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This is a list of selected March 26 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
Independence Day in Bangladesh (1971) tagged for {Tone} issues
1027Pope John XIX crowned Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. refimprove
1169Saladin was inaugurated as vizier of Egypt. refimprove section
1351War of the Breton Succession: Thirty knights and squires each from France and England fought to determine who would rule the Duchy of Brittany, later celebrated as a noble display of the ideals of chivalry. Many citations needed
1636Utrecht University, one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe, was established. refimprove
1830 – The Book of Mormon, the defining sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement, was first published. missing information
1871 – The Paris Commune was formally established in Paris. Featured on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 18
1881Domnitor Carol I was proclaimed the first King of Romania, beginning the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty. unreferenced section (Ancestry)
1973 – The first episode of The Young and the Restless was broadcast, eventually becoming the most watched daytime drama on American television from 1988 onwards. refimprove section
1974 – A group of peasant women in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India, surrounded trees in order to prevent loggers from felling them, giving rise to the Chipko movement. refimprove section
1978 – Four days before the scheduled opening of Japan's Narita International Airport, a group of protesters destroyed much of the equipment in the control tower with Molotov cocktails. refimprove section, unreferenced section
1979 – With the signing of a peace treaty in Washington, D.C., Egypt became the first Arab country officially to recognize Israel. Multiple issues
1982 – Groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was held. Multiple uncited paragraphs, yellow banner
1999 – The Melissa computer virus was released, infecting email systems around the world. short, insufficient context
2005 – The Taiwanese government called on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to China's Anti-Secession Law. refimprove

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March 26

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