On This Day for March 26 - Signing of Israel-Egypt peace treaty, Nancy Pelosi is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. March 26 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Nancy Pelosi READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1979 Signing of Israel-Egypt peace treaty READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2011: American Democratic politician Geraldine Ferraro, who was the first woman to be nominated (1984) for vice president by a major political party in the United States, died at age 75. [ Take our quiz about women in U.S. politics.] 2005: Sixteen years after being canceled, the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who returned to television with a new episode, with Christopher Eccleston appearing in the title role. [ Sort fact from fiction in our pop culture quiz.] 2000: Russian intelligence officer and politician Vladimir Putin was elected president of Russia. [Test what you know about hockey player Alex Ovechkin and politician Vladimir Putin.] 1997: Police discovered the bodies of 39 members of Heaven's Gate, an American religious group that believed in unidentified flying objects; they had committed suicide in the belief that a spaceship was arriving to take them to a better place. 1944: American pop singer and actress Diana Ross—who achieved international stardom, first as leader of the vocal group the Supremes and later as a solo artist—was born. [Take our quiz about singers, musicians, and composers.] 1941: British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, who maintained that genes are the driving force of evolution and advocated atheism , was born in Nairobi, Kenya. SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1973 Larry Page American computer scientist and entrepreneur 1931 Leonard Nimoy American actor 1941 Richard Dawkins British biologist and writer 1925 Pierre Boulez French composer and conductor 1904 Joseph Campbell American author 1874 Robert Frost American poet SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2021 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help