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February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 308 days remaining, 309 in Leap Year s.
Events
- 747 BC - Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era.
- 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor .
- , Count of Anjou , defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by King Manfred Of Sicily . Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples .
- 1794 - Christiansborg Castle , Copenhagen burns down.
- 1797 - The Bank Of England issues the first one-pound note.
- 1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba .
- 1848 - The second French Republic is proclaimed.
- 1857 - The Bengal Native Infantry refused to use new cartridges
- 1863 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the National Currency Act into law.
- 1870 - In New York City , the first Pneumatic - Subway opens.
- 1887 - At the SCG , George Lohmann becomes the first Bowler to take eight wickets in a Test innings.
- 1919 - An act of the U.S. Congress establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (see Grand Canyon National Park ).
- 1929 - The Grand Teton National Park is created.
- 1935 - The Luftwaffe is reformed.
- 1935 - Robert Watson-Watt carried out a demonstration which led directly to the development of RADAR in the United Kingdom .
- 1936 - In the February 26 Incident , young Japan ese military officers attempt to stage a Coup against the Government .
- 1944 - Shooting begins of the Nazi propaganda film, " The Fuhrer Gives A Village To The Jews " in Theresienstadt .
- 1952 - United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an Atomic Bomb .
- , the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
- 1970 - National Public Radio incorporates as a Non-profit Corporation .
- 1971 - Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day .
- 1972 - Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia .
- 1986 - Robert Penn Warren is named '' Poet Laureate '' of the United States .
- rebukes American President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
- 1990 - The Sandinista s are defeated in Nicaragua n elections.
- 1991 - Tim Berners-Lee introduces WorldWideWeb , the first Web Browser .
- 1991 - Radio Iraq i leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait .
- , a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center goes off, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand. The buildings would be destroyed in a Subsequent Attack On September 11, 2001 .
- 1995 - The United Kingdom 's oldest investment banking firm, Barings Bank collapses after a securities broker, Nick Leeson , loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using Futures Contract s.
- 1995 - at The Houston Astrodome Selena Quintanilla-Perez performed in her last concert before she was killed. More then 64,000 fans were in attendance making it the astrodome's largest crowd at the time.
- 2001 - The Taliban destroy two giant Buddha Statues in Bamiyan , Afghanistan .
- 2004 - The United States lifts a ban on travel to Libya , ending travel restrictions to the nation that had lasted for 23 years.
- 2004 - Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar , Bosnia And Herzegovina .
- 2005 - Hosni Mubarak the president of Egypt orders the Constitution changed to allow multi-candidate Presidential Elections before September 2005 by asking Egyptian Parliament to amend Article 76 of the Constitution .
Births
- 1361 - Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor , King of Bohemia (d. 1419 )
- 1564 - Christopher Marlowe , English dramatist (d. 1593 )
- 1587 - Stefano Landi , Italian composer (d. 1639 )
- 1671 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl Of Shaftesbury , English politician and philosopher (d. 1713 )
- 1672 - Antoine Augustine Calmet , French theologian (d. 1757 )
- 1714 - James Hervey , English clergyman and writer (d. 1758 )
- 1715 - Claude Adrien Helvétius , French philosopher (d. 1771 )
- 1720 - Gian Francesco Albani , Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803 )
- 1786 - François Arago , French mathematician (d. 1853 )
- 1799 - Émile Clapeyron , French engineer and physicist (d. 1864 )
- 1802 - Victor Hugo , French writer (d. 1885 )
- 1808 - Honoré Daumier , French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879 )
- 1814 - Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville , French geologist (d. 1876 )
- 1829 - Levi Strauss , German-born clothing designer (d. 1902 )
- 1846 - Buffalo Bill , American pioneer, officer, and hunter (d. 1917 )
- 1857 - Émile Coué , French psychologist (d. 1926 )
- 1861 - King Ferdinand Of Bulgaria (d. 1948 )
- 1861 - Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya , Russian revolutioner, Lenin 's wife (d. 1939 )
- 1879 - Frank Bridge , English composer (d. 1941 )
- 1882 - Husband E. Kimmel , American admiral (d. 1968 )
- 1885 - Aleksandras Stulginskis , President Of Lithuania (d. 1969 )
- 1887 - Grover Cleveland Alexander , baseball player (d. 1950 )
