Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 26
March 26: Independence Day in Bangladesh (1971).
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- 1027 – Pope John XIX crowned Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1636 – Utrecht University, one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe, was established.
- 1971 – After the Pakistan Army attempted to curb the Bengali nationalist movement in Operation Searchlight, East Pakistan declared its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh (original 1971 flag pictured), starting the Bangladesh Liberation War.
- 1973 – The first episode of The Young and the Restless was broadcast, eventually becoming the most watched daytime drama on American television from 1988 onwards.