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Historical Events on March 26

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

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