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February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 308 days remaining in the year, 309 in leap years .
Contents
1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links
Events
747 BC - Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era.
364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor .
1200 - Death of Orthodox Monk Symeon , former Serbian ruler and saint
1266 - Battle of Benevento : An army led by Charles , 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 and two-pound notes.
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba .
1848 - The second French Republic is proclaimed.
1863 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the National Currency Act into law.
1870 - In New York City , the first pneumatic -subway opens.
1885 - The Berlin Act, which resulted from the Berlin Conference regulating European colonization and trade in Africa, was signed
1887 - At the SCG , George Lohmann becomes the first bowler to take eight wickets in a Test innings.
1897 - Sigma Pi Fraternity, International was founded at Vincennes University .
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 - The Daventry Experiment, Robert Watson-Watt carried out a demonstration near Daventry which led directly to the development of RADAR in the United Kingdom .
1936 - In the February 26 Incident , young Japanese 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 .
1957 - Final radio broadcast of Dragnet .
1966 - Apollo Program : Launch of AS-201 , 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 .
1984 - US troops withdraw from Beirut . President Ronald Reagan had sent the troops as a peacekeeping force in August 1982.
1986 - People Power Revolution in the Philippines .
1986 - Robert Penn Warren is named poet laureate of the United States .
1987 - Iran-Contra affair : The Tower Commission rebukes American President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
1990 - The Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections.
1991 - Tim Berners-Lee introduces WorldWideWeb , the first web browser .
1991 - Gulf War : On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait .
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 - William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody , American pioneer, officer, and hunter (d. 1917 )
1852 - John Harvey Kellogg , American surgeon, advocate of dietary reform (d. 1943 )
1857 - Émile Coué , French psychologist (d. 1926 )
1858 - Vladimir Serbsky , Russian psychiatrist (d. 1917 )
1861 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (d. 1948 )
1861 - Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya , Russian revolutionary, 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 , American 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 - Jean Bruller , alias Vercors, French writer and illustrator (d. 1991 )
1903 - Giulio Natta , Italian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979 )
1906 - Madeleine Carroll , English actress (d. 1987 )
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 )
1912 - Dane Clark , American actor (d. 1998 )
1914 - Robert Alda , American actor (d. 1986 )
1916 - Jackie Gleason , American actor, writer, composer, and comedian (d. 1987 )
1918 - Otis Ray Bowen , American politician and physician
1918 - Theodore Sturgeon , American writer (d. 1985 )
1919 - Mason Adams , American actor (d. 2005 )
1919 - Rie Mastenbroek , Dutch swimmer (d. 2003 )
1920 - Danny Gardella , American baseball player (d. 2005 )
1920 - Tony Randall , American actor (d. 2004 )
1920 - Lucjan Wolanowski , Polish journalist, writer and traveller (d. 2006 )
1921 - Betty Hutton , American actress and singer (d. 2007 )
1922 - Margaret Leighton , British actress (d. 1976 )
1926 - Miroslava Stern , Mexican actress (d. 1955 )
1927 - Tom Kennedy , American game show host
1928 - Fats Domino , American musician
1928 - Anatoli Filipchenko , Soviet cosmonaut
1928 - Monique Leyrac , French Canadian singer and actress
1930 - Lazar Berman , Russian pianist (d. 2005 )
1931 - Ally McLeod , Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004 )
1932 - Johnny Cash , American singer (d. 2003 )
1934 - Robert Novak , American political columnist
1937 - Hagood Hardy , Canadian musician and composer (d. 1997 )
1941 - Tony Ray-Jones , British photographer (d. 1972 )
1943 - Bill Duke , American actor and director
1945 - Peter Brock , Australian motorsports champion (d. 2006 )
1945 - Bob Hite , American singer and harmonicist (Canned Heat ) (d. 1981 )
1945 - Marta Kristen , Norwegian actress
1945 - Mitch Ryder , American musician (The Detroit Wheels )
1946 - Ahmed H. Zewail , Egyptian chemist, Nobel laureate
1947 - Sandie Shaw , English singer
1949 - Emma Kirkby , British early music 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 - David Muldrow Beasley , American politician
1957 - Joe Mullen , American ice hockey player
1958 - Michel Houellebecq , French novelist
1959 - Rolando Blackman , American basketball player
1962 - Greg Germann , American actor
1966 - Najwa Karam , Lebanese singer
1968 - J.T. Snow , American baseball player
1971 - Erykah Badu , American singer
1971 - Max Martin , Swedish composer and producer
1971 - Hélène Ségara , French singer
1973 - Marshall Faulk , American football player
1973 - Ole Gunnar Solskjær , Norwegian footballer
1973 - Jenny Thompson , American swimmer
1974 - Sébastien Loeb , French rally driver
1976 - Nikolaos Siranidis , Greek diver
1977 - Marty Reasoner , American ice hockey player
1977 - Shane Williams , Welsh International Rugby Player
1978 - Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye , Senegalese footballer
1978 - Marc Hynes , British racing driver
1978 - Steve Tavares Sousa ,Canadian Drag racing driver
1979 - Corinne Bailey Rae , English singer
1980 - Alex Fong , Hong Kong singer
1980 - Gary Majewski , American baseball player
1981 - Kertus Davis , American NASCAR driver
1982 - Jay Mullen , English actor
1982 - Song Hye Kyo , South Korean model and actress
1983 - Kara Monaco , American playmate
1984 - Emmanuel Adebayor , Togolese footballer
1984 - Natalia Lafourcade , Mexican singer
1985 - Alexandria Hilfiger , American actress, daughter of Tommy Hilfiger
1986 - Crystal Kay , Japanese singer
1987 - Julia Bond , American porn star
1993 - Taylor Dooley , American actress
Deaths
1154 - King Roger II of Sicily (b. 1093 )
1266 - King Manfred of Sicily
1360 - Roger 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 )
1821 - Joseph de Maistre , Savoyard diplomat and writer (b. 1753 )
1864 - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine , French Canadian politician (b. 1807 )
1889 - Karl Davydov , Russian cellist (b. 1838 )
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 laureate (b. 1847 )
1933 - Princess Thyra , daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1853 )
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 )
1981 - Robert Aickman , English writer and conservationist (b. 1914 )
1985 - Tjalling Koopmans , Dutch economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910 )
1989 - Roy Eldridge , American musician (b. 1911 )
1990 - Cornell Gunter , American singer (The Coasters ) (b. 1938 )
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 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 )
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