- On This Day

Find out what happened on this day in the past (and every other day). Thousands of famous births,deaths as well as political and social events.

26-March-1827 Composer Ludwig Von Beethoven dies

26-March-1874 Robert Frost born

26-March-1892 Writer Walt Whitman dies

26-March-1902 Cecil Rhodes dies

26-March-1911 Tennessee Williams born

26-March-1923 Actress Sarah Bernhardt dies

26-March-1930 Sandra Day O'Connor born

26-March-1931 Leonard Nimoy born

26-March-1934 Alan Arkin born

26-March-1939 James Caan born

26-March-1942 Erica Jong born

26-March-1942 Deportation of Jews to Auschwitz begins

26-March-1943 Bob Woodward born

26-March-1944 Diana Ross born

26-March-1945 Lloyd George dies

26-March-1948 Steven Tyler born

26-March-1949 Vicki Lawrence born

26-March-1950 Martin Short born

26-March-1950 Teddy Pendergrass born

26-March-1954 Curtis Sliwa born

26-March-1960 Marcus Allen born

26-March-1968 Kenny Chesney born

26-March-1973 Women admitted to the trading floor of the London Stock Exchange

26-March-1981 Social Democrate Party launched in Great Britain