Tukuk-OS📅 March 26
23 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on March 26? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2024 — The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed following a collision between the MV Dali container ship and one of the bridge's support pillars, killing 6 people.
Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore)Francis Scott Key Bridge collapseMV Dali
- 2010 — An explosion, allegedly caused by a North Korean torpedo, sank the South Korean warship ROKS Cheonan near Baengnyeongdo in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 sailors.
- 2009 — A prototype of the Tesla Model S, one of the most influential electric cars in history, was unveiled.
- 1999 — A jury began deliberations in the trial of Jack Kevorkian, an American practitioner of physician-assisted suicide who was charged with murder in the death of a terminally ill patient.
- 1997 — Police in Rancho Santa Fe, California, discovered the bodies of 39 members of the religious group Heaven's Gate who had died in an apparent cult suicide.
Rancho Santa Fe, CaliforniaHeaven's Gate (religious group)Mass suicide
- 1991 — Singapore Airlines Flight 117 was hijacked by four Pakistani terrorists and diverted to Changi Airport.
- 1975 — The Biological Weapons Convention, the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of an entire category of weapons, entered into force.
- 1974 — A group of peasant women in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India, surrounded trees in order to prevent loggers from felling them, giving rise to the Chipko movement.
- 1953 — Jonas Salk announced the successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children.
- 1942 — The American tanker Dixie Arrow is torpedoed and sunk off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, by the German U-boat U-71.
- 1939 — Nationalist forces began their final offensive of the Spanish Civil War, at the end of which they controlled almost the entire country.
Francoist SpainFinal offensive of the Spanish Civil WarSpanish Civil War
- 1917 — First World War: Attempting to advance into Palestine, the British were defeated by Ottoman troops at the First Battle of Gaza.
- 1913 — First Balkan War: After a five-month siege, Bulgarian and Serbian forces captured the Ottoman city of Adrianople.
- 1896 — An explosion at the Brunner Mine in New Zealand killed 65 coal miners in the country's deadliest mining accident.
- 1885 — Perceiving that the Canadian government was failing to protect their rights, the Métis people led by Louis Riel began the North-West Rebellion.
- 1873 — A Dutch military expedition was launched to bombard Banda Aceh, the capital of the Aceh Sultanate in present-day Indonesia, beginning the Aceh War.
- 1812 — The Boston Gazette printed a cartoon coining the term "gerrymander", named after Governor Elbridge Gerry (pictured), who approved the legislation that created oddly shaped electoral districts.
- 1697 — The Safavid Empire began a four-year occupation of the Ottoman city of Basra on the Persian Gulf.
- 1651 — The Spanish ship San José ran aground onto coasts controlled by the indigenous Cunco people, who subsequently killed the crew.
- 1484 — William Caxton (pictured) printed the first English translation of Aesop's Fables.
- 1344 — Reconquista: The Muslim city of Algeciras surrendered after a 21-month siege and was incorporated into the Kingdom of Castile.
- 1169 — Saladin (depicted on coin) was inaugurated as vizier of Egypt.
- 590 — Byzantine emperor Maurice proclaimed his son Theodosius as his co-emperor.
Births
- 2007 — Jesús Fortea, Spanish footballer
- 2005 — Ella Anderson, American actress
- 2004 — Awra Briguela, Filipino actor and comedian
- 2003 — Bhad Bhabie, American rapper and social media personality
- 2001 — Jameson Williams, American football player
- 2000 — Gefen Primo, Israeli judoka
- 2000 — Andrei Svechnikov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1998 — Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater
- 1996 — Zane Musgrove, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1996 — Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress
- 1995 — Ibai Llanos, Spanish internet personality
- 1994 — Ryan Arcidiacono, American basketball player
Deaths
- 2026 — Noelia Castillo, Spanish woman who died after receiving euthanasia (born 2000)
- 2026 — Mary Rand, English sprinter and long jumper (born 1940)
- 2026 — Epeli Nailatikau, Fijian chief, President of Fiji (born 1941)
- 2026 — James Tolkan, American actor (born 1931)
- 2024 — Esther Coopersmith, American diplomat, UNESCO goodwill ambassador (born 1930)
- 2023 — María Kodama, Argentine writer and translator (born 1937)
- 2023 — Innocent Vareed Thekkethala, Indian actor and politician (born 1948)
- 2023 — Jacob Ziv, Israeli electrical engineer, developed the LZ family of compression algorithms (born 1931)
- 2018 — Fabrizio Frizzi, Italian television presenter (born 1958)
- 2016 — Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (born 1937)
- 2015 — Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (born 1935)
- 2015 — Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (born 1924)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast days: Barontius and Desiderius
- Christian feast days: Castulus
- Christian feast days: Emmanuel and companions
- Christian feast days: Felicitas
- Christian feast days: Harriet Monsell (Church of England)
- Christian feast days: Larissa
- Christian feast days: Ludger
- Christian feast days: Maddalena Caterina Morano
- Christian feast days: Richard Allen (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast days: March 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Independence Day and National Day (Bangladesh), celebrates the declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
- Martyr's Day or Day of Democracy (Mali)
- National Science Appreciation Day (United States)
- Prince Kūhiō Day (Hawaii, United States)
- Purple Day (Canada and United States)
- Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel (Eastern Christianity)
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