February 26
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February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . 308 days remain until the end of the year (309 in leap years ).
Events 747 BC – Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era.364 – Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman emperor .[1] 1233 – Mongol–Jin War : The Mongols capture Kaifeng , the capital of the Jin dynasty , after besieging it for months.1266 – Battle of Benevento : An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou , defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by Manfred, King of Sicily . Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples .1365 – The Ava Kingdom and the royal city of Ava (Inwa) founded by King Thado Minbya [note 1] 1606 – The Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea.[2] 1616 – Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun .[3] 1775 – The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates .[4] 1794 – The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba .1876 – Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.1909 – Kinemacolor , the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.1914 – HMHS Britannic , sister to the RMS Titanic , is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast .1919 – President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park .1929 – President Calvin Coolidge signs an executive order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming .1935 – Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles .1935 – Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads 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 .1952 – Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada .1960 – A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland , shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.1966 – Apollo program : Launch of AS-201 , the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket1971 – U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day .1979 – The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak .1980 – Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations .1987 – Iran–Contra affair : The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.1992 – Nagorno-Karabakh War : Khojaly Massacre : Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.1993 – World Trade Center bombing : In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.[5] 1995 – The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank , collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts .2008 – The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea ; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.2012 – Trayvon Martin was shot and killed at the age of 17 in Sanford, Florida.2012 – A train derails in Burlington, Ontario , Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45.
2013 – A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt , killing 19 people.2017 – An annular solar eclipse was visible in Chile, Argentina and Angola.Births 1361 – Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (d. 1419)1416 – Christopher of Bavaria (d. 1448)1564 – Christopher Marlowe , English playwright, poet and translator (d. 1593)1584 – Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1666)1587 – Stefano Landi , Italian composer and educator (d. 1639)1629 – Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll , Scottish peer (d. 1685)1671 – Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury , English philosopher and politician (d. 1713)1672 – Antoine Augustin Calmet , French monk and theologian (d. 1757)1677 – Nicola Fago , Italian composer and teacher (d. 1745)1718 – Johan Ernst Gunnerus , Norwegian bishop, botanist and zoologist (d. 1773)1720 – Gian Francesco Albani , Italian cardinal (d. 1803)1746 – Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma (d. 1806)1770 – Anton Reicha , Bohemian composer and flautist (d. 1836)1777 – Matija Nenadović , Serbian priest, historian, and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 1854)1786 – François Arago , French mathematician and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (d. 1853)1799 – Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron , French physicist and engineer (d. 1864)1802 – Victor Hugo , French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1885)1808 – Honoré Daumier , French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879)1808 – Nathan Kelley , American architect, designed the Ohio Statehouse (d. 1871)
1829 – Levi Strauss , German-American fashion designer, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (d. 1902)1842 – Camille Flammarion , French astronomer and author (d. 1925)1846 – Buffalo Bill , American soldier and hunter (d. 1917)1852 – John Harvey Kellogg , American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes (d. 1943)1857 – Émile Coué , French psychologist and pharmacist (d. 1926)1861 – Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (d. 1948)1861 – Nadezhda Krupskaya , Russian soldier and politician (d. 1939)
1866 – Herbert Henry Dow , Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (d. 1930)1877 – Henry Barwell , Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia (d. 1959)1877 – Rudolph Dirks , German-American illustrator (d. 1968)
