March 26

What happened that day?

• 2017: Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.
• 2010: The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.
• 2005: Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China.
• 1998: During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.
• 1997: Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
• 1991: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
• 1982: A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C..
• 1981: Social Democratic Party (UK)) is founded as a party.
• 1979: Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
• 1975: The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
• 1971: East [Pakistan](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan) declares its independence from Pakistan to form the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
• 1970: South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy
• 1967: Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
• 1958: The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
• 1958: The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
• 1954: Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
• 1945: World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
• 1942: World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
• 1939: Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
• 1934: The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
• 1931: Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• 1931: Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
• 1922: The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
• 1917: World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• 1915: The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
• 1913: Balkan Wars: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
• 1885: The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• 1871: The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
• 1839: The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
• 1830: The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
• 1812: A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
• 1812: An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela.
• 1636: Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
• 1552: Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru.
• 1484: William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
• 1351: Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.
• 1344: The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
• 1169: Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
• 1027: Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
• 908: Emperor Zhu Wen of Later Liang has Li Zhu, the last Tang Dynasty emperor, poisoned.
• 590: Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.