THE DAY IN HISTORY · MARCH 26
March 26 in history
What happened on March 26: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1913, 1953 and 1989, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Siege of Adrianople
Nov 1912–Jul 1913 — Bulgarian and Serbian troops besiege the old Ottoman capital and take it on 26 March 1913. Four months later, while Bulgaria fights its former allies, Ottoman troops under Enver march back in almost unopposed. The city changes hands twice in a year.
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— Lari massacre
26 Mar 1953 — Mau Mau fighters kill 74 people by Anderson’s count, most of them the families of loyalist Home Guards. Security forces and Home Guards then kill at least twice as many suspects in reprisal. Remember all of them.
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— Congress of People’s Deputies election
26 Mar 1989 — In the first contested national elections since 1917, voters reject dozens of senior party officials. In Leningrad the regional party chief, standing unopposed, fails because most voters cross out his name. The new Congress opens in May, televised live.
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