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What happened in history on this day: March 26?
On March 26 in ...
- 1856 - New South Wales' first first-class game, versus Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales won.
- 1889 - Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26 out of 47! South Africa versus England.
- 1889 - Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 and 8-11) versus South Africa at Newlands.
- 1889 - South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 versus England.
- 1915 - Stanley Cup: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Ottawa Senators in 3 games.
- 1917 - Stanley Cup: Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1; Seattle is first US team to win Stanley Cup.
- 1923 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), three games to one.
- 1931 - Leo Bentley bowls three consecutive perfect games in Lorain, Ohio.
- 1937 - Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice and replaces his 40 with 36 ounce bat.
- 1945 - De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34.
- 1945 - Venray soccer team forms.
- 1949 - 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36.
- 1951 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Sandhills Women's Golf Open.
- 1952 - 14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats Saint Johns 80-63.
- 1959 - Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad versus West Indies age 15 years 124 days.
- 1960 - Baltimore Orioles-Cincinnati Reds series for Havana, Cuba is moved to Miami, Florida.
- 1960 - USC captures NCAA swimming title.
- 1961 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Golden Circle of Golf Festival.
- 1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Venice Ladies' Golf Open.
- 1972 - Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic.
- 1972 - Los Angeles Lakers break NBA record by winning 69 of 82 games.
- 1973 - 35th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76; this is UCLA's 7th consecutive NCAA basketball title.
- 1974 - George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in two rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1975 - Washington Capitals play record NHL 37th road game without a win and NHL record of 17 straight losses.
- 1976 - American League approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for US$7 million.
- 1979 - 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Michigan State Spartans beat Indiana State Sycamores, 75-64 as Magic Johnson outscores Larry Bird, 24-19; this snaps Indiana State's 33-game win streak.
- 1979 - San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants announce plans to play exhibition series in Tokyo, but Giants' players reject it.
- 1987 - Hyderabad beats Delhi on first innings to win Ranji Trophy.
- 1987 - National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet).
- 1988 - Janet B Evans swims 1500 metre freestyle female world record (15:02.10).
- 1989 - Allison Finney wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic.
- 1991 - Orlando Thunder beats San Antonio Riders in their first WLAF game 35-34.
- 1991 - Victoria beats New South Wales by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final.
- 1992 - NHL New York Rangers clinch first NHL regular season championship in 50 years.
- 1994 - Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 metre ladies (38.99 seconds).
- 1994 - Gunda Niemann skates un-official world record 10 km ladies (14:02.60).
- 1994 - Gunda Niemann skates world record 5 km ladies (7:03.26).
- 1995 - 24th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nanci Bowen.
- 1995 - Mashonaland beat Mashonaland U-24 by 165 runs to win Logan Cup.
- 1996 - Last day of first-class cricket for Allan Border (Queensland versus Victoria).
- 1997 - NHL announce Mighty Ducks and Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan.
- 2000 - In Seattle, Washington, the Kingdome sports arena is demolished into a mound of rubble over 65 feet high, to make way for a new stadium.
Births of sports figures on March 26
- 1908 - Birth of Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling in Essen, Germany; tennis star (French 1935).
- 1916 - Birth of Bill Edrich; cricket player (Middlesex and England bat, Compton's mate).
- 1925 - Birth of Maqsood Ahmed; cricket player (Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56).
- 1926 - Birth of Ann Curtis; American 400-metre freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-1948).
- 1934 - Birth of Gino Cappelletti; ORFU, AFL running back (AFL Player of Year 1964).
- 1937 - Birth of Barbara Pearl Jones in Chicago, Illinois, USA; 4X100 metre relayer (Olympics-gold-1952, 1960).
- 1937 - Birth of Wayne Embry; holder of 7 basketball records (Miami of Ohio).
- 1940 - Birth of Braulio Baeza; jockey (National Horse Racing Hall of Famer).
- 1945 - Birth of Mikhail Voronin in USSR; horse vault gymnast (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 1950 - Birth of Graham Barlow; cricket player (England batsman in three Tests 1976-77).