1879 – Frank Bridge , English viola player and composer (d. 1941)1880 – Kenneth Edgeworth , Irish astronomer (d. 1972)1881 – Janus Djurhuus , Faroese poet (d. 1948)1882 – Husband E. Kimmel , American admiral (d. 1968)1885 – Aleksandras Stulginskis , Lithuanian farmer and politician, 2nd President of Lithuania (d. 1969)1887 – Grover Cleveland Alexander , American baseball player and coach (d. 1950)1887 – William Frawley , American actor and vaudevillian (d. 1966)
1887 – Stefan Grabiński , Polish author and educator (d. 1936)
1893 – Wallace Fard Muhammad , American religious leader, founded the Nation of Islam (disappeared 1934)1893 – Dorothy Whipple , English novelist (d. 1966)
1896 – Andrei Zhdanov , Ukrainian-Russian civil servant and politician (d. 1948)1899 – Max Petitpierre , Swiss jurist and politician, 54th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1994)1900 – Halina Konopacka , Polish discus thrower and poet (d. 1989) [6] 1900 – Fritz Wiessner , German-American mountaineer (d. 1988)
1902 – Jean Bruller , French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (d. 1991)1903 – Giulio Natta , Italian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)1903 – Orde Wingate , English general (d. 1944)
1906 – Madeleine Carroll , English actress (d. 1987)1908 – Tex Avery , American animator, producer, and voice actor (d. 1980)1908 – Nestor Mesta Chayres , Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (d. 1971)
1908 – Jean-Pierre Wimille , French race car driver (d. 1949)
1909 – Fanny Cradock , English chef, author, and critic (d. 1994)1909 – Talal of Jordan (d. 1972)
1910 – Vic Woodley , English footballer (d. 1978)1911 – Tarō Okamoto , Japanese painter and sculptor (d. 1996)1912 – Dane Clark , American actor and director (d. 1998)1913 – George Barker , English author and poet (d. 1991)1914 – Robert Alda , American actor, singer, and director (d. 1986)1916 – Jackie Gleason , American actor and singer (d. 1987)1918 – Otis R. Bowen , American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana (d. 2013)1918 – Pyotr Masherov , Leader of Soviet Belarus (d. 1980)
1918 – Theodore Sturgeon , American author and critic (d. 1985)
1919 – Mason Adams , American actor (d. 2005)1920 – Danny Gardella , American baseball player and trainer (d. 2005)1920 – Tony Randall , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2004)
1920 – Lucjan Wolanowski , Polish journalist and author (d. 2006)
1921 – Betty Hutton , American actress and singer (d. 2007)1922 – Bill Johnston , Australian cricketer and businessman (d. 2007)1922 – Margaret Leighton , English actress (d. 1976)
1924 – Noboru Takeshita , Japanese soldier and politician, 74th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2000)1924 – Marc Bucci , American composer, lyricist, and dramatist (d. 2002)
1925 – Everton Weekes , Barbadian cricketer and referee1926 – Doris Belack , American actress (d. 2011)1926 – Verne Gagne , American football player, wrestler, and trainer (d. 2015)
1927 – Tom Kennedy , American game show host and actor1928 – Fats Domino , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2017)1928 – Ariel Sharon , Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 2014)
1931 – Ally MacLeod , Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004)1931 – Robert Novak , American journalist and author (d. 2009)
1931 – Josephine Tewson , English actress
1932 – Johnny Cash , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2003)1933 – James Goldsmith , French-British businessman and politician (d. 1997)1934 – Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina , Algerian director, producer, and screenwriter1936 – José Policarpo , Portuguese cardinal (d. 2014)1937 – Paul Dickson , American football player and coach (d. 2011)1939 – Chuck Wepner , American professional boxer1940 – Oldřich Kulhánek , Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (d. 2013)1942 – Jozef Adamec , Slovak footballer and manager (d. 2018)1943 – Paul Cotton , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1943 – Bill Duke , American actor and director
1943 – Dante Ferretti , Italian art director and costume designer
1943 – Bob "The Bear" Hite , American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1981)
1944 – Christopher Hope , South African author and poet1944 – Ronald Lauder , American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Austria
1945 – Peter Brock , Australian race car driver (d. 2006)1945 – Marta Kristen , Norwegian-American actress
1945 – Mitch Ryder , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Colin Bell , English footballer1946 – Ahmed Zewail , Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
1947 – Sandie Shaw , English singer and psychotherapist1948 – Sharyn McCrumb , American author1949 – Simon Crean , Australian trade union leader and politician, 14th Australian Minister for the Arts 1949 – Elizabeth George , American author and educator
1949 – Emma Kirkby , English soprano
1950 – Jonathan Cain , American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer1950 – Helen Clark , New Zealand academic and politician, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1951 – Steve Bell , English cartoonist1951 – Wayne Goss , Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland (d. 2014)
1953 – Michael Bolton , American singer-songwriter and actor1954 – Prince Ernst August of Hanover 1954 – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , Turkish politician, 12th President of Turkey
