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What happened in history on this day: March 26?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On March 26 in ...
- 1976 - The First Annual World Altair Computer Convention is held, at the Airport Marina Hotel near Albuquerque, New Mexico, over three days. This is the first such convention for the microcomputer industry. At the conference, Bill Gates explains his position on software piracy. In the hotel's penthouse suite, Processor Technology holds its own "booth" to promote their 4 kB memory boards for the Altair.
- 1999 - The computer virus "Melissa" attacks about 250,000 PCs worldwide in about three days, using Microsoft Outlook to mail itself to email addresses in the address book. This is the first virus capable of jumping from computer to computer on its own.
- 2001 - Caldera Systems announces it will change its name to Caldera International when it has completed acquiring the Unix products and services of the Santa Cruz Operation.
- 2001 - The Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference is held, in Anaheim, California.
- 2001 - At the Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, Bill Gates introduces the Tablet PC initiative. It features a Transmeta Crusoe processor, touch-screen interface, MS Notebook handwriting recognition software, Windows XP operating system. Size is about 8.5 x 11 x 1 inches, weight is under 3 pounds; price will be US$2000-3500. Shipment date is scheduled for 2002.
- 2008 - Advanced Micro Devices unveiled the "Phenom" microprocessor for desktop personal computers.
- 1927 - Live-action filming is completed for the Alice Comedy film Alice's Channel Swim.
- 1927 - Live-action filming is completed for the Alice Comedy film Alice's Medicine Show.
- 1927 - Live-action filming is completed for the Alice Comedy film Alice the Whaler.
- 1927 - Live-action filming is completed for the Alice Comedy film Alice the Beach Nut.
- 1927 - Live-action filming is completed for the Alice Comedy film Alice in the Big League.
- 1958 - The 30th Annual Academy Awards celebration is televised with Donald Duck (on film) co-hosting. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Live-Action Subjects) for the Disney film The Wetback Hound.
- 1961 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the film Man in Flight.
- 1967 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Man on Wheels.
- 1972 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Michael O'Hara the Fourth: To Trap a Thief.
- 1976 - Disney generally releases the live-action feature film Ride A Wild Pony to theaters in the US.
- 1982 - The Brass Boutique shop opens in New Orleans Square in Disneyland. Formerly La Boutique d'Or.
- 1989 - The NBC TV network airs The Magical World of Disney show, entitled Super Duck Tales.
- 1990 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) for the film Dead Poets Society.
- 1990 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Music, Original Song) Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for the song "Under the Sea", from the film The Little Mermaid.
- 1990 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Music, Original Score) to Alan Menken for the film The Little Mermaid.
- 1992 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. A movie title is shown: Honey, I Hit a School Bus, a humorous reference to Disney's film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Another movie title is Ernest vs. the Pope, a humorous reference to Disney's four films with titles starting Ernest ....
- 1993 - Disney releases the film Pinocchio on laserdisc (CLV) in the US, for US$30.
- 1993 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Born Yesterday to theaters in the US.
- 1994 - The Food Rocks Audio-Animatronics show opens in the Kitchen Kabaret in The Land pavilion in Epcot.
- 1999 - Buena Vista releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Mighty Joe Young to theaters in Great Britain.
- 1999 - Disney releases the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film Doug's 1st Movie to theaters in the USA.
- 2000 - In Los Angeles, the 72nd Annual Academy Awards are held. Buzz Lightyear and Sheriff Woody make an animated appearance presenting the award for best animated short film. Sarah McLachlin and Randy Newman perform "When She Loved Me" from the movie Toy Story 2. Phil Collins wins for Best Original Song with "You'll Be In My Heart" from the Disney animated feature Tarzan.
- 2000 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Original Song) to Phil Collins for "You'll Be in My Heart" from the film Tarzan.
- 2002 - In New York City, the Astor Plaza Theatre premieres the film The Rookie.
- 2002 - The ABC TV network premieres The Court TV series.
- 2014 - Disney releases the Marvel Studios film Captain America: The Winter Soldier to theaters in Belgium and Italy.
