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Thursday, 26 March 2026

2010

46 die as a South Korean warship sinks, allegedly after an attack by North Korea.

2006

The military junta ruling Burma officially names Naypyidaw, a new city in Mandalay Division, as the new capital. Yangon had formerly been the nation's capital.

2005

The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the demonstration.

1999

The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.

A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.

1998

Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: 52 people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.

1995

The Schengen Treaty comes into effect.

Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides.

1991

Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.

1982

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C..