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A total solar eclipse occurred on March 25, 1857. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_March_25,_1857

Transit at Midnight of Alpha Corvus, 26th March
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Corvi



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Prince Kuhio Day is an official holiday in the state of Hawaii.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Kuhio_Day

The 1812 Caracas earthquake took place in Venezuela on March 26, 1812
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_Caracas_earthquake

On March 26, 2011 the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) officially designated Jasper National Park a Dark Sky Preserve
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ab/jasper/edu/cieletoile-darksky.aspx

The decree of the founding of the Belgrade Observatory was signed on 26 March 1887
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrade_Observatory



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Explorer 3 was launched on March 26, 1958
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer_III

Meteor 1-1 was the Soviet Union's first fully operational weather satellite, and was launched 26 March 1969
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_M-1



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Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko (born March 26, 1962) is a Russian cosmonaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gidzenko

Nathaniel Bowditch (March 26, 1773 - March 16, 1838)) was an American mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Bowditch

Max Abraham (March 26, 1875 - November 16, 1922) was a German physicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Abraham

Oscar Sala (March 26, 1922 - January 2, 2010) was an Italian-Brazilian nuclear physicist 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Sala

Carl Edwin Wieman (born March 26, 1951) is an American physicist 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wieman

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (March 26, 1753 - August 21, 1814) was an American-born British physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Thompson

Alexander Thom (26 March 1894 - 7 November 1985) was a Scottish engineer most famous for his theory of the Megalithic yard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Thom

Michael Sean "Mike" Brotherton (born March 26, 1968) is an American science fiction writer and astronomer. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Brotherton

Leonard Simon Nimoy (March 26, 1931 - February 27, 2015) was an American actor. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy



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NGC 2817 was discovered by Lewis Swift on the 26th March 1887.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57126053/ngc-2817/

NGC 2821 was discovered by John Herschel using on the 26th March 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57126043/ngc-2821/

NGC 3312 was discovered by John Herschel on the 26th March 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57126024/ngc-3312/

NGC 3316 was discovered by John Herschel on the 26th March 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57126016/ngc-3316/

NGC 3542 was discovered by Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 26th March 1884.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57125996/ngc-3542/

NGC 3545 was discovered by Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 26th March 1884.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57125984/ngc-3545/

NGC 4993 was discovered by William Herschel on the 26th March 1789.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t64038730/ngc-4993/

NGC 5085 was discovered by William Herschel on the 26th March 1789.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57125974/ngc-5085/

NGC 6174 was discovered by George Johnstone Stoney on the 26th March 1849.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57125964/ngc-6174/



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On March 26, 1859, amateur astronomer Lescarbault claimed to have observed Vulcan
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t20007230/the-planet-vulcan/

The discovery of TNO 2012 VP113 was announced on 26 March 2014.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57140364/tno-2012-vp113/

On March 26, 1895, Scottish chemist Sir William Ramsay isolated helium 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium#Scientific_discoveries



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Meteorites

The Vernon County (H6) meteorite fell in Wisconsin, USA, on the 26th March, 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48436235/vernon-county-meteorite/

The Tulung Dzong (Stone) meteorite fell in Tibet, on the 26th March, 1944.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48436242/tulung-dzong-meteorite/

The Tahara (H4/5) meteorite fell in Chubu, Japan, on the 26th March, 1991.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48436237/tahara-meteorite/

The Park Forest (L5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Illinois, USA, on the 26th March, 2003.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57125531/park-forest-meteorite/



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