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On This Day in History: March 26

By Photos by Associated Press

March 25, 2021

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The Royal Air Force staged a daylight raid on the Matford factory in Piossy, near Paris, and set the big plant on fire on March 26, 1942. The factory had been producing 20 trucks a day for the German Army and lines of these vehicles may be seen at the left.
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General Douglas MacArthur makes an address during the ceremony marking the arrival of the General MacArthur Special in Manila, Philippines on March 26, 1945. The freight train completed the first run from San Fabian to Manila since American troops landed on Luzon.
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The famous Roosevelt smile flashes as the President waves to cheering crowds on his ride through Jacksonville, Fla., on March 26, 1935 to the U.S.S. Farragut on which he made the trip to Vincent Astor's Yacht, Nourmahal, to spend a vacation. Riding with him are Gov. Dave Scholtz (center) of Florida and Mayor John Alsop of Jacksonville.
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Roger Maris of the New York Yankees and Frank Robinson of the Cincinnati Reds met before exhibition game at Tampa, Florida, March 26, 1962. Maris was voted the Most Valuable Player in the American League and Frank Robinson received the National League’s Award.
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Members of the Apollo 13 crew leave the launch site after finishing a count down demonstration in the Apollo 13 spaceship, March 26, 1970 at Cape Kennedy in Florida. Leading the astronauts is Fred W. Haise, command pilot James A. Lovell in middle and Thomas K. Mattingly, in rear.
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President Eisenhower rides to the clubhouse from the 18th green in an electric golf cart, March 26, 1956 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, after finishing a round on the course after his arrival for the North American Summit Conference. An unidentified Secret Service man drives the cart.
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President Jimmy Carter stands in front of the billowing flags of Egypt, on the left, and Israel as the national anthems of the three countries are played before the signing of the peace treaty at the White House in Washington on March 26, 1979.
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A San Diego Sheriff's investigator takes photographs in the back patio area of a house in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. where 39 bodies were found on March 26, 1997.
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Boxer Mike Tyson looks at the ink on his hands after being fingerprinted during booking at the City-County Building in Indianapolis on March 26, 1992 after receiving a sentence of six years in prison from Judge Patricia Gifford for rape and deviant conduct. Tyson was taken to an admitting facility in Plainfield, Ind., to begin serving his sentence.
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In this Aug. 21, 1984 file picture, Geraldine Ferraro explains the finances of herself and husband during a news conference in the Queens borough of New York. The first woman to run for U.S. vice president on a major party ticket has died. Geraldine Ferraro was 75. A family friend said Ferraro, who was diagnosed with blood cancer in 1998, died Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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