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Day of the year
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
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1909 –
Kinemacolor , the first successful color
motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the
Palace Theatre in London.
[13]
1914 –
HMHS Britannic , sister to the
RMS Titanic , is launched at
Harland and Wolff shipyard in
Belfast .
[14]
1919 – President
Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the
Grand Canyon National Park .
[15]
1929 – President
Calvin Coolidge signs legislation establishing the 96,000 acres (390 km2 )
Grand Teton National Park in
Wyoming .
[16]
1935 –
Adolf Hitler orders the
Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the
Treaty of Versailles .
[17]
1935 –
Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near
Daventry which leads directly to the development of
radar in the United Kingdom.
[18]
[19]
1936 – In the
February 26 Incident , young nationalist Japanese military officers assassinate multiple
cabinet statesmen and start a rebellion in downtown
Tokyo , which is ended 3 days later.
[20]
[21]
1945 –
World War II : US troops
reclaim the Philippine island of Corregidor from the Japanese.
[22]
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 rocket.
1971 –
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 –
First 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.
[23]
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 – A
train derails in
Burlington, Ontario , Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45.
2012 – Seventeen-year-old African-American student
Trayvon Martin is
shot to death by
neighborhood watch coordinator
George Zimmerman in an altercation in
Sanford ,
Florida .
[24]
2013 – A
hot air balloon
crashes near Luxor, Egypt , killing 19 people.
[25]
2019 –
Indian Air Force fighter-jets
targeted
Jaish-e-Mohammed
terrorist training camps in
Balakot .
[26]
2021 – A total of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 are kidnapped by bandits in the
Zamfara kidnapping in
Zamfara State , Nigeria.
[27]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1629 –
Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll , Scottish peer (d. 1685)
1651 –
Quirinus Kuhlmann , German Baroque poet and mystic (d. 1689)
[28]
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)
1729 –
Anders Chydenius , Finnish economist, philosopher and Lutheran priest (d. 1803)
[29]
[30]
1746 –
Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma (d. 1804)
[31]
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)
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)
1871 –
Matti Turkia , Finnish politician (d. 1946)
[32]
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)
[33]
1900 –
Fritz Wiessner , German-American mountaineer (d. 1988)
1901–present
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)
[34]
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)
[35]
1908 –
Jean-Pierre Wimille , French racing 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)
1914 –
Robert Alda , American actor, singer, and director (d. 1986)
1916 –
Jackie Gleason , American actor and singer (d. 1987)
[36]
1918 –
Otis 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)
[36]
1920 –
Lucjan Wolanowski , Polish journalist and author (d. 2006)
1921 –
Betty Hutton , American actress and singer (d. 2007)
[36]
1922 –
Bill Johnston , Australian cricketer and businessman (d. 2007)
1922 –
Margaret Leighton , English actress (d. 1976)
1924 –
Marc Bucci , American composer, lyricist, and dramatist (d. 2002)
1924 –
Noboru Takeshita , Japanese soldier and politician, 74th
Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2000)
1925 –
Everton Weekes , Barbadian cricketer and referee (d. 2020)
[37]
[38]
1926 –
Doris Belack , American actress (d. 2011)
[39]
1926 –
Verne Gagne , American football player, wrestler, and trainer (d. 2015)
[40]
1926 –
Henry Molaison , American medical patient (d. 2008)
[41]
1927 –
Tom Kennedy , American game show host and actor (d. 2020)
[42]
[43]
[44]
1928 –
Fats Domino , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2017)
[45]
1928 –
