1003 – Peace deal is signed between Holy Roman Emperor Henry II and the pagan Wends (Slavs)
1709 – Dike at Hardinxveld breaks, flooding Alblasserwaard in the Netherlands
1848 – John Parker Paynard originates medicated adhesive plaster
1958 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet Premier as well as First Secretary of the Communist Party
1961 – Failed assassination attempt on King Saif al-Islam Achmad of Yemen
1976 – Washington, D.C. underground Metro opens
1978 – The Rutles mockumentary “All You Need is Cash” is shown on British TV
2002 – Passover Massacre: Suicide bomber kills 29 people in Netanya, Israel
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 26th March 2026
1534 – Lübeck accepts free Dutch ships into East Sea
1886 – 48th Grand National: Tommy Skelton wins aboard 25/1 chance Old Joe
1945 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill looks over at the Rhine (near Ginsberg)
1972 – LA Lakers break the NBA wins record by winning 69 of 82 games (69-13), record stands for 24 years
1996 – The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan for Russia
1996 – Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld v Vic)
2018 – US Federal Trade Commission confirms it will investigate Facebook over privacy concerns
2023 – WPL Cricket Final, Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai: Mumbai Indians win inaugural tournament beating Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets with 3 balls to spare; Player of the match: Nat Sciver-Brunt (Mumbai Indians) 60no
Historical Events for 25th March 2026
1821 – The Greek Revolution against the Ottoman Empire is officially declared, after hostilities begin two months earlier
1951 – 5th Tony Awards: “Guys and Dolls” (musical) and “The Rose Tattoo” (play) win
1967 – USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
1974 – 9th Academy of Country Music Awards: Charlie Rich and Loretta Lynn win
1995 – Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years
1996 – US issues a redesigned $100 bill
1999 – 13th Soul Train Music Awards: Luther Vandross, R. Kelly and Lauryn Hill win
2006 – Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood
Historical Events for 24th March 2026
1894 – 37 miners killed at Franklin, Washington
1956 – 110th Grand National: race best remembered for Devon Loch’s inexplicable fall on final straight, just 40 yards from a certain victory; Dave Dick wins aboard E.S.B.
1959 – Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact
1962 – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue and Blue Boys
1980 – 42nd NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA, 59-54; Cardinals’ first title in first title game
1997 – 69th Academy Awards: “The English Patient”, Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand win
2019 – US Attorney William Barr summarizes report submitted by Special Council Robert Mueller (The Mueller Report) in a letter to Congress stating “investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities” and “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and I have concluded that the evidence developed during the Special Counsel’s investigation is not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense”
2023 – Africa’s first centralised biobank – Biodiversity Biobanks South Africa, collecting more than a million biodiversity samples opens in Pretoria, South Africa
Historical Events for 23rd March 2026
1867 – Congress passes 2nd Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson’s veto
1880 – Flour rolling mill patent is issued to John Stevens of Wisconsin
1919 – Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, designated as the first autonomous republic of Soviet Russia
1972 – Geoge Harrison and Friends’ “The Concert for Bangladesh” concert film, directed by Saul Swimmer released in the US
1998 – 70th Academy Awards: “Titanic”, Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt win
2016 – GPR investigation of Shakespeare’s tomb at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford concludes the Bard’s skull probably has been stolen
2019 – More than 130 Fulani people killed in Ogossagou, Mali, in attack by Dogon hunters, prompting government ban on the hunters
2021 – Brazil’s daily COVID-19 death toll passes 3,000 (3,251) for the first time (298,676 total deaths reported) as country’s Supreme Court blocks President Jair Bolsonaro overturning local restrictions
Historical Events for 22nd March 2026
1865 – Wilson’s Raid: 13,480 cavalry troops led by Union General James H. Wilson destroys most of Confederate Alabama and Georgia’s arms-manufacturing and rail capabilities; raid lasts through mid-April
1896 – Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins the first modern marathon in 3:18 at the Panhellenic Games
1985 – NASA launches Intelsat VA F-10
1989 – Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years
1992 – US Air NY to Cleveland crashes on take off at LaGuardia, 27 die
2003 – 23rd Golden Raspberry Awards: “Swept Away” wins
2013 – 37 people are killed and 200 are injured in a refugee camp fire in Ban Mae, Thailand
2018 – Musical “Frozen” opens on Broadway, based on the film and starring Patti Murin and Caissie Levy
Historical Events for 21st March 2026
1931 – US Ladies’ Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1939 – Nazi Germany demands the return of Danzig (Gdańsk) from Poland
1958 – Dr. Ernest Lawrence, nuclear scientist and Nobel laureate, receives first West Point Sylvanus Thayer Award, presented to an outstanding US citizen whose service in the national interest exemplifies devotion to ideals of West Point motto: “Duty, Honor, Country”
1978 – San Francisco passes the most comprehensive homosexual rights bill in US history
1995 – NYC agrees to sell its 2 owned radio stations (WNYC AM and FM)
2012 – Sergio Agüero and Samir Nasri score to give Manchester City 2-1 win over Chelsea at City of Manchester Stadium; EPL record 20th consecutive home win; streak ends with 3-3 draw v Sunderland 31/3
2018 – English TV presenter Ant McPartlin charged with drink driving following an accident in London
2019 – Emilia Clarke reveals she suffered two brain aneurysms while filming “Games of Thrones” in an article for “The New Yorker”
Historical Events for 20th March 2026
1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is published in Boston
1937 – Franco’s Republican army launch their (eventually successful) counter-offensive against Italian International Brigades fighting for the Nationalists at the Battle of Guadalajara, Spain
1951 – Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java
1952 – Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan by US Senate
1987 – Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies’ world record 5 km (7:20.36)
1989 – Major League Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation
1994 – “Flowering Peach” opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 41 performances
2016 – Barack Obama becomes the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928, arriving for a three-day tour with First Lady Michelle
Historical Events for 19th March 2026
1808 – Charles IV, king of Spain, abdicates after riots and a popular revolt at the winter palace Aranjuez. His son, Ferdinand VII, takes the throne
1962 – Columbia Records releases the self-titled debut album of American folk singer Bob Dylan; quickly recorded collection of mostly cover tunes, with two original songs is largely ignored
1969 – Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention
1974 – Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour
1985 – US Senate votes 55-45 to authorize production of the MX “Peacekeeper” intercontinental ballistic missile
1995 – Revival of Brien Friel’s stage drama “Translations”, starring Brian Dennehy, opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 25 performances
2001 – 16th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Aerosmith; Solomon Burke; The Flamingos; Michael Jackson; Queen; Paul Simon; Steely Dan; Ritchie Valens; James Burton; Johnnie Johnson; and Chris Blackwell
2003 – Airstrikes by an American and British-led coalition signal the beginning of the invasion of Iraq without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion
Historical Events for 18th March 2026
1859 – Vera Cruz besieged by Miramon (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform
1891 – Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone
1900 – Japan uses its influence over Korea to deny Russia’s efforts to obtain a naval station at Korean Port of Masampo, the lead up to the Russo-Japanese war
1902 – Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso becomes the first well-known performer to make a record
1948 – Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting
1950 – CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship
1982 – 8th People’s Choice Awards: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jane Fonda win (Motion Picture) and Alan Alda and Barbara Mandrell win (TV)
2005 – Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband