History for March 26

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William C. Westmoreland 1914 - U.S. Army general, Strother Martin 1919, Sandra Day O'Connor 1930 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice 


Leonard Nimoy 1931 - Actor ("Star Trek"), James Caan 1939 - Actor, Nancy Pelosi 1940 - U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives 


Bob Woodward 1943 - Journalist, Diana Ross 1944 - Singer, Kenny Chesney 1968 - Country singer 


1804 - The U.S. Congress ordered the removal of Indians east of the Mississippi to Louisiana. 


1910 - The U.S. Congress passed an amendment to the 1907 Immigration Act that barred criminals, paupers, anarchists and carriers of disease from settling in the U.S. 


1937 - Spinach growers in Crystal City, TX, erected a statue of Popeye. 


1938 - Herman Goering warned all Jews to leave Austria. 


1942 - The Germans began sending Jews to Auschwitz in Poland. 


1953 - Dr. Jonas Salk announced a new vaccine that would prevent poliomyelitis. 


1982 - Ground breaking ceremonies were held in Washington, DC, for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. 



1989 - The first free elections took place in the Soviet Union. Boris Yeltsin was elected. 


1992 - In Indianapolis, heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was found guilty of rape. He was sentenced to 6 years in prison. He only served three. 


1996 - The International Monetary Fund approved a $10.2 billion loan for Russia to help the country transform its economy. 


1997 - The 39 bodies of Heaven's Gate members are found in a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. The group had committed suicide thinking that they would be picked up by a spaceship following behind the comet Hale-Bopp.