Nicosia, Cyprus. Several notable political, cultural and humanitarian events have occurred on March 26 across different years, including major diplomatic developments, deaths of prominent figures, and deadly tragedies.
1902
Cecil Rhodes, a British-born statesman and financier, died after becoming wealthy through commercial exploitation linked to the British African empire.
1923
French actress Sarah Bernhardt died. She was described as the greatest “tragedienne” of her day.
1973
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat took over the premiership, saying “the stage of total confrontation (with Israel) has become inevitable”.
1979
At a White House ceremony, Egypt’s President Sadat and Israel’s Prime Minister Begin signed a peace treaty ending 30 years of war between the two countries.
1997
The bodies of 39 people were found in a California mansion, described as members of a cult who died in a mass suicide.
1999
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, described as an assisted-suicide crusader, was convicted in the United States of second-degree murder for fatally injecting a terminally ill man.
2001
Sixty-one teenage boys died in a fire that burned through their boarding school dormitory in Machackos town near Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.
2002
Up to 1,000 people were killed when a series of earthquakes struck Baghlan Province in Afghanistan, about 160 km (100 miles) north of Kabul.
2003
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a U.S. senator, died at age 76. He helped shape a generation of Democratic thinkers and served at the highest levels of four successive administrations from John Kennedy through Gerald Ford.
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