Historical Events In February - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1998 On February - 26 oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial
1998 On this day in history total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean
1999 Ontario Southland commenced operation over the CP Port Burwell subdivision from Ingersoll to Tillsonburg, ON on this day in history.
2005 On February - 26 hosni Mubarak the president of Egypt asked parliament to amend the constitution to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 205.
2007 The International Court of Justice finds Serbia guilty of failing to prevent genocide in the Srebrenica massacre, but clears it of direct responsibility and complicity in the case on this day in history.
2012 On February - 26 the film The Artist wins five Academy Awards and becomes the first silent film to win since 1927
2013 A flexible battery capable of being charged wirelessly and folded and stretched is developed on February - 26.
2017 89th Academy Awards: Best Picture "Moonlight" (after mix-up), Best Director Damien Chazelle, Best Actor Casey Affleck , Best Actress Emma Stone on February - 26.
2018 Cold weather nicknamed "the Beast from the East" hits Europe, killing 7 and covering Pompeii in snow on February - 26.
2018 On February - 26 global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway, receives its 1 millionth seed on 10 year anniversary
2018 Global Seed Vault opens in Svalbard, Norway, to help preserve diversity and loss from other genebanks on February - 26.
2018 On this day in history 7.5 magnitude earthquake in central Papa New Guinea kills at least 100
2019 The Indian Air Force launches airstrikes on purported militant camps in Balakot, Pakistan; according to Indian claims, "a very large number of ... terrorists, trainers, senior commanders and groups of jihadis" were killed, although Pakistan denied the claims and a number of neutral sources suggest that this was not the case. The following day, Pakistan retaliated, leading to the shooting down of an Indian MiG-21 fighter, whose pilot was repatriated on March 1. The incidents led to the 2019 India–Pakistan standoff on this day in history.
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