the bodies of 39 members of Heaven's Gate, an American religious group that believed in unidentified flying objects; they had committed suicide in the belief that a spaceship was arriving to take them to a better place. Take our quiz about cult leaders and doomsday prophets 1992 Heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison following a rape conviction in Indianapolis, Indiana. How much do you know about boxing?Gary Hershorn—Reuters/© Archive Photos 1971 Members of the Awami League set up a government-in-exile in Calcutta (Kolkata) and declared Bangladesh an independent state. Test your knowledge of AsiaEncyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1944 American pop singer and actress Diana Ross—who achieved international stardom, first as leader of the vocal group the Supremes and later as a solo artist—was born. Take our quiz about singers, musicians, and composers© Ezra Shaw/Getty Images 1941 British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, who maintained that genes are the driving force of evolution and advocated atheism, was born in Nairobi, Kenya.© Laurence Agron/Dreamstime.com 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to become a U.S. Supreme Court justice, was born in El Paso, Texas. Test your knowledge of some famous firsts for womenCollection, The Supreme Court of the United States, courtesy of the Supreme Court Historical Society 1927 The Mille Miglia, the famed automobile race across Italy, was inaugurated. How much do you know about auto racing? 1911 American dramatist Tennessee Williams, whose plays reveal a world of human frustration in which sex and violence underlie an atmosphere of romantic gentility, was born in Columbus, Mississippi. Take our history of theatre quizEncyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1885 The first clash of the Riel Rebellion in Canada took place in Duck Lake, Saskatchewan. Test your knowledge of CanadaLibrary and Archives Canada (ID no. 3228116) 1874 American poet Robert Frost, much admired for his depictions of rural New England life and his realistic verse portraying ordinary people, was born in San Francisco. Sort fact from fiction in our poetry quizRuohomaa/Black Star 1827 German composer Ludwig van Beethoven died of cirrhosis of the liver at age 56. How much do you know about classical composers?Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (file no. LC-DIG-pga-02397) 1812 In opposition to the redrawing of districts to favour incumbents in an upcoming election, the Boston Gazette published a satiric cartoon that graphically transformed the districts into a fabulous animal, “The Gerry-mander”; the term gerrymander thus entered the American lexicon. Take our history of American politics quiz© North Wind Picture Archives SIGN UP FOR History's Biggest Headlines Discover the fascinating events that shaped the world, straight from our editors. SIGN UP Thanks for signing up for Today in History. Your first newsletter will arrive soon! SIGN UP By clicking "Sign Up" you are agreeing to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.