On this day: March 26th
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On this day: March 26th
Events On this day: March 26th
- 1953: Jonas Salk announces the polio vaccine.
- 1975: The Biological Weapons Convention comes into effect. The treaty bans the development, production, and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons. It has now been ratified by most countries worldwide.
- 1979: Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty in Washington, DC.
- 1991: 4 South American countries establish Mercosur. Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay were the founding members of the Southern Common Market.
- 1992: Soviet Cosmonaut Serge Krikalev returned to a new country (Russia) after spending 313 days on board the Mir Space Station. During his stay in space, the Soviet Union (USSR) collapsed and became the Commonwealth of Independent States.
- 1995: The Schengen Agreement enters into force. Within the Schengen Area, which encompasses most of Europe, regular border checks have been abolished.
- 2000: Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia. The ex-KGB officer has been lauded for leading Russia out of the 1990 economic crisis and criticized for building a regime that many have described as authoritarian and undemocratic.
Birthdays on this day: March 26th
- 1874: Robert Frost (Poet)
- 1911: Tennessee Williams (Playwright)
- 1925: Pierre Boulez (French pianist, composer, conductor)
- 1930: Sandra Day O’Conner (First woman Supreme Court Justice)
- 1931: Leonard Nimoy (Spock on Star Trek)
- 1939: James Caan (Actor)
- 1940: Nancy Pelosi (American politician, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives)
- 1941: Richard Dawkins (Kenyan/English biologist)
- 1944: Diana Ross (Singer)
- 1948: Steven Tyler (Singer for Aerosmith)
- 1950: Martin Short (Actor)
- 1960: Marcus Allen (NFL Football player)
- 1968: Kenny Chesney (Country music singer)
- 1985: Keira Knightley (Actress)
Deaths on this day: March 26th
- 1827: Ludwig van Beethoven (German pianist, composer)
- 1892: Walt Whitman (American poet, author)
- 1902: Cecil Rhodes (English/South African businessman, politician, founded De Beers)
- 1973: Noël Coward (English actor, playwright, composer)
- 1984: Ahmed Sékou Touré (Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea)
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