- 1960 - In Sebring, Florida, the 12 Hours of Sebring race is held, round 1 of the FIA GT Cup, and round 2 of the World Sports Car Championship.
- Finishing 1st in Grand Touring 5000 class, 16th overall, is the RRR Motors #6 Corvette, driven by Bill Fritts and Chuck Hall.
- Finishing 2nd in Grand Touring 5000 class, 26th overall, is the Camoradi USA #3 Corvette, driven by Fred Gamble, Jim Jeffords, and Bill Wuesthoff.
- Finishing 2nd(?) in Grand Touring 5000 class, 32nd overall, is the Camoradi USA #4 Corvette, driven by Jim Jeffords and Fred Gamble.
- Finishing 3rd in Grand Touring 5000 class, 35th overall, is the Johnson Chevrolet #5 Corvette, driven by Delmo Johnson and Dave Morgan.
- Dick Thompson and Fred Windridge race the Jaguar Distributors of New York #2 1960 Corvette in Grand Touring +5000 class. The engine fails after 41 laps (5:12 PM). They place 54th overall.
- Briggs Cunningham and John Fitch race the Jaguar Distributors of New York #1 1960 Corvette in Grand Touring +5000 class. After 27 laps (12:30 PM), rear hub failure and an accident put them out of the race. They place 58th overall.
- 1966 - In Sebring, Florida, the 12 Hours of Sebring race is held.
- Finishing 1st in Grand Touring +5000 class, 9th overall, is the Penske Racing #9 1966 Corvette 427-ci L88, driven by George Wintersteen and Ben Moore.
- Finishing 2nd in Grand Touring +5000 class, 11th overall, is the Harold C. Whims #8 Corvette, driven by Don Yenko, Dave Morgan, and Harold Whims.
- Richard Thompson and Dick Guldstrand race the Penske Racing #10 Corvette Grand Sport #001 with 427-ci engine in Prototype +5000 class. After 65 laps, the car is out due to an accident; the engine is broken and the frame bent.
- 1940 - Adolf Hitler approves plans by German Navy to land and seize several Norwegian ports.
- 1941 - Royal Canadian Navy armed yacht Otter is destroyed by an explosion and fire off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 19 die.
- 1942 - (1400 hours) Operation Chariot sails from Falmouth, England for Saint Nazaire, France.
- 1943 - (about 0730 hours) US naval Task Group 16.6 sights a Japanese re-supply convoy approaching the Komandorski Islands, near the Aleutian Islands. The task forces consists of one heavy cruiser, one light cruiser, and four destroyers. The Japanese force sighted is two heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and six destroyers, escorting three transport ships.
- 1943 - (about 0845 hours) Near the Aleutian Islands, Japanese heavy cruiser Nachi is struck by several shell hits by US warships.
- 1943 - (0910 hours) Near the Aleutian Islands, Japanese heavy cruiser Maya hits US heavy cruiser Salt Lake City with a shell.
- 1943 - (1010 hours) Near the Aleutian Islands, a Japanese shell hits the main deck of US heavy cruiser Salt Lake City, passing through the ship below the waterline.
- 1943 - (1103 hours) Near the Aleutian Islands, an 8-inch shell hits US warship Salt Lake City below the waterline, exploding in a fuel tank.
- 1943 - (1213 hours) The Battle of the Komandorsky Islands ends, as the Japanese ships withdraw, unable to re-supply a small garrison at Attu Island, at the end of the Aleutians chain of islands. Several ships on each side were damaged, and several deaths incurred on each side.
- 1944 - (evening) 705 British bombers attack Essen, Germany, with good results. Nine planes are shot down.
- 1944 - (evening) British bombers attack railway targets in Courtrai, France.
- 1945 - Iwo Jima is declared secure.
- 1945 - Allied forces on the Western Front are now completely east of the Rhine River.
- 1945 - Japanese forces launch the "Ten-Ichigo" campaign on and around Okinawa.
- 1960 - France issues five postage stamps honoring heores of the French Underground during the war.
