Quick glance of 26 March in the pages of History

March 26: Here are the major events that occurred on 26 March….

• 26 March, 1812: Earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela and kills an estimated 15,000–20,000 people.
• 26 March, 1917: The Allied forces made their first attempt to defeat Ottoman forces from the Palestinian city of Gaza on this day.
• 26 March, 1953: American researcher Dr Jonas Salk announces the success of a vaccine against poliomyelitis, the virus that causes Polio, also refusing to patent his work.
• 26 March, 1971: The country of Bangladesh had declared its independence. This decree was made by Leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. 5 Bangladesh was formerly East Pakistan.
• 26 March, 1974: Gaura Devi, a peasant woman, gathered other women around her in a village in the Garhwal Himalayas and by hugging trees and through other forms of defiance—together prevented loggers from felling trees. This act by illiterate tribal and village women to reclaim their traditional forest rights was a dramatic moment in the ‘Chipko Andolan’, a non-violent struggle that gave birth to the modern Indian environment movement.
• 26 March, 1976: Queen Elizabeth II sent out the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.
• 26 March, 1976: Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson sentenced to 10 years in rape of Desiree Washington.
• 26 March, 2008: Ford motor company announces sale of its brands Jaguar and Land Rover to Indian business conglomerate Tata Group for a net consideration of $2.3 billion.
• 26 March, 2015: Richard III, King of England (1452-1485) is reburied at Leicester Cathedral in England, after being discovered under a carpark in Leicester in 2012.
• 26 March, 2019: Stolen Pablo Picasso painting “Buste de Femme” (Dora Maar) (1938) recovered after 20 years by Dutch art detective.