- 1887 - William Frawley , American actor (d. 1966 )
- 1893 - I. A. Richards , English literary critic (d. 1979 )
- 1899 - Max Petitpierre , member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1994 )
- 1902 - Albert Anastasia , Italian-born gangster (d. 1957 )
- 1903 - Giulio Natta , Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979 )
- 1907 - Dub Taylor , American actor (d. 1994 )
- 1908 - Tex Avery , American cartoonist (d. 1980 )
- 1908 - Jean-Pierre Wimille , French race car driver (d. 1949 )
- 1909 - King Talal Of Jordan (d. 1972 )
- 1914 - Robert Alda , American actor (d. 1986 )
- 1916 - Jackie Gleason , American actor, writer, composer, and comedian (d. 1987 )
- 1918 - Theodore Sturgeon , American writer (d. 1985 )
- 1919 - Mason Adams , American actor (d. 2005 )
- 1919 - Rie Mastenbroek , Dutch swimmer (d. 2003 )
- 1920 - Tony Randall , American actor (d. 2004 )
- 1921 - Betty Hutton , American actress
- 1927 - Tom Kennedy , American game show host
- 1928 - Fats Domino , American musician
- 1928 - Anatoli Filipchenko , cosmonaut
- 1928 - Ariel Sharon , Prime Minister Of Israel
- 1930 - Lazar Berman , Russian pianist (d. 2005 )
- 1932 - Johnny Cash , American singer (d. 2003 )
- 1934 - Robert Novak , American political columnist
- 1941 - Tony Ray-Jones , British photographer (d. 1972 )
- 1943 - Bill Duke , American actor and director
- 1945 - Marta Kristen , Norwegian actress
- 1946 - Ahmed H. Zewail , Egyptian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1947 - Sandie Shaw , British singer
- 1950 - Helen Clark , Prime Minister Of New Zealand
- 1951 - Lee Atwater , American political operative (d. 1991 )
- 1953 - Michael Bolton , American singer
- 1954 - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , Prime Minister Of Turkey
- 1956 - Keisuke Kuwata , Japanese singer
- 1957 - Joe Mullen , American Ice Hockey player
- 1958 - Michel Houellebecq , French novelist
- 1959 - Rolando Blackman , Panamanian basketball player
- 1962 - Greg Germann , American actor
- 1968 - J.T. Snow , American baseball player, 1st baseman
- 1971 - Erykah Badu , American singer
- 1971 - Max Martin , Swedish composer and producer
- 1973 - Marshall Faulk , American football star
- 1973 - Jenny Thompson , American swimmer
- 1973 - Ole Gunnar Solskjaer , Norwegian footballer
- 1974 - Sébastien Loeb , French race car driver
- 1979 - Corinne Bailey Rae , British singer
- 1982 - Jay Mullen , British actor
- 1984 - Natalia Lafourcade , Mexican singer
- 1993 - Taylor Dooley , American actress
Deaths
- 1154 - King Roger II Of Sicily (b. 1093 )
- 1266 - King Manfred Of Sicily
- 1360 - Roger De Mortimer, 2nd Earl Of March , English military leader (b. 1328 )
- 1525 - Cuauhtémoc , Aztec ruler
- 1552 - Heinrich Faber , German composer
- 1561 - Jorge De Montemayor , Spanish writer
- 1577 - King Eric XIV Of Sweden (b. 1533 )
- 1608 - John Still , English bishop
- 1630 - William Brade , English composer (b. 1560 )
- 1638 - Claude Gaspard Bachet De Méziriac , French mathematician (b. 1681 )
- 1723 - Thomas D'Urfey , English writer (b. 1653 )
- 1726 - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector Of Bavaria (b. 1662 )
- 1770 - Giuseppe Tartini , Italian composer (b. 1692 )
- 1802 - Esek Hopkins , American Revolutionary War admiral (b. 1718 )
- 1813 - Robert Livingston , American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1746 )
- 1815 - Prince Josias Of Coburg , Austrian general (b. 1737 )
- 1903 - Richard Jordan Gatling , American inventor (b. 1818 )
- 1913 - Felix Draeseke , German composer (b. 1835 )
- 1921 - Carl Menger , Austrian economist (b. 1840 )
- 1931 - Otto Wallach , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1847 )
- 1947 - Heinrich Häberlin , Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council (b. 1868 )
- 1961 - King Mohammed V Of Morocco (b. 1909 )
- 1966 - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar , Indian freedom fighter and writer (b. 1883 )
- 1969 - Levi Eshkol , Prime Minister Of Israel (b. 1895 )
- 1969 - Karl Jaspers , German psychiatrist (b. 1883 )
- 1971 - Fernandel , French actor (b. 1903 )
- 1981 - Howard Hanson , American composer (b. 1896 )
- 1985 - Tjalling Koopmans , Dutch economist, Bank Of Sweden Prize winner (b. 1910 )
- 1993 - Constance Ford , American actress (b. 1923 )
- 1994 - Bill Hicks , American comedian (b. 1961 )
- 1995 - Jack Clayton , British film director (b. 1921 )
- 1997 - David Doyle , American actor (b. 1929 )
- 1998 - Theodore Schultz , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902 )
- 2002 - Lawrence Tierney , American actor (b. 1919 )
- 2004 - Shankarrao Chavan , Indian politician (b. 1920 )
- 2004 - Adolf Ehrnrooth , Finnish general (b. 1905 )
- 2004 - Boris Trajkovski , President Of The Republic Of Macedonia (b. 1956 )
- 2005 - Jef Raskin , American computer scientist (b. 1943 )
Holidays and observances
External links
February 25 - February 27 - January 26 - March 26 -- Listing Of All Days
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