- 1993 - Poland issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Arsenal.
- 2002 - Poland issues a postage stamp marking the 60th anniversary of the return of General Wladyslaw Anders' Army from the USSR.
- 1993 - Nintendo releases the Star Fox video game for the Super NES in the US. The game is the first with the FX Chip for improved visuals and sounds.
- 1997 - Nintendo releases the Blast Corps video game for the Nintendo 64 in the USA.
- 2002 - Eidos releases the Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 video game for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2003 - Capcom releases the Auto Modellista video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US. Price is US$49.99.
- 2004 - Namco releases the R: Racing Evolution video game for the GameCube in Europe. Included with the GameCube version is Pac-Man Vs., which uses a link cable for players to play part of the game on the Game Boy Advance.
- 1990 - Mongolia issues a postage stamp depicting a Volvo 760 GLF car.
- 2006 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A live-action opening is shown, using a Volvo car.
- 1968 - Roy Allen, A & W company founder, dies.
- 1968 - A & W adopts a new logo in the US. It is changed to an orange/brown/white oval design. "A" and "W" are in brown and the "&" is in orange, on a white field. Outside of the white is a half orange, half brown oval ring.
- 1856 - William Lyon Mackenzie again introduces a resolution in the House of Commons that Canada's currency should become a decimal system, equal to currency of the US. The resolution is defeated by a vote of 58 to 27.
- 1965 - Thomas Shingles, chief engraver of the Royal Canadian Mint, retires, after 25 years of service. Myron Cook is appointed new chief engraver.
- 1989 - In Montreal, the Empire Rare Coin Auction is held. An 1875-H Proof set (5c, 10c, 25c) is sold for $44,000.
- 1863 - The Philadelphia begins striking 1863-dated half dimes for circulation.
- 1964 - US Treasury begins redemption of silver certificates in refined silver granules and bullion bars, at a value of $1.292929292 per ounce.
- 1980 - (to March 28) Bowers and Ruddy Galleries conducts the auction of the second session of the John Work Garrett Collection from the Johns Hopkins University. Total sales: $11 million. Some highlights:
- 1804 silver dollar, Class III: US$400,000, a record for a US Mint coin, and for a silver coin;
- 1851 Augustus Humbert gold Proof slug, unique: US$500,000;
- 1821 $2.50 gold: US$120,000;
- 1879 "Schoolgirl" dollar pattern: US$105,000.
- 2007 - The Denver Mint begins striking 2007 Washington state quarters for circulation.
- 2009 - (to March 27) At the Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention, Bowers and Merena Auctions conducts the auction. Some highlights:
- 1870-CC Coronet gold double eagle, AU-55 NGC: US$414,000.
- 1856 - New South Wales' first first-class cricket game, versus Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales wins.
- 1889 - Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26 out of 47! South Africa versus England.
- 1889 - Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 and 8-11) versus South Africa at Newlands.
- 1889 - South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 versus England.
- 1915 - Stanley Cup: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Ottawa Senators in 3 games.
- 1917 - Stanley Cup: Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1; Seattle is first US team to win Stanley Cup.
- 1923 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), three games to one.
- 1931 - Leo Bentley bowls three consecutive perfect games in Lorain, Ohio.
- 1937 - Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice and replaces his 40 with 36 ounce bat.
- 1945 - De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34.
- 1949 - 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36.
- 1951 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Sandhills Women's Golf Open.
- 1952 - 14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats Saint Johns 80-63.
- 1959 - Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad versus West Indies age 15 years 124 days.
- 1960 - Baltimore Orioles-Cincinnati Reds series for Havana, Cuba is moved to Miami, Florida.
- 1960 - USC captures NCAA swimming title.
- 1961 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Golden Circle of Golf Festival.
- 1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Venice Ladies' Golf Open.
- 1972 - Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic.
- 1972 - Los Angeles Lakers break NBA record by winning 69 of 82 games.
- 1973 - 35th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76; this is UCLA's 7th consecutive NCAA basketball title.
