Birthdays occurring on March, 26

1904

Joseph Campbell was born on March 26, 1904 American prolific author, editor, philosopher and teacher, 1904-1987 Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself. More quotations from Joseph Campbell

1905

Viktor Frankl was born on March 26, 1905 Austrian psychiatrist and psychotherapist. 1905-1997 The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose ones attitude in any given circumstance. More quotations from Viktor Frankl

1911

Tennessee Williams was born on March 26, 1911 American playwright. 1911-1983 Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose. More quotations from Tennessee Williams

1913

Paul Erdos was born on March 26, 1913 A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems. More quotations from Paul Erdos

Deaths occurring on March, 26

1649

John Winthrop died on March 26, 1649 For we must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world. More quotations from John Winthrop

1827

Ludwig van Beethoven died on March 26, 1827 German composer the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic era. 1770-1827 I despise a world which does not feel that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy More quotations from Ludwig van Beethoven

1892

Walt Whitman died on March 26, 1892 poet, 1819-1892 Whatever satisfies the soul is truth. More quotations from Walt Whitman

1900

Isaac Mayer Wise died on March 26, 1900 American rabbi whose goal of uniting American Jewry made him the greatest organizer of Reform Jewish institutions in the United States. 1819-1900 The Greek grasped the present moment, and was the artist; the Jew worshipped the timeless spirit, and was the prophet More quotations from Isaac Mayer Wise