Portal:United States/Anniversaries/March/March 26
- 1945 – US forces declare Iwo Jima, one of the most harshly contested battlegrounds of the Pacific Theatre of World War II, as "secure."
- 1953 – Jonas Salk (pictured) announces his polio vaccine.
- 1967 – Ten thousand people gather in New York City for the Central Park be-in.
- 1979 – Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- 1982 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
- 1999 – A jury in Michigan finds physician and assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
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Events
- 1945 - World War II: In Iwo Jima, US forces declare Iwo Jima as "secure."
- 1953 - Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine.
- 1958 - The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
- 1965 - A truck loses control down Moosic Street, Scranton, Pennsylvania, killing the driver. This accident later inspired the 1974 Harry Chapin song, "30,000 Pounds of Bananas."
- 1967 - Ten thousand people gather for the Central Park be-in.
- 1977 - Focus on the Family is founded by Dr. James Dobson.
- 1979 - Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- 1982 - A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
- 1997 - Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides.
- 1999 - The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and email systems around the world.
- 1999 - A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
Deaths Vena Lechevalier 86 years old March 26, 2008