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| March 26th |
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| About March 26th is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 280 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. March 26th is Prince Kuhio Day in Hawaii. Births 1874 - Robert Frost, poet, playwright ("The Road Not Taken"} 1930 - Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court justice 1940 - Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives 1944 - Diana Ross, singer, actress 1948 - Steven Tyler, singer, songwriter (Aerosmith) 1950 - Alan Silvestri, film score composer, conductor 1950 - Martin Short, actor, comedian (Saturday Night Live) 1960 - Marcus Allen, NFL Hall of Fame running back 1973 - T. R. Knight, actor (Grey's Anatomy) 1976 - Amy Smart, actress, model 1985 - Keira Knightley, actress (Pride and Prejudice, The Duchess) 1986 - Jessica McClure, trapped in well, famous as "Baby Jessica" Deaths 1827 - Ludwig van Beethoven, composer, pianist 1858 - John Addison Thomas, famed American soldier 1885 - Anson Stager, co-founded Western Union Events 1979 - Magic Johnson leads the Michigan State Spartans to a 75-64 win over Larry Bird’s Indiana State Sycamores in the NCAA championship game. 1979 - Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C. 1997 - 39 bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides. 1999 - Dr. Jack Kevorkian is charged with first degree murder for delivering a lethal injection to Thomas York in an assisted suicide. |
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