1827
\nComposer Ludwig van Beethoven died at age 56 in Vienna, Austria.<\/p>\n
1945
\nThe battle of Iwo Jima ended; about 22,000 Japanese troops were killed or captured in the fighting and more than 4,500 U.S. troops were killed.<\/p>\n
1971
\nEast Pakistan proclaimed its independence, taking the name Bangladesh.<\/p>\n
1979
\nIn a ceremony at the White House, President Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Begin of Israel signed a peace treaty ending 30 years of war between the two countries.<\/p>\n
1982
\nGroundbreaking ceremonies for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial took place in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n
2000
\nVladimir Putin was elected president of Russia.<\/p>\n
March 26
\nRobert Frost
\n1874\u20131963, American poet, born in San Francisco.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the most popular and beloved of 20th-century American poets, Frost wrote of the character, people, and landscape of New England.<\/p>\n
Edward Bellamy
\nauthor (1850)<\/p>\n
A. E. Housman
\npoet and scholar (1859)<\/p>\n
James Bryant Conant
\neducator (1893)<\/p>\n
Tennessee Williams
\ndramatist (1911)<\/p>\n
Sandra Day O’Connor
\njurist (1930)<\/p>\n
Alan Arkin
\nactor, director (1934)<\/p>\n
Diana Ross
\nsinger (1944)<\/p>\n
Steven Tyler
\nmusician (1948)<\/p>\n
Martin Short
\nactor, producer (1950)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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