Discover what happened on 26 March 1916 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Births
- Christian B. Anfinsen (American biochemist (1916–1995))
- Sterling Hayden (American actor (1916–1986))
- Benjamin A. Smith II (American politician and Senator from Massachusetts)
- Edward Sangmeister (German archaeologist and prehistorian (1916–2016))
- Mort Abrahams (American television producer (1916–2009))
- Werner Rother (German jurist (1916–2011))
- Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem (President of Bangladesh (1916–1997))
- Gabriel Dormois (French association football player (1916-2003))
- Bill Edrich (Cricket player of England. (1916-1986))
- Harry Rabinowitz (South African composer (1916–2016))
- Şakir Sırmalı (Turkish film director and screenwriter)
- Sune Östling (Swedish composer)
- Josef Zwernemann (German World War II fighter pilot (1916–1944))
- Pat Jackson (film director (1916-2011))
- Richard Czekay (German officer and Knight’s Cross recipient (1916–2009))
- Vic Schoen (American bandleader, arranger, and composer (1916–2000))
- Ryūichi Hamaguchi (Japanese historian and art critic (1916-1995))
- Hiroshi Tanimura
- Ján Haško (Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament, member of Czechoslovak national parliament and slovak nation politician)
- Sabri Ayyad (Libyan actor)
- Hermann Stock (German pastor, translator of Estonian literature)
- Manuel Reimóndez Portela (Spanish politician)
- Olga Vrabič (Slovene pharmacist and politician (1916-2001))
- James Gayfer (Canadian musician (1916-1997))
- Yury Pisarev (Russian scientist)
- Pat Hayden (Irish hurler)
- Pierre Mouchet (French politician (1916-1980))
- Harry Fleer (actor (1916-1994))
- Eleanor Sayre (American art historian)
- Bob Haak (American football player (1916-1992))
- Misch Kohn (American painter and printmaker (1916-2002))
- Dai Zijin
- Benjamin Morton Siegel (American university teacher)
- Gilbert De Keersmaeker (Belgian teacher)
- Kenneth Cross (British physiologist (1916-1990))
- Robert Finkelstein (American theoretical physicist)
- Ed Nelson, Jr. (American songwriter b. 1916)
- Georg Brosi (Swiss politician (1916-1984))
- Ernst Baron von Gudenus ((1916-1972))
- John Michael Stirling ((born 1916))
- Barbara Le Marchant ((1916-1938))
- Leonard Merlyn Wickremasooriya (Sri Lankan Army officer)
- Robert Milton Silverstein (scientist)
- Ludwig Rinderer (dentist)
- Eric Olsen (American sailor)
- John Sumner Burroughs (euphoniumist, music collector (1916-1988))
- Ilsa Winternitzová (holocaust victim, b. 1916-03-26)
- Giovanni Mercurio (Italian psychiatrist (1916-1945))
- Johanna Pleskotová (prisoner in Theresienstadt Ghetto, b. 1916-03-26)
- Ranulpho (person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection)
- Nguyen Qui Anh (South Vietnamese diplomat)
- Marcel Muller (French footballer (1916-1993))
- Karl Bistritschan
- Susanne Baader
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Deaths
- Wilhelm Kobelt (German zoologist (1840–1916))
- Auguste Ollivier (French politician)
- Carl Heinrich Döring (German music pedagogue (1834–1916))
- George Francis Houck (Roman Catholic priest)
- Midorigawa Tetsuzō (Japanese lawyer)
- Wakasugi Kisaburo (Japanese politician)
- Jan Štěpán
- Théodore Guilloz
- Nils Schøyen
- Charles Davies Sherston ((died 1916))
- Harriet Anastasia de la Poer ((died 1916))
- Anna Eliza Foster ((died 1916))
- Frederick Jameson (Peerage person ID=445945)
- Louise Van Oostende