Today in History - History - March 26th

1967Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Venice Ladies' Golf Open

1945De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34

2012Canadian Film maker James Cameron becomes the first person to visit Challenger Deep, the deepest point on Earth in over 50 years

1976Queen Elizabeth II sent out the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.

1940Ernest Hemingway & Benjamin Glazer premiere in NYC

1937Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice & replace his 40 with 36 oz bat

199062nd Academy Awards - "Driving Miss Daisy", Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Tandy win

1953Dr Jonas Salk announces vaccine to prevent polio

195830th Academy Awards-"Bridge on the River Kwai" best film, Joanne Woodward & Alec Guinness best actress/actor

1945Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine

1931Leonard Nimoy, Boston, actor (Spock-Star Trek, Mission Impossible)

1875Syngman Rhee, P'yŏngsan Hwanghae Province, first President of South Korea (1948-60)

1911Tennessee Williams, Columbus Miss, playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)

1874Robert Frost, SF, poet (Mending Wall, Road Not Taken)

1919Strother Martin, Kokomo Ind, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Slapshot)

1962John Stockton, Spokane Washington, NBA guard (Utah Jazz, Olympics-gold-96)

1950Martin Short, Hamilton Ontario, comedian (SNL, SCTV, 3 Amigos)

1985Keira Knightley, London, English actress (Bend It Like Beckham, Pirates of the Caribbean)

1965Playwright Tom Stoppard (28) weds nurse Josie Ingle

1771Political activist Thomas Paine (34) weds second wife Elizabeth Ollive

1967NBA forward Elvin Hayes (21) weds college sweetheart Erna Livingston

1938Writer Walter Lippmann (48) weds second wife Helen Byrne Armstrong

2011Oscar winning actress Reese Witherspoon (36) weds talent agent Jim Toth (34) at Libbey Ranch in Ojai, California

1979Comedic actor Bob Denver (44) weds fourth wife Dreama Peery

1892Walt Whitman, American poet, dies in Camden, NJ at 72

1926Georges Vezina, NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Canadiens), dies from TB at 39

1827Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56

1797James Hutton, geologist, dies