- 1974 - George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in two rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1975 - Washington Capitals play record NHL 37th road game without a win and NHL record of 17 straight losses.
- 1976 - American League approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for US$7 million.
- 1979 - 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Michigan State Spartans beat Indiana State Sycamores, 75-64 as Magic Johnson outscores Larry Bird, 24-19; this snaps Indiana State's 33-game win streak.
- 1979 - San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants announce plans to play exhibition series in Tokyo, but Giants' players reject it.
- 1987 - Hyderabad beats Delhi on first innings to win Ranji Trophy.
- 1987 - National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet).
- 1988 - Janet B Evans swims 1500 metre freestyle female world record (15:02.10).
- 1989 - Allison Finney wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic.
- 1991 - Orlando Thunder beats San Antonio Riders in their first WLAF game 35-34.
- 1991 - Victoria beats New South Wales by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final.
- 1992 - NHL New York Rangers clinch first NHL regular season championship in 50 years.
- 1994 - Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 metre ladies (38.99 seconds).
- 1994 - Gunda Niemann skates un-official world record 10 km ladies (14:02.60).
- 1994 - Gunda Niemann skates world record 5 km ladies (7:03.26).
- 1995 - 24th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nanci Bowen.
- 1995 - Mashonaland beat Mashonaland U-24 by 165 runs to win Logan Cup.
- 1996 - Last day of first-class cricket for Allan Border (Queensland versus Victoria).
- 1997 - NHL announce Mighty Ducks and Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan.
- 2000 - In Seattle, Washington, the Kingdome sports arena is demolished into a mound of rubble over 65 feet high, to make way for a new stadium.
- 2022 - At SAP Center in San Jose, California, USA, NHL regular season game: San Jose Sharks beats Anaheim Ducks by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Los Angeles Kings beats Seattle Kraken by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Scotiabank Saddledrome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Calgary Flames beats Edmonton Oilers by score 9-5.
- 2022 - At Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats Columbus Blue Jackets by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Enterprise Center in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, NHL regular season game: Carolina Hurricanes beats Saint Louis Blues by score 7-2.
- 2022 - At American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, USA, NHL regular season game: Vancouver Canucks beats Dallas Stars by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., USA, NHL regular season game: Washington Capitals beats New Jersey Devils by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Florida Panthers beats Ottawa Senators by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, NHL regular season game: Montreal Canadiens beats Toronto Maple Leafs by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, NHL regular season game: Vegas Golden Knights beats Chicago Blackhawks by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA, NHL regular season game: Tampa Bay Lightning beats Detroit Red Wings by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats New York Islanders by score 6-3.
- 1859 - First sighting of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury.
- 1958 - US Army launches America's third successful satellite, Explorer III.
- 1969 - Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched.
- 1981 - Soyuz T-4 lands.
- 1987 - NASA launches Fltsatcom-6, it fails to reach orbit.
- 2008 - US space shuttle Endeavour returns to Earth, landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission delivered the first part of the Japanese Kibo research laboratory and a Canadian maintenance robot to the International Space Station. Space station flight engineer Leopold Eyharts returned with the shuttle, after spending seven weeks setting up the Columbus lab.
- 1913 - City of Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, and Muskingum Rivers reach flood stage simultaneously.
- 1790 - US Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires two-year residency.
- 1804 - US Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana.
- 1804 - Territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase.
- 1830 - The Book of Mormon is first published in Palmyra, New York.
- 1845 - Joseph Francis, New York City, New York, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat.
- 1862 - Battle of La Glorieta Pass, New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch).
- 1863 - Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves.
- 1872 - In Owens Valley, California, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurs.
- 1910 - US forbid immigration of criminals, anarchists, paupers, and the sick.
- 1910 - William H Lewis is appointed Assistant Attorney General of US.
- 1913 - Construction work on the Panama Canal peaks with 44,733 workers on site.
- 1913 - City of Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, and Muskingum Rivers reach flood stage simultaneously.
- 1930 - US Congress appropriates $50,000 for Inter-American highway.
