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March 26

3 sourced moments from March 26 in history: The Book of Mormon was published (1830); Salk first announced his polio vaccine on the radio in 1953; and Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty (1979).

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3 things happened on March 26

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1979 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty

In 1979, on the White House lawn, two longtime enemies signed the first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state.

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1953 Human Body & Mind · Medicine & Disease

Salk first announced his polio vaccine on the radio in 1953

On 26 March 1953 Jonas Salk told CBS radio listeners his vaccine worked, two years before a trial of nearly two million children proved it.

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1830 Religion & Beliefs · Sacred Texts

The Book of Mormon was published

In 1830, a small-town New York print shop put 5,000 copies of a new American scripture on sale for the first time.

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