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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

March 26

On This Day In History

1979: Signing of Israel-Egypt peace treaty

The historic peace accord between Israel and Egypt, agreed to by Menachem Begin and Anwar el-Sadat and negotiated by U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Camp David, Maryland, in September 1978, was signed this day in 1979.

Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat (left), U.S. President Jimmy Carter

Biography Of The Day

Robert Frost

American poet Robert Frost, much admired for his depictions of New England rural life, his command of American colloquial speech, and his realistic verse portraying ordinary people, was born this day in 1874.

Robert Frost, 1954

More Events On This Day In History

1992

Heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison following a rape conviction in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1971

1971

Members of the Awami League set up a government-in-exile in Calcutta (Kolkata) and declared Bangladesh an independent state.

1930

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to become a U.S. Supreme Court justice, was born in El Paso, Texas.

1927

1927

The Mille Miglia, the famed automobile race across Italy, was inaugurated.

1885

The first clash of the Riel Rebellion in Canada took place in Duck Lake, Saskatchewan.

1827

Ludwig van Beethoven died of cirrhosis of the liver in Vienna.

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