On this day: 26 March

Selected events and births on 26 March, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 590 – Byzantine emperor Maurice proclaimed his son Theodosius as his co-emperor. Read more: Maurice (emperor) Theodosius (son of Maurice)
• 1169 – Saladin was inaugurated as vizier of Egypt. Read more: Saladin Vizier
• 1484 – William Caxton printed the first English translation of Aesop's Fables. Read more: William Caxton Aesop's Fables
• 1812 – The Boston Gazette printed a cartoon coining the term "gerrymander", named after Governor Elbridge Gerry, who approved the legislation that created oddly shaped electoral districts. Read more: Gerrymandering Elbridge Gerry
• 1942 – The American tanker Dixie Arrow is torpedoed and sunk off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, by the German U-boat U-71. Read more: SS Dixie Arrow Cape Hatteras North Carolina
• 1953 – Jonas Salk announced the successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children. Read more: Jonas Salk Polio vaccine
• 1974 – A group of peasant women in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India, surrounded trees in order to prevent loggers from felling them, giving rise to the Chipko movement. Read more: Chamoli district Uttarakhand Chipko movement
• 2009 – A prototype of the Tesla Model S, one of the most influential electric cars in history, was unveiled. Read more: Tesla Model S

Born on this day

• 1940 – Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Read more: Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1943 – Mustafa Kalemli, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of the Interior Read more: Mustafa Kalemli Ministry of Interior (Turkey)
• 1945 – Paul Bérenger, Mauritian politician, Prime Minister of Mauritius Read more: Paul Bérenger Prime Minister of Mauritius
• 1946 – Alain Madelin, French politician, French Minister of Finance Read more: Alain Madelin List of finance ministers of France
• 1951 – Carl Wieman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Carl Wieman Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1953 – Lincoln Chafee, American academic and politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island Read more: Lincoln Chafee Governor of Rhode Island
• 1953 – Elaine Chao, Taiwanese-American banker and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Labor Read more: Elaine Chao United States Secretary of Labor
• 1956 – Charly McClain, American country music singer Read more: Charly McClain Country music
• 1961 – William Hague, English historian and politician, First Secretary of State Read more: William Hague First Secretary of State
• 1964 – Maria Miller, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Read more: Maria Miller Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• 1973 – Larry Page, American computer scientist and businessman, co-founder of Google Read more: Larry Page Google
• 2007 – Jesús Fortea, Spanish footballer Read more: Jesús Fortea

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / March 26 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.