1955 – Andreas Maislinger , Austrian historian and academic, founded the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service 1956 – Michel Houellebecq , French author, poet, screenwriter, and director1957 – David Beasley , American lawyer and politician, 113th Governor of South Carolina 1957 – Joe Mullen , American ice hockey player and coach
1957 – Keena Rothhammer , American swimmer
1958 – Paul Ackford , English rugby player1958 – Greg Germann , American actor and director
1958 – Susan Helms , American general, engineer, and astronaut
1958 – Tim Kaine , American lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Virginia
1959 – Rolando Blackman , American basketball player and coach1959 – Ahmet Davutoğlu , Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Turkey
1960 – Jaz Coleman , English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer1962 – Ahn Cheol-soo , South Korean physician, academic, and politician1963 – Chase Masterson , American actress, singer, and activist1965 – James Mitchell , American wrestler and manager1966 – Garry Conille , Haitian physician and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti 1966 – Marc Fortier , French-Canadian ice hockey player
1966 – Najwa Karam , Lebanese singer
1967 – Mark Carroll , Australian rugby league player1967 – Kazuyoshi Miura , Japanese footballer
1968 – Tim Commerford , American bass player1969 – Hitoshi Sakimoto , Japanese composer and producer1970 – Mark Harper , English accountant and politician, Minister of State for Immigration 1970 – Scott Mahon , Australian rugby league player
1971 – Erykah Badu , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress1971 – Max Martin , Swedish-American record producer and songwriter
1971 – Hélène Segara , French singer-songwriter and actress
1973 – Marshall Faulk , American football player1973 – Ole Gunnar Solskjær , Norwegian footballer and manager
1973 – Jenny Thompson , American swimmer
1974 – Sébastien Loeb , French race car driver1974 – Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski , Filipina television actress, host and equestrienne1976 – Nalini Anantharaman , French mathematician1976 – Chad Urmston , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 – Marty Reasoner , American ice hockey player and coach1977 – Tim Thomas , American basketball player
1977 – Shane Williams , Welsh rugby union player
1978 – Abdoulaye Faye , Senegalese footballer1979 – Corinne Bailey Rae , English singer-songwriter and guitarist1979 – Steve Evans , Welsh footballer
1979 – Pedro Mendes , Portuguese international footballer, midfielder[7]
1980 – Steve Blake , American basketball player1981 – Kertus Davis , American race car driver1981 – Oh Seung-bum , South Korean footballer
1982 – Li Na , Chinese tennis player1982 – Matt Prior , South African-English cricketer
1982 – Nate Ruess , American singer-songwriter
1983 – Jerome Harrison , American football player1983 – Pepe , Brazilian-Portuguese footballer
1984 – Emmanuel Adebayor , Togolese international footballer, forward[8] 1984 – Natalia Lafourcade , Mexican singer-songwriter
1984 – Beren Saat , Turkish actress
1985 – Fernando Llorente , Spanish international footballer, striker[9] 1986 – Hannah Kearney , American skier1989 – Gabriel Obertan , French footballer1990 – Kateřina Cachová , Czech heptathlete1990 – Takanoiwa Yoshimori , Mongolian sumo wrestler
1991 – Lee Chae-rin , South Korean singer1992 – Mikael Granlund , Finnish professional hockey player1992 – Michael Chee Kam , New Zealand rugby league player1997 – Reghan Tumilty , Scottish footballer
Deaths 420 – Porphyry of Gaza , Greek bishop and saint (b. 347)943 – Muirchertach mac Néill , king of Ailech (Ireland )1154 – Roger II of Sicily (b. 1093)1266 – Manfred, King of Sicily (b. 1232)1275 – Margaret of England , Queen consort of Scots (b. 1240)[10] 1360 – Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March , English commander (b. 1328)1462 – John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford , English politician (b. 1408)1548 – Lorenzino de' Medici , Italian writer and assassin (b. 1514)1577 – Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)1603 – Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress , spouse of Maximilian II (b. 1528)1608 – John Still , English bishop (b. 1543)1611 – Antonio Possevino , Italian priest and diplomat (b. 1533)1625 – Anna Vasa of Sweden , Polish and Swedish princess (b. 1568)1630 – William Brade , English violinist and composer (b. 1560)1638 – Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac , French mathematician and linguist (b. 1581)1723 – Thomas d'Urfey , English poet and playwright (b. 1653)1726 – Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662)1770 – Giuseppe Tartini , Italian violinist and composer (b. 1692)1790 – Joshua Rowley , English admiral (b. 1730)1802 – Esek Hopkins , American admiral (b. 1718)1806 – Thomas-Alexandre Dumas , Haitian-French general (b. 1762)[11] 1813 – Robert R. Livingston , American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (b. 1746)1815 – Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1737)1821 – Joseph de Maistre , French lawyer and diplomat (b. 1753)1864 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine , Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)1883 – Alexandros Koumoundouros , Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)1887 – Anandi Gopal Joshi , First Indian women physician (b. 1865)1889 – Karl Davydov , Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)1903 – Richard Jordan Gatling , American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)1913 – Felix Draeseke , German composer and academic (b. 1835)1921 – Carl Menger , Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840)1930 – Mary Whiton Calkins , American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)1931 – Otto Wallach , German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1847)1936 – February 26 Incident :