Ariel Sharon , Israeli general and politician, 11th
Prime Minister of Israel (d. 2014)
[46]
1931 –
Ally MacLeod , Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004)
[47]
1931 –
Robert Novak , American journalist and author (d. 2009)
[36]
1931 –
Josephine Tewson , English actress (d. 2022)
1932 –
Johnny Cash , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2003)
[36]
1933 –
James Goldsmith , French-British businessman and politician (d. 1997)
1934 –
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina , Algerian director, producer, and screenwriter
1936 –
José Policarpo , Portuguese cardinal (d. 2014)
1937 –
Paul Dickson , American football player and coach (d. 2011)
1939 –
Chuck Wepner , American boxer
1940 –
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 guitarist (d. 2021)
1943 –
Bill Duke , American actor and director
[48]
1943 –
Dante Ferretti , Italian art director and costume designer
1943 –
Bob Hite , American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1981)
1944 –
Christopher Hope , South African author and poet
1944 –
Ronald Lauder , American businessman and diplomat,
United States Ambassador to Austria
1945 –
Peter Brock , Australian racing driver (d. 2006)
1945 –
Marta Kristen , Norwegian-American actress
[48]
1945 –
Mitch Ryder , American singer-songwriter
[48]
1946 –
Colin Bell , English footballer (d. 2021)
1946 –
Bingo Smith , American basketball player (d. 2023)
[49]
1946 –
Ahmed Zewail , Egyptian-American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
1947 –
Sandie Shaw , English singer and psychotherapist
1948 –
Sharyn McCrumb , American author
1949 –
Simon Crean , Australian trade union leader and politician, 14th
Australian Minister for the Arts (d. 2023)
[50]
1949 –
Elizabeth George , American author and educator
1949 –
Emma Kirkby , English soprano
[51]
1950 –
Jonathan Cain , American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
[48]
1950 –
Helen Clark , New Zealand academic and politician, 37th
Prime Minister of New Zealand
[52]
1951 –
Wayne Goss , Australian lawyer and politician, 34th
Premier of Queensland (d. 2014)
1953 –
Michael Bolton , American singer-songwriter and actor
[48]
1953 –
Barbara Niven , American actress and writer
[53]
1954 –
Prince Ernst August of Hanover
1954 –
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , Turkish politician, 12th
President of Turkey
[36]
1955 –
Andreas Maislinger , Austrian historian and academic, founded the
Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
1956 –
Michel Houellebecq , French author, poet, screenwriter, and director
1957 –
David Beasley , American lawyer and politician, 113th
Governor of South Carolina
1957 –
Joe Mullen , American ice hockey player and coach
[54]
1957 –
John Jude Palencar , American artist and illustrator
[55]
1957 –
Keena Rothhammer , American swimmer
[56]
1958 –
Greg Germann , American actor and director
[48]
1958 –
Susan Helms , American general, engineer, and astronaut
1958 –
Tim Kaine , American lawyer and politician, 70th
Governor of Virginia
1959 –
Rolando Blackman , Panamanian-American basketball player
[57]
1959 –
Ahmet Davutoğlu , Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th
Prime Minister of Turkey
1960 –
Jaz Coleman , English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1962 –
Ahn Cheol-soo , South Korean physician, academic, and politician
1963 –
Chase Masterson , American actress, singer, and activist
[36]
1964 –
Mark Dacascos , American actor, martial artist, and television personality
[48]
1965 –
James Mitchell , American wrestler and manager
1966 –
Garry Conille , Haitian physician and politician, 14th
Prime Minister of Haiti
1966 –
Marc Fortier , French-Canadian ice hockey player
1966 –
Jennifer Grant , American actress
[48]
1966 –
Najwa Karam , Lebanese singer
1967 –
Kazuyoshi Miura , Japanese footballer
1967 –
Gene Principe , Canadian sports reporter and broadcaster
[58]
1968 –
Tim Commerford , American bass player
[48]
1968 –
Leif Rohlin , Swedish ice hockey player
[59]
1969 –
Hitoshi Sakimoto , Japanese composer and producer
1970 –
Predrag Danilović , Serbian basketball player and executive
[60]
1970 –
Mark Harper , English accountant and politician,
