March 26: Independence Day in Bangladesh (1971)
Salk administering the polio vaccine
- 590 – Byzantine emperor Maurice proclaimed his son Theodosius as his co-emperor.
- 1351 – War of the Breton Succession: Thirty knights each from France and England fought to determine who would rule the Duchy of Brittany, which later was celebrated as a noble display of the ideals of chivalry.
- 1885 – Feeling that Canada had failed to address the protection of their rights, the Métis people, led by Louis Riel, began the North-West Rebellion.
- 1953 – Jonas Salk announced the successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children (vaccination pictured).
- 1971 – East Pakistan declared its independence from Pakistan to become Bangladesh, starting the Bangladesh Liberation War.
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