Once Upon A Time – March 26 – 1971 – Bangladesh (East Pakistan) Declares Independence From Pakistan

1027 Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor, founder of the Salian dynasty

1812 Earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela and kills an estimated 15,000–20,000 people

1871 Municipal elections bring revolutionaries to power in Paris to form Commune government
1909 In support of Mohammed Ali Shah’s coup d’etat against the constitutional government in Persia, a Russian military force invades northern Persia to relieve the siege of Tabriz

1942 First “Eichmann transport” to Auschwitz & Birkenau concentration camps

1953 Dr. Jonas Salk announces that he has successfully tested a vaccine to prevent Polio, clinical trials began the next year

1966 Large-scale anti-Vietnam War protests take place in the United States, including in New York, Washington, D.C. and Chicago

1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares its independence from Pakistan

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1953 “Ugetsu”, Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, starring Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyō and Kinuyo Tanaka, is released

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1982 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder release the single “Ebony & Ivory” in the UK

Today in Sport
1972 LA Lakers break NBA wins record by winning 69 of 82 games (69-13), record will stand for 24 years

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1845 Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precursor of band-aid

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2015 Richard III of England (1452-1485) is reburied at Leicester Cathedral in England, after being discovered under a carpark in Leicester in 2012