On This Day:
Wednesday March 26, 2014 This is the 85th day of the year, with 280 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal was inspired by a love story. It was built by Emperor Shah Jahan in Agra, India, as a mausoleum for his favorite and second wife, Arjumand Bano Begum, who died in childbirth in 1631. Shah Jahan called his wife Mumtaz Mahal, which means "Crown of the Palace," and Taj Mahal is possibly a contraction of her name. It was her dying wish to have the most beautiful memorial in the world built for her. Construction began around 1632 and took 22 years and more than 20,000 workers and 1,000 elephants to complete. The Taj Mahal is made of white marble and sits on the banks of the River Jumna. Shah Jahan wanted to construct another Taj Mahal for himself on the other side of the river, but did not get around to it; it was to be made of black marble. It is believed that Shah Jahan amputated the hands or put out the eyes of all the workers involved in the construction of this massive mausoleum so that they could never build anything like it again. The Taj Mahal is considered o ne of the most beautiful structures in the world.
Holidays Feast day of St. William of Norwich, St. Liudger, St. Felix of Trier, St. CaSt.ulus of Rome, St. Braulio, and St. Basil of Rome.
Bangladesh: Independence Day.
Spain: Fiesta del Arbol / Feast of the Tree or Arbor Day.
Hawaii: Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day (birthdate Hawaii's second delegate to Congress).
Events 1804 - The Louisiana Purchase was divided into the Territory of Orleans and the District of Louisiana.
1885 - The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co. of Rochester, New York, manufactured the first commercial motion picture film.
1953 - Dr. Jonas Salk announced the success of his vaccine against poliomyelitis.
1964 - The musical "Funny Girl" opened on Broadway.
1971 - East Pakistan proclaimed its independence, taking the name Bangladesh.
1979 - At the White House, Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed an historic peace agreement.
1982 - Groundbreaking ceremonies took place in Washington, D.C. for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
2000 - Vladimir Putin was elected Russia's second democratically-chosen president.
Births 1874 - Condé Nast, American publisher.
1875 - Robert Frost, American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.
1880 - Duncan Hines, American author, traveler, cake mix inventor.
1904 - Joseph Campbell, American author, mythologist.
1911 - Tennessee (Thomas) Williams, American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
1914 - William Westmoreland, U.S. Army General, head of forces in Vietnam.
Deaths 2003 - Former U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-NY.
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