Events for the 26th of March from Wikipedia:

• 1939: Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War
• Birth (1958) of Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (d. 1986) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_de_Angelis
• Death (2005) of Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Rotimi_Williams
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