1943 – Theodor Eicke , German general (b. 1892)1945 – Sándor Szurmay , Minister of Defence of the Hungarian portion of Austria-Hungary (b. 1860)1947 – Heinrich Häberlin , Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1868)1950 – Harry Lauder , Scottish comedian and singer (b. 1870)1951 – Sabiha Kasimati , Albanian ichthyologist (b. 1912) executed with 20 others [12] 1952 – Theodoros Pangalos , Greek general and politician, President of Greece (b. 1878)1961 – Karl Albiker , German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (b. 1878)1961 – Mohammed V of Morocco (b. 1909)
1966 – Vinayak Damodar Savarkar , Indian poet and politician (b. 1883)1969 – Levi Eshkol , Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1895)1969 – Karl Jaspers , German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (b. 1883)
1981 – Robert Aickman , English author and activist (b. 1914)1981 – Howard Hanson , American composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1896)
1985 – Tjalling Koopmans , Dutch-American economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)1989 – Roy Eldridge , American trumpet player (b. 1911)1993 – Constance Ford , American model and actress (b. 1923)1994 – Bill Hicks , American comedian (b. 1961)1995 – Jack Clayton , English director and producer (b. 1921)1997 – David Doyle , American actor (b. 1929)1998 – Theodore Schultz , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)2000 – George L. Street III , American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1913)2002 – Lawrence Tierney , American actor (b. 1919)2004 – Adolf Ehrnrooth , Finnish general (b. 1905)
2004 – Boris Trajkovski , Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1956)
2005 – Jef Raskin , American computer scientist, created Macintosh (b. 1943)2006 – Georgina Battiscombe , British biographer (b. 1905)[13] 2008 – Bodil Udsen , Danish actress (b. 1925)2009 – Johnny Kerr , American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1932)2009 – Wendy Richard , English actress (b. 1943)
2009 – Norm Van Lier , American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1947)
2010 – Jun Seba , also known as "Nujabes", Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (b. 1974)2011 – Arnošt Lustig , Czech author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1926)2012 – Richard Carpenter , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)2013 – Marie-Claire Alain , French organist and educator (b. 1926)2013 – Stéphane Hessel , German-French diplomat and author (b. 1917)
2013 – Simon Li , Hong Kong judge and politician (b. 1922)
2014 – Sorel Etrog , Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (b. 1933)2014 – Phyllis Krasilovsky , American author and academic (b. 1927)
2015 – Sheppard Frere , English historian and archaeologist (b. 1916)2015 – Theodore Hesburgh , American priest, theologian, educator, and academic (b. 1917)
2015 – Earl Lloyd , American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
2015 – Tom Schweich , American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri (b. 1960)
2016 – Andy Bathgate , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1932)2016 – Don Getty , Canadian football player and politician, 11th Premier of Alberta (b. 1933)
2017 – Joseph Wapner , American lieutenant and judge (b. 1919)Holidays and observances Notes References
^ Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland (1981). The Roman Imperial Coinage: The family of Constantine I: A.D. 337-364, by J. P. C. Kent ISBN 978-0-900696-85-5 ^ Norman Davies (7 December 2017). Beneath Another Sky: A Global Journey into History ISBN 978-1-84614-832-3 ^ Atle Naess (23 February 2006). Galileo Galilei - When the World Stood Still ISBN 978-3-540-27054-6 ^ Warren, James Francis (1981). The Sulu Zone, 1768-1898: The Dynamics of External Trade, Slavery, and Ethnicity in the Transformation of a Southeast Asian Maritime State . Singapore: NUS Press. p. 36.
^ Barbara A. Nadel (27 April 2004). Building Security: Handbook for Architectural Planning and Design ISBN 978-0-07-150121-7 ^ Olimpijski, Polski Komitet. "Biografie • Polski Komitet Olimpijski" . www.olimpijski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2017-10-24 . ^ "Pedro Mendes" . soccerbase.com . Retrieved 20 February 2020 .^ "Emmanuel Adebayor" . soccerbase.com . Retrieved 20 February 2020 .^ "Fernando Llorente" . soccerbase.com . Retrieved 20 February 2020 .^ Coss, Peter R.; Lloyd, Simon D. (1992). Thirteenth Century England IV: Proceedings of the Newcastle Upon Tyne Conference 1991 ISBN 978-0-85115-325-4 ^ Alexandre Dumas's death act, February 27, 1806, Musée Alexandre Dumas (Villers-Cotterêts, France).
^ GazetaExpress (15 September 2015). "Sabiha Kasimati: Shkencëtarja e parë shqiptare" (in Albanian). Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. ^ Hayter, Alethea (2006-03-02). "Obituary: Georgina Battiscombe" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 2019-08-05 .
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