- 1937 - Spinach growers of Crystal City, Texas, USA erect statue of Popeye.
- 1942 - 20 tons of gelignite kills 21 in a stone quarry in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1945 - Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen on the Rhine.
- 1945 - The last Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima are wiped out. Only 200 of the original 22,000 Japanese defenders were captured alive. More than 6,000 Americans died taking Iwo Jima, and some 17,000 were wounded.
- 1945 - Kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto.
- 1945 - US 7th Army crosses Rhine at Worms.
- 1951 - US Air Force flag approved.
- 1953 - Dr Jonas Salk announces new vaccine to prevent polio [myelitis].
- 1954 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island.
- 1955 - "Ballad of Davy Crockett" becomes the #1 record in US.
- 1958 - The 30th Annual Academy Awards celebration is televised with Rosalind Russell, James Stewart, David Niven, Jack Lemmon, Bob Hope and Donald Duck (on film) co-hosting. The Bridge on the River Kwai wins 7 Oscars, Sayonara wins 5. Best Music/Song goes to James Van Heusen (music), and Sammy Cahn (lyrics) for "All the Way" from The Joker Is Wild.
- 1958 - US Army launches America's third successful satellite, Explorer III.
- 1962 - US Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature.
- 1964 - Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand opens at Winter Garden Theater in New York City for 1,348 performances.
- 1964 - US Treasury ends redemption of silver certificates for silver dollars, instead redeeming in refined silver granules and bullion bars, at a value of $1.292929292 per ounce.
- 1967 - 21st Tony Awards: Homecoming and Cabaret win.
- 1970 - 500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945.
- 1979 - Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat sign a peace treaty in Washington DC.
- 1982 - A ground breaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, DC.
- 1983 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1986 - An article in the New York Times charges that Kurt Waldheim, former United Nations Secretary General and candidate for president of Austria, may have been involved in German war crimes during World War II.
- 1987 - NASA launches Fltsatcom-6, it fails to reach orbit.
- 1988 - U.S. presidential candidate Jesse Jackson defeats Michael Dukakis in the Michigan Democratic caucuses, becoming the temporary front-runner for the party's nomination.
- 1990 - 62nd Academy Awards: Driving Miss Daisy, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Tandy win.
- 1991 - Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street and Lexington Ave, New York City, New York.
- 1995 - 15th Golden Raspberry Awards: Color of Night wins.
- 1997 - In San Diego, California, 39 Heaven's Gate cultists commit mass suicide at their compound.
- 1999 - A Michigan jury finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
- 2000 - Philip N. Diehl ends term as US Mint Director.
- 2000 - In Seattle, Washington, the Kingdome sports arena is demolished into a mound of rubble over 65 feet high, to make way for a new stadium.
- 2008 - Tata Motors of India announces it will buy Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor of the USA for US$2.3 billion.
- 2008 - US space shuttle Endeavour returns to Earth, landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission delivered the first part of the Japanese Kibo research laboratory and a Canadian maintenance robot to the International Space Station. Space station flight engineer Leopold Eyharts returned with the shuttle, after spending seven weeks setting up the Columbus lab.
- 2008 - Advanced Micro Devices unveils the "Phenom" microprocessor for desktop personal computers.
- 2009 - Mount Redoubt volcano in Alaska erupts, shooting a plume of ash and smoke into the atmosphere, up to 20,000m.
- 2010 - US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agree to a new nuclear arms reduction treaty. The treaty limits both sides to 1,550 warheads, a cut of 25 percent for the Americans and 30 percent for the Russians. Once the treaty is ratified, each side would have seven years to carry out the reductions.
- 2020 - Global COVID-19 cases reach 500,000, with nearly 23,000 deaths confirmed. The U.S. surpasses China and Italy in total number of known COVID-19 cases, with at least 81,321 cases and more than 1,000 deaths.
Other history:
- 1812 - Earthquake destroys 90 percent of Caracas; about 20,000 die.
- 2000 - Presidential elections in Russia: Vladimir Putin is elected President.
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