Updated March 25, 2012, 2:28 pm
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.
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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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. 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. 2003 Former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., died at age 76. 2011 More than 250,000 people took to London’s streets to protest the toughest spending cuts since World War II. 2011 Former Democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, the first female major party nominee for the office, died at age 75. Current Birthdays
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Rock singer Steven Tyler (Aerosmith, “American Idol”) turns 64 years old today.
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Actress Keira Knightley turns 27 years old today.
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1925 Pierre Boulez, Conductor, composer, turns 87 1930 Sandra Day O’Connor, Former Supreme Court justice, turns 82 1931 Leonard Nimoy, Actor (“Star Trek”), turns 81 1934 Alan Arkin, Actor, turns 78 1940 James Caan, Actor, turns 72 1940 Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman, D-Calif., turns 72 1942 Erica Jong, Author, turns 70 1943 Bob Woodward, Journalist, turns 69 1944 Diana Ross, Singer, turns 68 1949 Vicki Lawrence, Singer, actress, turns 63 1950 Martin Short, Actor, comedian, turns 62 1953 Lincoln Chafee, Governor of Rhode Island, turns 59 1953 Elaine Chao, Former secretary of labor, turns 59 1957 Leeza Gibbons, TV personality, turns 55 1960 Marcus Allen, Football Hall of Famer, turns 52 1960 Jennifer Grey, Actress (“Dirty Dancing”), turns 52 1960 Jon Huntsman Jr., Former governor of Utah, turns 52 1962 John Stockton, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 50 1966 Michael Imperioli, Actor (“The Sopranos”), turns 46 1968 Kenny Chesney, Country singer, turns 44 1976 Amy Smart, Actress, turns 36
Historic Birthdays
Robert Frost 3/26/1874 – 1/29/1963 American 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 inventor48 Edward Bellamy 3/26/1850 – 5/22/1898
American writer77 A. E. Housman 3/26/1859 – 4/30/1936
English scholar and poet90 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 Bridge71 Palmiro Togliatti 3/26/1893 – 8/21/1964
Italian politician who led the Italian Communist Party for nearly40 years84 James Conant 3/26/1893 – 2/11/1978
American educator and scientist83 Joseph Campbell 3/26/1904 – 10/31/1987
American editor and author of many works on mythology71 Tennessee Williams 3/26/1911 – 2/25/1983
American dramatist and author
