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March 26

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On March 26, 1979, the Camp David peace treaty was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House.

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On March 26, 1874, Robert Frost, the American writer who received three Pulitzer Prizes for his poetry, was born. Following his death on Jan. 29, 1963, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1827	Composer Ludwig van Beethoven died in Vienna, Austria, at age 56.
1874	Poet Robert Frost was born in San Francisco.
1885	The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co. of Rochester, N.Y., manufactured the first commercial motion picture film.
1892	Poet Walt Whitman died at age 72.
1911	Playwright Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Miss.
1917	The Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. team to win the Stanley Cup as they defeated the Montreal Canadiens.
1964	The musical "Funny Girl," starring Barbra Streisand, opened on Broadway.
1971	East Pakistan proclaimed its independence, taking the name Bangladesh.
1992	A judge in Indianapolis sentenced former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson to six years in prison for raping a Miss Black America contestant.
1997	The bodies of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate techno-religious cult who had committed suicide were found inside a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
1999	Dr. Jack Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder for giving a lethal injection to an ailing man whose death was shown on "60 Minutes."
2000	Vladimir Putin was elected president of Russia.
2002	Arthur Andersen chief executive Joseph Berardino resigned, bowing to mounting pressure as a result of the accounting firm's role in the Enron scandal.
2003	Former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., died at age 76.

Current Birthdays

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., turns 71 years old today.

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Actor James Caan turns 71 years old today.

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1925	Pierre Boulez, Conductor, composer, turns 86
1930	Sandra Day O'Connor, Former Supreme Court justice, turns 81
1931	Leonard Nimoy, Actor ("Star Trek"), turns 80
1934	Alan Arkin, Actor, turns 77
1942	Erica Jong, Author, turns 69
1943	Bob Woodward, Journalist, turns 68
1944	Diana Ross, Singer, turns 67
1948	Steven Tyler, Rock singer (Aerosmith), turns 63
1949	Vicki Lawrence, Singer, actress, turns 62
1950	Martin Short, Actor, comedian, turns 61
1953	Lincoln Chafee, Former U.S. senator, R-R.I., turns 58
1953	Elaine Chao, Former secretary of labor, turns 58
1957	Leeza Gibbons, TV personality, turns 54
1960	Marcus Allen, Football Hall of Famer, turns 51
1960	Jennifer Grey, Actress ("Dirty Dancing"), turns 51
1960	Jon Huntsman Jr., Governor of Utah, turns 51
1962	John Stockton, Basketball player, turns 49
1966	Michael Imperioli, Actor ("The Sopranos"), turns 45
1968	Kenny Chesney, Country singer, turns 43
1976	Amy Smart, Actress, turns 35
1985	Keira Knightley, Actress, turns 26

Historic Birthdays

Robert Frost3/26/1874 - 1/29/1963American poet known for his depictions of New England rural life.Go to obituary »

88	Herman Haupt 3/26/1817 - 12/14/1905 American civil engineer and inventor
48	Edward Bellamy 3/26/1850 - 5/22/1898 American writer
77	A. E. Housman 3/26/1859 - 4/30/1936 English scholar and poet
90	Syngman Rhee 3/26/1875 - 7/19/1965 First president of the Republic of Korea (South Korea)
86	Othmar Ammann 3/26/1879 - 9/22/1965 Swiss-born American engineer and designer of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
71	Palmiro Togliatti 3/26/1893 - 8/21/1964 Italian politician who led the Italian Communist Party for nearly40 years
84	James Conant 3/26/1893 - 2/11/1978 American educator and scientist
83	Joseph Campbell 3/26/1904 - 10/31/1987 American editor and author of many works on mythology
71	Tennessee Williams 3/26/1911 - 2/25/1983 American dramatist and author