Born on March 26
March 26 birthdays & history
If you were born on March 26, you share a birthday with Richard Dawkins, Robert Frost and Nancy Pelosi. March 26 babies are Aries, with aquamarine as their birthstone and the daffodil as their birth flower. March 26 is the 86th day of the year in leap years (85th in other years).
Famous people born on March 26
- 1941Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic
- 1874Robert Frost, American poet and playwright
- 1940Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- 1985Keira Knightley, English actress
- 1973Larry Page, American computer scientist and businessman, co-founder of Google
- 1911Tennessee Williams, American playwright and poet
- 1944Diana Ross, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1913Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic
- 1905Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist
- 1931Leonard Nimoy, American actor
What happened on March 26
- 590Byzantine emperor Maurice proclaimed his son Theodosius as his co-emperor.
- 1169Saladin (depicted on coin) was inaugurated as vizier of Egypt.
- 1484William Caxton printed the first English translation of Aesop's Fables.
- 1812The Boston Gazette printed a cartoon coining the term "gerrymander", named after Governor Elbridge Gerry, who approved the legislation that created oddly shaped electoral districts.
- 1830The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
- 1839The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
- 1871The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
- 1915The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Final, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
- 1922The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
- 1953Jonas Salk announced the successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children.
- 1974A 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.
- 2009A prototype of the Tesla Model S, one of the most influential electric cars in history, was unveiled.
Also observed on March 26
- National Science Appreciation Day (United States)
- Prince Kūhiō Day (Hawaii, United States)
- Purple Day (Canada and United States)
- Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel (Eastern Christianity)
Questions, answered
What star sign is March 26?
People born on March 26 are Aries. Their birthstone is aquamarine and their birth flower is the daffodil.
Which famous people were born on March 26?
Richard Dawkins (1941), Robert Frost (1874), Nancy Pelosi (1940), Keira Knightley (1985), Larry Page (1973), Tennessee Williams (1911) were all born on March 26.
What happened on March 26 in history?
Among other things: in 1953, Jonas Salk announced the successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children; in 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; in 2009, A prototype of the Tesla Model S, one of the most influential electric cars in history, was unveiled.
Can I get a newspaper front page from March 26?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any March 26 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “March 26”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.