- 1953 - Birth of Tatyana Providokhina; Russian 1000m runner (world record).
- 1956 - Birth of Tatyana Kochergina in the USSR; team handball (Olympics-gold-1976, 1980).
- 1957 - Birth of Walter Rohlfing in Dusseldorf, Germany; WLAF defensive line coach (Rhein Fire).
- 1959 - Birth of David Delong in Portland, Oregon, USA; Canadian Tour golfer (1988 British Columbia Open).
- 1960 - Birth of Marcus Allen; NFL running back (Los Angeles Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs, Heisman 1981).
- 1960 - Birth of Michael Evans in Fontana, California, USA; US water polo player (Olympics-silver-1988).
- 1962 - Birth of John Stockton in Spokane, Washington, USA; NBA guard (Utah Jazz, Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1962 - Birth of Kevin Seitzer in Springfield, Illinois, USA; infielder (Milwaukee Brewers).
- 1962 - Birth of Maarten de Young; soccer player (SC Heerenveen).
- 1963 - Birth of Rebecca Twigg in Seattle, Washington, USA; 79K cyclist (Olympics-silver-1984, 1992, 1996).
- 1964 - Birth of Ab Plugboer; soccer player (FC Utrecht).
- 1964 - Birth of Ulf Samuelsson in Fagersta, Sweden; NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, New York Rangers).
- 1966 - Birth of Lee Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA; Nike golfer (1992 Texarkana Open-5th).
- 1966 - Birth of Mike Remlinger in Middletown, New York, USA; pitcher (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1966 - Birth of Wesley Walls; NFL tight end (New Orleans Saints).
- 1968 - Birth of Edward Kaminski in Kansas City, Kansas, USA; javelin thrower.
- 1968 - Birth of Ian Hutchings in Zimbabwe; Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Klondike Klassic).
- 1968 - Birth of Jose Vizcaino in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic; infielder (New York Mets).
- 1968 - Birth of Kari Gronroos; WLAF kicker (Scotland Claymores).
- 1968 - Birth of Mike Trevathan; Canadian Football League slot back (British Columbia Lions).
- 1968 - Birth of Shane Reynolds in Bastrop, Louisiana, USA; pitcher (Houston Astros).
- 1969 - Birth of Luke Richardson in Ottawa, Canada; NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers).
- 1969 - Birth of Vikram Rathour; cricket player (Indian Test opening batsman 1996-).
- 1970 - Birth of Paul Bosvelt; soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles/FC Twente).
- 1971 - Birth of Dave DeGraaf in Lansing, Michigan, USA; team handball circle (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Jesus Tavarez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; outfielder (Florida Marlins).
- 1971 - Birth of Rennae Stubbs in Sydney, Australia; tennis star.
- 1971 - Birth of Tommy Fagan; Canadian Football League/NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons, Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1972 - Birth of Naoko Kijimuta in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; tennis star (1996 Jakarta).
- 1972 - Birth of Steve Anderson; Canadian Football League defensive linebacker (Calgary Stampeders).
- 1973 - Birth of Marshall Faulk; running back (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1974 - Birth of Alfred Shipman; Canadian Football League slot back (British Columbia Lions).
- 1974 - Birth of Irina Spirlea in Bucharest, Romania; tennis star (1996 Amelia Island).
- 1974 - Birth of Mike Peca in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; NHL center (Buffalo Sabres).
- 1988 - Birth of José Vizcaíno in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, infielder (New York Mets).
Deaths of sports figures on March 26
- 1926 - Georges Vezina, NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Montreal Canadiens), dies.
- 1937 - Albert Relf, cricket player (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide.
- 1958 - Phil Mead, cricket player (55061 first-class runs 1905-36), dies.
- 1973 - George Sisler, hall of famer first baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at age 80.
- 1981 - Tim Wall, cricket player (SA versus New South Wales 1933 is Sheffield Shield record), dies.
- 1993 - Roy Riegels, University of California football player who ran wrong way, dies at age 84.
- 1996 - (Elizabeth Cissie) Charlton, football matriarch, dies at age 83.
- 2006 - Death of Paul Dana, American race car driver (born 1975).
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