Minister of State for Immigration
1971 –
Erykah Badu , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
[48]
1971 –
Max Martin , Swedish-American record producer and songwriter
1971 –
Hélène Segara , French singer-songwriter and actress
1972 –
Maz Jobrani , American comedian and actor
[48]
1973 –
Marshall Faulk , American football player
1973 –
Ole Gunnar Solskjær , Norwegian footballer and manager
1973 –
Jenny Thompson , American swimmer
[61]
1974 –
Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski , Filipina television actress, host and equestrienne
1974 –
Sébastien Loeb , French racing driver
1975 –
P. J. Axelsson , Swedish ice hockey player
[62]
1976 –
Nalini Anantharaman , French mathematician
1976 –
Chad Urmston , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 –
Marty Reasoner , American ice hockey player and coach
1977 –
Greg Rikaart , American actor
[48]
1977 –
Tim Thomas , American basketball player
1977 –
James Wan , Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer
[48]
1977 –
Shane Williams , Welsh rugby union player
[63]
1978 –
Abdoulaye Faye , Senegalese footballer
1979 –
Corinne Bailey Rae , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
[48]
1979 –
Steve Evans , Welsh footballer
1979 –
Pedro Mendes , Portuguese footballer
[64]
1980 –
Steve Blake , American basketball player
1981 –
Kevin Dallman , Canadian-Kazakhstani ice hockey player
[65]
1981 –
Kertus Davis , American race car driver
1981 –
Robert Mathis , American football player
[66]
1981 –
Oh Seung-bum , South Korean footballer
1982 –
Li Na , Chinese tennis player
1982 –
Matt Prior , South African-English cricketer
1982 –
Nate Ruess , American singer-songwriter
[48]
1983 –
Jerome Harrison , American football player
1983 –
Pepe , Brazilian-Portuguese footballer
1984 –
Emmanuel Adebayor , Togolese footballer
[67]
1984 –
Natalia Lafourcade , Mexican singer-songwriter
[48]
1984 –
Beren Saat , Turkish actress
1985 –
Fernando Llorente , Spanish footballer
[68]
1986 –
Mārtiņš Karsums , Latvian ice hockey player
[69]
1986 –
Hannah Kearney , American skier
[70]
1986 –
Teresa Palmer , Australian actress
[48]
1989 –
Gabriel Obertan , French footballer
1990 –
Takanoiwa Yoshimori , Mongolian sumo wrestler
1991 –
Lee Chae-rin , South Korean singer
[71]
1991 –
Kevin Plawecki , American baseball player
[72]
1992 –
Mikael Granlund , Finnish hockey player
[73]
1993 –
Morgan Gautrat , American soccer player
[74]
1994 –
Jacob Trouba , American ice hockey player
[75]
1997 –
Jessie Bates , American football player
[76]
2000 –
Yeat , American rapper
[77]
2003 –
Jamal Musiala , German footballer
[78]
Deaths
Pre-1600
420 –
Porphyry of Gaza , Greek bishop and saint (b. 347)
943 –
Muirchertach mac Néill , king of
Ailech (
Ireland )
1154 –
Roger II of Sicily (b. 1095)
[79]
1266 –
Manfred, King of Sicily (b. 1232)
1275 –
Margaret of England , Queen consort of Scots (b. 1240)
[80]
1349 –
Fatima bint al-Ahmar , Nasrid princess in the Emirate of Granada (b. c.1260)
[81]
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)
[82]
1601–1900
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)
[83]
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)
1839 –
Sybil Ludington , American figure of the American Revolutionary War (b. 1761)
[84]
1864 –
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine , Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd
Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)
1869 –
Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V , 5th
Nizam of
Hyderabad State (b. 1827)
[85]
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)
1901–present
1903 –
Richard Jordan Gatling , American engineer, invented the
Gatling gun (b. 1818)
1906 –
Jean Lanfray , Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)
[86]
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
21 others
[87]
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)
2000 –
Raosaheb Gogte , Indian industrialist (b. 1916)
[88]
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)
[89]
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 judge and TV personality (b. 1919)
[90]
Holidays and observances
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